Making sense of the divisions study day

Study day for healthcare professionals, breastfeeding supporters, birth workers and maternity workers.

Wednesday 8th October 2025
9:30am - 4pm

Ely Museum
Market Street
Ely
CB7 4LS

Full price: £100
Concession: £75 for students and unwaged breastfeeding supporters, please email sarah@nursingnurture.co.uk for the coupon code.
Cancellations received after 31 August 2025 are non-refundable.

About the study day

This study day will equip you with the knowledge to identify the feeding difficulties and tongue functional deficits which may be linked to tongue-tie so you can make appropriate referrals to a tongue-tie service.
  • Identification and assessment of tongue-tie in infants
  • Management of babies with tongue-tie
  • How tongue-tie can impact on feeding
  • Strategies for helping mothers feed tongue-tied babies
  • Lingual frenulum anatomy and implications for practice
  • The role of bodywork.
  • Myths and controversies including lip tie, speech difficulties and airway issues.
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Sarah Oakley

I am Registered Nurse and Health Visitor and regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. I am also an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Holistic Sleep Coach and Tongue-tie Practitioner. I am insured by Hiscox and am a member of Lactation Consultants of Great Britain, United States Lactation Consultants Association and the Royal College of Nursing. I am a founder member and former Chair of the Association of Tongue-tie Practitioners (2016-2019). As well as providing private consultations for families, I offer training courses and speak at national and international conference and am the author of the book ‘Why Tongue-tie Matters’. In April 2023 I was given the annual ‘Outstanding Contribution to Breastfeeding’ Award by Lactation Consultants of Great Britain.
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