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Lou’s Tongue Tie Journey

5th November 2020 By doulamaddie 1 Comment

This latest Tongue Tie story is from Lou Hirst, mother of two and doula. Her story shows that tongue tied babies can still put on lots of weight and their ties can therefore be easily missed. It is not until someone skilled enough to be able to assess the whole breastfeeding relationship spends time Continue Reading

Breastfeeding: How Society Makes a Difference

4th April 2018 By doulamaddie 2 Comments

This is a guest post from my lovely friend and doula trainee, Rosie Spampinato. I have encouraged her to write this post to illustrate the power that society has on our breastfeeding journeys. We do not nurse in a vacuum, but are prey to all the influences, good and bad, that society can throw at Continue Reading

Kalpana

9th July 2015 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

I have a three and a half week old son.  His tongue tie wasn't  spotted in hospital, despite us asking and me having feeding issues. We were in hospital  for a week and asked numerous times. It was only picked up once home by a BfN Supporter. By then I was slowly slipping into depression. I felt Continue Reading

Mother talks about her experiences with her Tongue Tied baby

14th May 2015 By doulamaddie 3 Comments

https://youtu.be/bxZj-3FS-6o This is Anne Harper, owner of the blog and facebook support group Dispelling Breastfeeding Myths. Here she talks about having 3 children, all with some form of oral restriction and why she chose to travel from N.Ireland to England to get some support and division of her Continue Reading

No pain, no gain? What EXACTLY do we mean by breastfeeding pain?

30th April 2015 By doulamaddie 9 Comments

This article is inspired by a post I wrote on facebook. The post prompted a very long thread of thoughts and feelings. Here is what I wrote: The breastfeeding myth about pain being normal is a tough nut to crack. It is common because women haven't grown up learning how to latch a baby and because Continue Reading

Cat’s Story

5th February 2014 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

I intended to breastfeed when I was pregnant but I had very little knowledge. I was so preoccupied with the birth that I didn’t really think about how I was going to breastfeed and I didn’t anticipate having any problems! I had a wonderful birth experience with the support of a fantastic doula. In Continue Reading

E’s Story

4th January 2014 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

My baby girl was checked immediately after the birth by a paediatrician. I don't know whether TT was checked for, it was not mentioned. I asked for help with breastfeeding from the midwives present. I was told that the next midwife on shift would help me (baby was born at 18.30. Shift change was Continue Reading

Tash’s Story

5th December 2013 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

My son was born in 2009 at a birth center with CNMs. He was breathing fast when not nursing at the center and so we transferred to the local NICU to make sure he was ok. Later I learned that breathing oddly can be a sign of a tt. (he was also 9lbs). At the hospital I asked at least two different Continue Reading

Catherine’s Story

5th December 2013 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

I have two boys, Billy now 3 and Tom 7 months. Both had lovely gentle births at home and breastfed immediately. Everything was in place for successful feeding, in theory…. With Billy I struggled to get him latched on properly with his head-bobbing and hands in the way – I ended up with sore, Continue Reading

Heather’s Story

5th December 2013 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

I am currently pursuing a career in primary care and midwifery in large part because of my experiences with tongue-tie and breastfeeding. In my future practice, I want to be like the one person who finally helped me and my son. My son was born by c-section (he was breech at the last minute) and I Continue Reading

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