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[ID] 65 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] There is little acknowledgment in the medical industry that increased intervention during labor and birth and immediately post-delivery can have negative effects on the breastfeeding relationship. It is no wonder that, with a 30%+ c-section rate, we have such low initial breastfeeding success. There is little understanding about how natural hormones and other physiological processes work in labor, birth and post-partum, and even less understanding of how unnatural interventions effect those. I believe that, in addition to social factors, as long as the birth intervention rates stay as high as they are, breastfeeding difficulty will continue as well. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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