Breastfeeding and Frenulum
When your baby is first born it should be the happiest time of your life. You lay in the hospital room and cuddle. The sweet smell of baby is upon you. Then that moment arrives where you are going to breastfeed your baby. When your infant latches on something isn’t quite right. It hurts. The baby isn’t feeding correctly and your doctor comes in and tells you they have a maxillary frenulum. A what? You ask. A maxillary frenulum is an extra thick piece of skin that attaches the roof of your mouth to the gums. Sometimes individuals have one that is thicker and goes between the front teeth while others have one that is shorter and attaches the roof of the mouth closer to the teeth. Questions start flooding your mind. What are you supposed to do now? Will this hurt the baby? W...