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Low supply & tongue tie through exclusive breastfeeding with bottle refusal! Chelsea's Story

AHHHH - The elusive tongue and lip tie. This is a case where the baby was really struggling to feed, and the tongue tie was not super obvious. Bottle feeding and pumping were extremely important to make sure the baby was getting enough milk to gain well and for mother to establish her milk supply until the baby was able to feed from the breast on her own. In this case, supplements of expressed milk were managed appropriately until Molly was able to feed well on her own. Molly went on to the breast full time and ended up refusing bottles, dispelling the myth that introducing bottles will ruin breastfeeding! I met Chelsea and Molly Rose after they had been seen by many health care providers and were eventually directed to have the tongue and lip evaluated. I met the family a few days before the lip and tongue release. Chelsea was working on getting her milk in with the breast pump. I assessed Molly's ability to breastfeed and before the procedure she was only able to get less than

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