Facebook Posts!
Over the last 6-7 years, I’ve written a tremendous amount of content on my facebook page at www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD - if you like the page, you’ll see my most up-to-date content. Here’s a list of all the articles (I’ll try to keep this updated)! Use the find feature on your browser (Command - F on a Mac or Control - F on a PC) to look for keywords.
Table of Contents
Thank You to Central Illinois Breastfeeding Task Force
“Do you think this is a lip tie?”
“Breastfeeding is supposed to be painful.”
That tongue tie will stretch over time, so there’s no need to treat it.”
“I don’t believe in posterior tongue tie”
“Your baby is gaining weight and that’s what is important”
The Easiest Way to Help Doctors Diagnose Tongue Tie
Hospital politics delaying patient care
For doctors who “don’t believe in PTT”, point them to Cliff O’Callahan’s study
Rationale for Breastfeeding Protection, Support and Promotion: Survival, Growth, and Development
Complications of breastfeeding
How babies “learn” to breastfeed
Peripartum Breastfeeding Management
Steps for improving rates of exclusive breastfeeding before leaving the hospital
A summary of some research papers presented at the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
Breastfeeding, bedsharing and SIDS Statistics
Clarification of Nancy Mohrbacher’s recent blogpost
How to Take Pictures of a Tongue or Lip
Thoughts on KevinMD’s “Stop the hyperbole when it comes to breastfeeding”
Doctors don’t always know what’s best
Pearls of wisdom regarding milk production from Lisa Marasco, IBCLC
A Doctor’s Recipe for How to Fail Our Babies
Patients on PCP’s reaction/response to child’s tongue tie diagnosis/release
MILK: An Infant Feeding Conference – Sara Rodriguez on the Alphabet Soup of Lactation Professionals
MILK: An Infant Feeding Conference - Kimberly Seals Allers Lecture Notes
Nipple vasospasms diagnosed as thrush
Revolution 2015 Conference: Thoughts on James McKenna’s concept of “Breastsleeping”
Revolution 2015 Conference: Thoughts on Jennifer Tow IBCLC - Breastfeeding and the Airway
After lecture thoughts on doubting doctors
Letter to Springfield, Missouri
Facts about tongue tie release and efficacy with improving breastfeeding
The Dreaded Upper Lip That Won’t Flange!
Genetic transmission of tongue tie and potential impact of tongue ties on older children
Do parents need to do wound exercises after tongue tie release?
Breastfeeding Medicine Podcast: Tongue Ties
Reaction to meme: IBCLC is key to success in solving breastfeeding problems
Clinical pearl: Flu-like symptoms in breastfeeding moms may be mastitis
Inherent lack of support for breastfeeding in healthcare
Common Misconception About Posterior Tongue Ties
Poor infant feeding and subsequent infant weight loss
Update at California Breastfeeding Summit
Dyads need to see IBCLCs prior to surgical tongue/lip release
Thoughts on advancement in TT Understanding after California Breastfeeding Meeting Lecture
Diagnosis of Tongue Ties vs. Tennis Elbow
It is unsafe for parents to hold their child during tongue tie procedures
Do NOT use benzocaine in children under 2 years of age
Thoughts of Corvallis Talk vs. Eugene Talk
Hubris of physicians hindering progress in tongue and lip tie treatment
Cause and Effect: Intraoral Ties
Normal vs. Compensatory Breastfeeding
Thoughts on Baby’s Weight Gain
Who can cut a tongue tie or lip tie?
Dissecting Jane Hansen’s Article in the Daily Telegraph
How Language Affects Breastfeeding
Varying Severities of Tongue Ties
Nursing a child with teeth should not be painful
Family Support for Breastfeeding
Tongue and Lip Tie Myths and Truths
Most common misconceptions in diagnosing tongue tie
An Open Letter to All Doctors Taking Care of Babies
Thoughts on upcoming AAPD Lecture
Addressing negativity towards lactation consultants
To those who argue I’m doing this for the money
Dr. Mikel Newman: The Tongue-Tied Bunch
Exclusive Breastfeeding and Gut Inflammation
What the area under the tongue should look like following a proper tongue tie release
Patient Story: Mom’s story with dismissive providers
Importance of releasing posterior AND anterior tongue tie for breastfeeding
“Preferred Providers” and “That doctor trained with Dr.___”
What doctors say when they’re making stuff up
Nursing a toddler is not “extended breastfeeding”
Example of baby-hating culture
Patient physician relationships should be cooperative
Babies don’t intentionally cause breastfeeding problems
Effect of ineffective nursing on sleep in tongue tied babies
Patient Story: Lack of support for breastfeeding
Battle tongue/lip tie fallacies with knowledge
There is practical evidence online that tongue/lip tie treatment is not a fad
Article Review: The Role of Breastfeeding in Childhood Otitis Media
LCs telling someone they don’t have a diagnosis (TT) is a diagnosis
Study Review: The Impact of Breastfeeding on Nasopharyngeal Microbial Communities in Infants
Physicians blowing off lactation consultants’ tongue tie diagnoses
Positive Feedback from recently published paper
The Milky Way and Tongue-Tied Hercules
Misinformation in medicine and tongue ties
Racial Disparity in Breastfeeding in the United States
5 Major Barriers to Setting Up an Inpatient Frenotomy Program
Breastfeeding Ultrasound after frenotomy on two week child
Thoughts on appropriate timing for treatment of a lip tie when it does not affect breastfeeding
Insurance Coverage for Tongue Tie/Lip Tie Release
Staying focused on treating the dyad
Reinventing the wheel can sometimes benefit us
Patient Story: Why anterior tongue tie release for posterior tongue tie isn’t recommended
Thoughts after participating in the GOLD tongue tie symposium
Response to an article on Breastfeeding Today
Thoughts on medical professionals who do not understand the science behind tongue ties
Nonintervention of tongue ties can be detrimental to nursing relationship
Importance of a Full Posterior Tongue Tie Revision in regards to breastfeeding outcomes
Progress to be made on studying and optimizing treatment regimens for tongue and lip ties
Patient Story: Unsupportive Pediatrician sends mother to pediatric ENT, who dismisses tongue tie
Thought of the day: It’s as important to use your hands as it is to use your eyes
Management After a Tongue Tie Release
The Difference Between a Baby’s Suck and a Baby’s Bite
Common Misconception: Upper lip fold while nursing = Tongue Tie
Thoughts on complacency on breastfeeding problems
Thoughts on ENT colleagues Saying Lactation Consultants “push” tongue-tie diagnosis
Why many babies do not immediately improve after a tongue tie procedure
Experience at California Breastfeeding Summit
Representation of Breastfeeding on TV: Ronja
The Congested Baby and Why You Shouldn’t Suck Out Their Noses
The Language Used By Medical Providers
Current Environment Surrounding Breastfeeding and Tongue Ties
Practitioners who won’t numb babies
Thank you post after lecture with Lisa Marasco in Olympia, Washington
“Conservative Tongue Tie Release”
More at stake than weight gain for breastfeeding and bottle-feeding
Compensation Theory and Tongue Ties
Reasons for dyad seeing an IBCLC prior to seeing me
“The frenulum will stretch with time”
Patient Story: Pediatrician objected to a frenotomy, telling mom “that’s just to help you”
When providers blame your breastfeeding problems on your lack of milk supply
Choosing a Competent Provider to do your child’s tie/lip tie release
ENT Excuses to Avoid doing Tongue Tie Procedure
Patient Story: PCP Disagreeing with IBCLC and Hospital Pediatrician on Tongue Tie Diagnosis
Fundamental Misconception regarding Tongue ties
Exercising Caution for Providers and Lactation Consultants and Parents
Q&A: “Why Is There Such a Large Gap in Information on Tongue Ties”
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Meeting on Tongue Ties
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/photos/a.451553228339392/769166403244738/?type=3
5/26/17
Lip Appearance During Overuse
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/photos/a.451553228339392/768868609941184/?type=3
6/1/17
There’s no such thing as a mild tongue tie
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/photos/a.451553228339392/772931146201597/?type=3
6/7/17
Tongue Tie and the Premature Infant
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/photos/a.451553228339392/776320335862678/?type=3
6/12/17
Patient Story: Child with tongue tie dismissed and placed on NG tube for weight gain
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/photos/a.451553228339392/779074985587213/?type=3
6/15/17
Medical Doctors and Confirmation Bias
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/photos/a.451553228339392/779697055525006/?type=3
Jun-17
Doctors Referring to Tongue Tie as “Trendy”
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/782399875254724
6/20/17
Technique vs. Tool
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/783530758474969
6/21/17
Some breastfeeding nuggets
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/782400175254694
7/6/17
“Well, I don’t see a tongue tie there, but I’ll cut it if you want me to.”
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/793419910819387
7/16/17
Thoughts on the preconceived notion that “there are too many tongues ties diagnosed”
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/799320076896037
7/25/17
The front of the tongue vs. the middle of the tongue
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/804368469724531
7/30/17
Lip Tie vs. Normal Frenulum
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/photos/a.451553228339392/807144299446948/?type=3
7/31/17
Reiteration of Surgical Principles regarding Proper Lip Tie Release
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/photos/a.451553228339392/807344369426941/?type=3
8/1/17
Social Media and Tongue Tie
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/808061202688591
8/6/17
To the naysayers: Do something to solve the problems of the dyad
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/810886895739355
8/8/27
The numerous types of lactation consultants
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/811505779010800
8/9/17
A Recipe For Failure
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/812301422264569
8/14/17
Doctors and Continuing Medical Education
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/814881762006535
8/20/17
Tongue Training is Helpful
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/818200571674654
9/4/17
When Tongue Tie Doesn’t Cause Pain
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/825629947598383
9/5/17
Importance of physically using hands during an examination
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/826277954200249
9/16/17
Stop Treating Babies Like Cattle
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/831756940319017
9/19/17
Don’t Assume That Your Doctor is Knowledgeable About Everything
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/833296886831689
9/29/17
When some know more than others
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/838464666314911
10/8/17
The Delay Tactic
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/842855362542508
10/14/17
The Domino Effect
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/846179728876738
10/23/17
The Tongue is the Motor for Normal Breastfeeding
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/851017548392956
10/26/17
Observing is not the same thing as training
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/852880944873283
10/27/17
Oral Posture in an Infant
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/852823831545661
10/31/17
Cute baby costume pictures
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/855503627944348
11/10/17
Moms: Prioritizing Your Own Well-Being Doesn’t Make You Selfish
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/860869994074378
11/11/17
Graph correlating level of nipple pain moms experience with breastfeeding
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/861608210667223
11/12/17
Marijuana use in breastfeeding
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/862193313942046
11/12/17
Let’s Stop Talking About The Pendulum
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/862573230570721
11/22/17
Understanding Compensations
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/867903123371065
12/1/17
Experts
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/873392496155461
12/3/17
The Intangible Benefits of Normal Breastfeeding
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/874907119337332
12/7/17
Strong language and the attempt to deter intervention
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/877126919115352
12/14/17
Doctors Are Easily Distracted
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/881121042049273
12/18/17
How Not To Do a Tongue Tie Release
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/883257725168938
1/2/18
The Most Important Risk of Tongue Tie Release
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/891220771039300
1/8/18
Three Ingredients For a Great Recipe
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/893902184104492
1/15/18
Lip Tie and Proper Examination Technique
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=901819833312727
1/22/18
Does a Laser Provider Have An Advantage?
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/902608153233895
1/25/18
Focus on incidence rather than procedure frequency for tongue ties
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/904874136340630
2/5/18
IBCLC evaluation before tongue tie release
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/911532535674790
2/9/18
Updated Post-Procedure Stretching Video
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/913473412147369
2/21/18
50/50 Odds is Nonsense Advice
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/921096401385070
2/25/18
When Did It Become OK to Stop Listening to Mothers?
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/923606461134064
3/2/18
What to do if your older kid is scared of having a tongue tie release
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/926708220823888
3/4/18
Parents Don’t Take Surgery Lightly
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/927904307370946
3/17/18
“Just Keep Doing What You’re Doing”
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/936170636544313
3/27/18
The Tongue Tie Crystal Ball
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/942842182543825
3/30/18
How Medicine Ignores the Complaints of Women
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/944800909014619
3/31/18
What if the specialist doesn’t know the anatomy?
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/945809075580469
4/14/18
Provider Ego vs. Patient Care
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/955135361314507
4/21/18
Does Tongue Tie Release Give Instant Relief?
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/959412474220129
5/6/18
The Impact of Bad Advice
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/968178260010217
5/12/18
Lip Tie Release Helps A Baby Compensate
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/974400336054676
5/16/18
Update for adult patients and tongue tie releases
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/976509075843802
6/1/18
The Tongue is the Motor for Breastfeeding
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/985822868245756
6/3/18
How Can Tongue Tie Be “Missed” on Examination?
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/987163894778320
6/11/18
New Research Supporting the Efficacy of Frenotomy
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/992309790930397
6/15/18
Call your rep: Separation of children from mothers
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/996149493879760
6/23/18
Steps to approach breastfeeding problems that haven’t been solved with basic lactation support
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1004073566420686
6/24/18
How Much Does Your Pediatrician Know About Breastfeeding?
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1005518419609534
7/3/18
Study on impact of tongue tie on speech, sleep apnea, and dental malocclusion
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1015541531940556
7/8/18
Desperate Medical Interventions
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1021174598043916
7/9/18
Thoughts on President Trump tweet & US Opposition to Pro-Breastfeeding language
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1022383547923021
7/14/18
How to Use Grassroots Efforts to Increase Awareness About Tongue Tie
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1027548964073146
7/25/18
Doctors have forgotten how to examine babies
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1039850519509657
7/26/18
How Long Will Tongue Tie Be a Fad?
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1041435789351130
8/4/18
Sucking with a tethered tongue
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1052473558247353
8/28/18
When Doctors Don’t Listen
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1080258075468901
9/5/18
What Constitutes a Complete Tongue Tie Release
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1085195651641810
10/1/18
Thoughts on Oahu Experience: Pediatric Grand Rounds, Hawaiian AAP Conference, etc.
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1102522533242455
10/3/18
The Continued Confusion Between a Tie and a Frenulum
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1104015123093196
10/26/18
Pacifiers
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1120420374786004
11/5/18
“Tongue Tie” Actually Describes a Medical Condition
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1127418060752902
11/15/18
Interesting study regarding breastfeeding duration, timing of introduction of solid foods, and childhood obesity
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1134480010046707
11/15/18
Study on Infant Pain Control: “Infant Analgesia With a Combination of Breast Milk, Glucose, or Maternal Holding”
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1134486556712719
11/15/18
Infant gut microbiota can affect long-term health (from Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Meeting, San Francisco, 2018)
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1134523440042364
11/15/18
Human Milk and Bone Marrow Transplantation -Study by Stella Davies MBBS, PhD @ Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1134661186695256
11/15/18
Anesthesia and Breastfeeding
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1134668976694477
11/17/18
Breastfeeding, Human Milk and Neurodevelopment - Study by Mandy Brown Belfort, MD MPH
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1136075533220488
11/24/18
Why is Muscle Tension So Important?
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1141506589344049
12/3/18
Searching for a non-tied child for an ultrasound
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1148731278621580
12/4/18
I lasered my own tongue
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1149670345194340
12/15/18
Social Media Didn’t “Create” Tongue Tie
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1158149227679785
12/23/18
When Online Support Groups Get It Wrong: Myths About Ties – Laser vs. Clipping Meme
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1163790630448978
1/2/14
Feeling tension when discerning the difference between a lip tie and normal labial frenulum
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1171088189719222
1/13/19
Doctors: Looking at the tongue is not an examination
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/videos/290342598341403/
1/26/19
Let’s Keep It Simple
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1188222981339076
1/28/19
Learning New Information
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1189031907924850
2/20/19
Announcing My New Research Project!
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1206191789542195
3/7/19
Medical professionals should stop judging parents for wanting tongue tie treated
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1217056188455755
3/15/19
The Importance of the Comprehensive View of Infant Feeding
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1221867651307942
3/16/19
Notes on Robin Glass’s Lecture at OLCA Meeting: “What Matters Most in Breastfeeding Difficulties”
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1222282644599776
4/1/19
Newest Research Study, April Fool’s Day Post
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1233127356848638
4/15/19
Push and Pull
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1244006215760752
4/27/19
Thoughts on airway exam is lost by most physicians and dentist on children
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1252949211533119
5/26/19
Radiology studies and breastfeeding interruption
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1275775395917167
6/14/19
Important Considerations For The Upper Lip
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1291538791007494
6/24/19
I don’t “train” people to release tongue ties
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1300017696826270
6/26/19
Weighing In On Laser Use
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1301821549979218
6/30/19
Breastfeeding Supportive Doctors and Breastfeeding Tolerant Doctors Are Different
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1305223766305663
7/2/19
Searching For A Diagnosis Is Hard Work
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1306754362819270
7/9/19
When A Doctor “Does Too Many Procedures”
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1311970385631001
7/23/19
Pet Peeve: Frenotomy being referred to as a “revision”
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1323063334521706
9/11/19
The “Conservative Tongue Tie Release”
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1362135820614457
9/22/19
The plague of “air quotes”
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1371341493027223
10/15/19
Stretches and Stitches Oh My!
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1391974414297264
11/1/19
Discrepancies in Attitudes Towards Tongue Tie
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1409409212553784
11/24/19
Supporting Moms Should Not Have Conditions
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1433191170175588
11/26/19
Adequate Infant Weight Gain is Not the Same Thing As Normal Infant Weight Gain
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1435043126657059
12/7/19
Numbing Babies for Tongue Tie Release
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1446709022157136
2/28/20
Too Much Surgery Can Be Detrimental
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1531358373692200
3/3/20
Prevalence of Symptoms Associated With Tongue Ties
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1535003026661068
3/21/20
COVID-19 Precautions and Recommendations
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1550967035064667
3/28/20
Informative links on pregnancy and delivery in the face of COVID-19
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1557857191042318
4/29/20
Lacking Consensus: Ankyloglossia in Children Letter
https://www.facebook.com/DrGhaheriMD/posts/1585586381602732