Just updating this with an excellent article about dividing tongue-tie

Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Jane HBFW

I thought you might be interested to read this article.  I am hoping as the benefits of tongue-tie division gets more publicity, more women will recognise the signs of it in their newborn, ask for it to be divided, and go on to breastfeed for longer and with fewer problems.
I also hope that health professionals [...]

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So, today I was on LBC 97.3 FM, talking about Maternity Service Assessment results

Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Jane HBFW

On Jeni Barnett’s lunchtime show, she was talking about the hot topic of the day, the assessment figures for maternity hospitals.  She took several calls and read out emails and texts about experiences in London hospitals, from women who’d had births, both bad and good, and healthcare professionals who were currently at the coal face of maternity [...]

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