Recently, I was surprised to learn that in the USA and Australia, that the cesarean rate is in excess of 30%. So more than one third of moms will experience a cesarean! Of course when you add the other routine labor interventions this percentage goes up.

I've wanted to talk with someone about how these routine labor interventions can cause problems for breastfeeding for some time and in this week's episode of First Time Mum's Chat I'm delighted to be chatting with mother of 2, lactation consultant, childbirth educator, author, and volunteer breastfeeding counselor, Kelly Durbin about this very topic!

During our chat you'll hear Kelly talk about:-

• What routine labor interventions can cause problems for lactation?
• What happens when more than one intervention is used during a single birth experience, for the same mother.
• Lactation and breastfeeding don't seem to be related to the process of birth. How do labor interventions cause breastfeeding problems?

And much more...