The Lily Package

An unhurried appointment after the birth of your baby to help you feel supported with your chosen feeding method, including breastfeeding support, bottle feeding support, tongue tie assessment and oral restriction release exercises by our infant feeding specialist.

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During this initial appointment, a full pregnancy, birth and feeding history will be taken to help assess if any factors may have had an impact on the issues faced when feeding your baby. With your consent, our feeding specialist will perform a comprehensive assessment of your feeding positions and offer support with any latching and attachment difficulties, or bottle feeding positions that you may benefit from.

Again, with parental consent, an oral examination will be offered to assess oral and motor function of baby's mouth and tongue, as well as a general body tension assessment, and if any tension is noted, this will be released. A referral to other trained health care professionals can be made should anything be identified following this oral and physical assessment which requires further assessment and treatment. We work very closely with incredibly skilled Osteopaths in London who specialise in pregnancy, postpartum mothers and babies and often recommend that for the best results, you utilise the skills and experience of us together! 

 

You will receive a copy of the full assessment, along with a personalised feeding plan, an ongoing plan for support and the offer of a follow-up visit (approx 60 mins) at a time that best suits you to ensure the issues you have been facing are improving/resolving. If tongue tie is identified and division is recommended, we can either refer you to a private tongue tie practitioner, or we can refer you to a local NHS tongue tie clinic who will be able to perform the procedure.  

We will recommend you continue visiting us here at Preparing Parents for ongoing oral muscular tension release sessions both before and after the tongue tie division procedure, to help reduce the risks of bleeding during the procedure and scar tissue build up afterwards, and to give your baby the maximum chance of improved tongue mobility and function, and support with their feeding!

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From April 2025, we will be offering the Tongue Tie division procedure here at Preparing Parents, and will charge an extra fee of £150 to the initial £199 should the procedure be necessary. Please note that it may be deemed more appropriate for you to return for the procedure 7-10 days after the initial appointment, after completing specific oral exercises at home with your baby to reduce muscle tension in the mouth.  This reduction in muscle tension will result in a marked improvement in baby's healing journey post-procedure, reduce the chances of significant bleeding during/after the procedure, and reduce the amount of scar tissue build up.  

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After the initial first appointment, all follow up appointments are charged at £175 per visit.​