I’m a Lactation Consultant with more than 35 years of experience and continuous professional registration, working in both the NHS and private practice; 15 of these years have been in the assessment and treatment of Tongue Tie.
BabyCafe Leader – 4 years
SureStart Community Lactation Consultant – 5 years
Kings College Hospital Tongue Tie Clinic, Team Leader and Frenulotomy Practitioner – 11 years
Norwegian Tongue Tie Project, International Collaborator – 2 years
The London Tongue Tie Clinic Lactation Consultant and CQC Registered Manager – 18 years
Private Practice Lactation Consultant – 31 years
Private Practice Frenulotomy Practitioner – 16 years
I have a special interest and competency in assisting parents and babies with the following:
Diagnosis, assessment and treatment or rapid referral for division of various presentations of Ankyloglossia (Tongue-tie)
Assessment of post-frenulotomy residual frenular tissue and recurrent scar tissue and onward referral for revisional surgery by a surgical specialist.
Complex feeding difficulties
Breast refusal
Transition to formula feeding
Baby weight gain issues
Maternal medical issues relating to Breastfeeding
Supplemental feeding
Sleep /settling difficulties
Breastfeeding after breast surgery
Breastfeeding with breast Hypoplasia
Low milk supply
Breastfeeding babies with Downs Syndrome and other additional needs
Induced lactation
Relactation
Antenatal expression
Hyperprolactimea (over supply)
CQC registered manager – The London Tongue Tie Clinic, all frenulotomies in this clinic performed by Mr Shailesh Patel FRCS
