The purpose of this study is to determine if frenotomy for ankyloglossia will improve infant breastfeeding, decrease maternal nipple pain and increase duration of breastfeeding with the hypothesis that frenotomy will do all of the above.
Age range
0 Days – 14 Days
Sex
ALL
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Maternal nipple pain as judged by R. Melzack's short form pain scale and infant breast feeding as judged by IBFAT scale
Timeframe: immediately following 1st breast feed, and at 2 week, 2,4,6 12 month follow ups