Lauren Lavelle didn’t know much about breastfeeding when she became pregnant with her first daughter in 2018. So she sought help from Melanie Henstrom, a lactation consultant in Boise, a few months ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. When Amanda Green had a baby in 2015, she had no idea how hard it would be to feed him. After struggling to breastfeed for months and attending numerous ...

Kirsten Shepanski was confused when the lactation consultant offhandedly told her that her newborn son, Brey, had "tied tongue." The first-time mother soon saw how a membrane limiting the movement of ...

Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) can be alarming for new parents—but does your child's tongue actually need to be clipped? Cindy Gellner, MD, addresses the myths and facts about a frenotomy, from the ...

Tongue Ties have been around forever but some doctors do not believe these exist or that these affect breastfeeding. Becky Maupin has been breastfeeding her son Caleb for almost a year now but it wasn ...

Breast-feeding is no easy feat but for some moms, it can be downright miserable. The culprit? Tongue-tie, an often overlooked condition that affects breast milk supply and baby’s weight gain, and can ...

Newborns are known for being fussy: In those first weeks after birth, babies often struggle to get the hang of sleeping and feeding properly. But, while every new parent prepares for many sleepless ...

Ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) can contribute to the inability to exclusively breastfeed for the recommended 6 month duration. The parents of a 3.5-month-old infant present to a primary care clinician ...

Pediatricians and other specialists have an important role in identifying ankyloglossia and its effect on breastfeeding in infants, according to a clinical report and set of recommendations from the ...

Posterior ankyloglossia diagnosis was missed in this particular case because the infant breastfed on-demand at birth, gained weight appropriately, and did not have an obvious anterior tongue-tie on ...