Tongue tie release-cost?

[BabyB2]

I took my 3 week old baby Sebastian to the breast feeding clinic at the John Radcliffe hospital for the first time today. I had hoped to go sooner, but I've had a bad cold and didn't want to spread my germs! It seems that my son's inability to latch without breast shields could possibly be due to tongue tie afterall! Two of the breast feeding experts both thought he had a bit of tongue tie. The trouble is, they say the waiting list for the snip is quite long and that some mums are choosing to go private.

My question is has anyone here had this done privately, and if so, how much did it cost? I'd rather not wait, but I'm concerned we won't be able to afford it

 

[Celesse]

Is there any other hospital within reach you could get referred to. You are meant to get a choice were you are treated. Maybe somewhere else has quicker waiting lists.

 

[Egyptiangirl]

We had LO snipped at St James University Hospital in London but we did it privately through our medical insurance. But had we not done that, we could have done it at a clinic in Croydon by our Lactation consultant who is qualified and works with the pediatrician who did the snip. Our LO had posterior tongue tie so very hard to diagnose. Our Lactation consultant was Katherine Fisher. She charges around £250 to do it at the clinic and I think you can be fitted in within a week or so. Privately at a hospital is more around £500 i think. Have a look at her credentials below on the link and she might even be able to recommend a lactation consultant or clinic nearer to you.

https://www.greatvine.com/katherine-fisher

 

[dan-o]

Call your midwives and your health visitor, there may be a mw who is qualified to do it. There are two who do it at our local hospital in Torbay. It was literally just a snip with a pair of scissors!

 

[NickyKB]

I had my son's done in Twickenham by this lady

https://www.themarispractice.com/index.php/practitioners/joanna-knap

Can't remember exact cost think it was £100-150

I had also contacted this clinic in high wycombe. The breastfeeding advisor I saw had had 1 lady use her before and they'd been happy...

https://www.chilternbreastfeeding.co.uk/charges.html

 

[tracyy]

I was told it would be about £125 privately. However I got a referral from the lactation consultant and it cut the waiting time down from three weeks to 5 days.