http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/midwives-to-diagnose-and-treat-tongue-tie.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:24 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21070992?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Feb 2017 03:47:37 UTC 21070992 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17800764?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Aug 2014 05:11:31 UTC 17800764 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17800668?utm_medium=rss Please let us make our own decisions regarding the best for our babies, instead of having months of pain or missing out on breast milk because someone else has decided fixing tongue ties is wrong.

]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2014 03:45:11 UTC 17800668 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17608658?utm_medium=rss 12 week old son, having been told perfect latch & positioning I now have been told by a lactation consultant that he has a posterior tongue tie, hence long feeding times, sore boobs - blocked ducts & raw nipples. Why wasn't this checked in hospital.

]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:53:08 UTC 17608658 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15035067?utm_medium=rss My son was tongue tied but not recognised until a few days after birth although lots of people had checked before this. Very easy procedure to sort out the problem once diagnosed.

]]> Tue, 9 Apr 2013 04:33:16 UTC 15035067 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15015753?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Apr 2013 04:43:48 UTC 15015753 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15011809?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Apr 2013 01:04:12 UTC 15011809 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15010679?utm_medium=rss Breastfeeding is so important to a baby's health and tongue tie so eady to spot, I'm surprised this isn't done already!

]]> Wed, 3 Apr 2013 06:07:03 UTC 15010679 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15010026?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Apr 2013 03:10:45 UTC 15010026 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15005722?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Apr 2013 03:30:11 UTC 15005722 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15005623?utm_medium=rss I was affected by this issue. My baby was tongue-tied and was not diagnosed until he was 5 weeks old. I had to stop Breastfeeding and it was very distressing.

]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 03:05:46 UTC 15005623 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15005611?utm_medium=rss My son had a tongue tie which was not spotted by a midwife or doctor. When he lost 12% of his birth weight I was told I didn't have enough milk and should top up with formula! Luckily my friend who is a lactation consultant spotted it and as soon as my son had a tongue-tie snip he was easy to feed. Please save Mums a lot of stress and worry and train Midwives properly!

]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 03:02:03 UTC 15005611 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15005589?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Apr 2013 02:53:21 UTC 15005589 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15005547?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Apr 2013 02:42:37 UTC 15005547 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15005498?utm_medium=rss If treating tongue-tie became normal (again), breastfeeding rates would shoot through the roof. Women would not be scared off by the idea and many problems would disappear. I struggled to feed 4 tongue-tied babies (including twins, who were seen by a paediatrician for failure to thrive) for between 10 and 14 months, before I trained as a peer supporter. When I was a bit more clued up, baby 5 was diagnosed by a more experienced supporter, treated and breastfed easily from then on. Why did my other babies not benefit from such a simple procedure?

]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 02:25:35 UTC 15005498 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14764421?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:50:35 UTC 14764421 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14294805?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:10:48 UTC 14294805 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14277637?utm_medium=rss This is a joke surely midwives should already be trained to pick up something so important to the child's welfare, how many mothers dont breast feed cos of this not being picked up, id say loads tbh shocking!!!

]]> Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:25:29 UTC 14277637 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14277538?utm_medium=rss Seems such an easy and obvious way to help newborns have the best start in life.

]]> Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:15:38 UTC 14277538 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14276488?utm_medium=rss SURELY MIDWIVES CAN ACCESS EACH BABY ASAP TO SAVE FURTHER DISTRESS TO MOTHER AND BABY

]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 07:33:33 UTC 14276488 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14274617?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:52:57 UTC 14274617 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14273574?utm_medium=rss As a retired midwife I'm appalled that this simple problem cannot be diagnosed and treated within the first few days of a baby's life. University degrees are all very well, but experience is the very best teacher.

]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 01:58:43 UTC 14273574 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14272234?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Dec 2012 04:49:21 UTC 14272234 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271961?utm_medium=rss A freind has had to go private to get her 12 week old son diagnosed,shocking

]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:19:50 UTC 14271961 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271891?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:01:58 UTC 14271891 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271752?utm_medium=rss How disgraceful that there has to be a petition about this. Isn't this part of a basic neonatal check? And if not, why not? It used to be!

]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:30:07 UTC 14271752 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271703?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:16:39 UTC 14271703 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271676?utm_medium=rss We rely so heavily on the NHS, we put all our trust in them and we are treated badly and let down. Worst of all the babies cannot speak for themselves and never will be able to unless something changes and rapidly.

]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:07:19 UTC 14271676 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271631?utm_medium=rss This will help prevent stress in the mother and more importantly in the baby, I have seen first hand a baby getting so frustrated at not being able to feed and not able to tell any one about it

]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:55:26 UTC 14271631 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271547?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:29:46 UTC 14271547 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271485?utm_medium=rss Please ensure that midwives and GPs are trained to diagnose and treat this problem in infants.

]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:16:42 UTC 14271485 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271481?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:16:05 UTC 14271481 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271472?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:13:59 UTC 14271472 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271187?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:56:31 UTC 14271187 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14091184?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:19:20 UTC 14091184 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14021419?utm_medium=rss Breast feeding failed for us because of a late diagnosed TT. My baby got so frustrated trying to latch, that even after it was snipped (much later than we had hoped) He was still having crying fits any time I tried! And he was wanting to latch at first and couldn't. His TT wasn't diagnosed until 36 hours after birth and the NHS NEVER got back to us to get it fixed. I was forced to go private, and it was too late.

]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:52:35 UTC 14021419 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13986284?utm_medium=rss It's a shame it took 6 weeks for anyone to notice that my baby had tongue-tie!

]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:31:34 UTC 13986284 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13811275?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:28:01 UTC 13811275 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13748251?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:10:16 UTC 13748251 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13674649?utm_medium=rss So simple and so fundamental to the well-being of everyone involved - a small step to make a huge difference to mums and babies!

]]> Tue, 4 Sep 2012 06:26:36 UTC 13674649 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13542367?utm_medium=rss ... and ideally upper lip tie too please.

]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:17:11 UTC 13542367 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13485239?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Aug 2012 01:50:33 UTC 13485239 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13484171?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:37:49 UTC 13484171 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13456379?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:31:21 UTC 13456379 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13318579?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:05:54 UTC 13318579 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13302373?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:52:05 UTC 13302373 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13292754?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:20:19 UTC 13292754 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13263008?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Jul 2012 01:36:07 UTC 13263008 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13261095?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Jul 2012 05:11:50 UTC 13261095 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13261059?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Jul 2012 05:06:07 UTC 13261059 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13195045?utm_medium=rss Please include upper lip tie in training

]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:05:06 UTC 13195045 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13190760?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:59:33 UTC 13190760 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13183738?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:20:04 UTC 13183738 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13055840?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:00:18 UTC 13055840 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13043157?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:57:47 UTC 13043157 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13042250?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:32:05 UTC 13042250 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13042000?utm_medium=rss My baby's tongue-tie was spotted by accident at 8 weeks; given the difficulties we'd experienced, an early diagnosis might have saved me from moderate PND.

]]> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:49:23 UTC 13042000 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13031897?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:25:40 UTC 13031897 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13031766?utm_medium=rss It is essential that midwives become aware of this problem and how to accurately diagnose and treat it. It is neglectful of the NHS to ignore a condition that is easily treatable and causes so much pain and inability to breastfeed.

]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 05:58:20 UTC 13031766 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13028890?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Jun 2012 02:38:44 UTC 13028890 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13028439?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:33:23 UTC 13028439 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13028157?utm_medium=rss I am currently a practicing tongue tie divider I would like to see more qualified person offering this service within the NHS.

]]> Sat, 9 Jun 2012 11:13:26 UTC 13028157 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13017768?utm_medium=rss I provide this service in the NHS in a maternity unit within days of birth and it is such a well received service, please help midwives support mother and babies breastfeeding.

]]> Thu, 7 Jun 2012 04:11:48 UTC 13017768 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13015720?utm_medium=rss Check for posterior ties too, and if snipping's impractical, at least be able to refer on to someone who can.

]]> Thu, 7 Jun 2012 10:31:11 UTC 13015720 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13014006?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Jun 2012 06:15:55 UTC 13014006 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13013276?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Jun 2012 03:01:17 UTC 13013276 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13009128?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:01:24 UTC 13009128 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13008691?utm_medium=rss This would have made so much difference to me. We had weeks of breastfeeding problems, my daughter is 5years old and still has eating problems. It has only just come to my attention that she is tongue tied, as it was never picked up on as a baby. It could save many mums and babies from many problems.

]]> Wed, 6 Jun 2012 04:37:24 UTC 13008691 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13007870?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Jun 2012 04:07:59 UTC 13007870 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13007526?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Jun 2012 03:54:49 UTC 13007526 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13007155?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Jun 2012 03:16:54 UTC 13007155 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13007062?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Jun 2012 03:04:18 UTC 13007062 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13007044?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Jun 2012 03:00:48 UTC 13007044 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13006703?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:07:27 UTC 13006703 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12858115?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 May 2012 02:31:21 UTC 12858115 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12857639?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 May 2012 01:47:15 UTC 12857639 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12857362?utm_medium=rss My son wasn't checked for tongue tie at birth. I noticed it on day 3 but it took until he was 7 weeks old to be sorted. I feel many more women would continue breastfeeding if tongue ties were treated at birth.

]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 01:23:28 UTC 12857362 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12834559?utm_medium=rss Our first few months were horrific, this could have been changed if the midwives, pediatricians, doctors even bothered checking!

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 04:29:28 UTC 12834559 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12834001?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 May 2012 03:54:16 UTC 12834001 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12833589?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 May 2012 03:26:05 UTC 12833589 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12833586?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 May 2012 03:25:58 UTC 12833586 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12833525?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 May 2012 03:21:34 UTC 12833525 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12833461?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 May 2012 03:17:35 UTC 12833461 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12831880?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 May 2012 01:35:23 UTC 12831880 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12824051?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 May 2012 04:06:55 UTC 12824051 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12798910?utm_medium=rss The more that can be done to help mother and baby in those early days - can only be a good thing.

]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:08 UTC 12798910 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12697039?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 May 2012 09:10:08 UTC 12697039 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12682883?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 May 2012 02:47:55 UTC 12682883 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12633283?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:37:51 UTC 12633283 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12587916?utm_medium=rss Ryan 12 aug 2012 finally getting snipped 9.05.12

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:40:31 UTC 12587916 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12546732?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:33:34 UTC 12546732 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12544919?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:47:54 UTC 12544919 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12522156?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Apr 2012 02:56:23 UTC 12522156 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12521242?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:25:33 UTC 12521242 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12521122?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:06:08 UTC 12521122 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12520109?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Apr 2012 05:56:48 UTC 12520109 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12520048?utm_medium=rss My son Jaymie was born with tongue tie, I was the one who diagnosed it and the midwife I spoke to laughed and tried to say I was wrong.
The doctor diagnosed it a few weeks later, but then the appointment took ages to come through.
They have to start thinking of the mothers and babies with this small issue. It takes seconds to fix but is a BIG problem.
Every health care professional that deals with babies should know of this problem, it could effect bonding between mother and baby.

]]> Sun, 8 Apr 2012 05:34:26 UTC 12520048 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12517962?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Apr 2012 04:50:48 UTC 12517962 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12517875?utm_medium=rss My son had tongue tie and this was diagnosed at 2 days old, but not treated until 4 weeks. I strongly believe if treatment had occurred at the time of diagnosis then I would have been able to solely breast feed my son and not feel so guilty.

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