Welcome to the Birthful Podcast. I'm Adriana Lozada, and today's show is about the effects of an

epidural on breastfeeding. Usually, when we think about epidurals,

we wonder how they will affect birth, but it turns out that they can have an impact on your

breastfeeding relationship as well. What do you need to know? Diane Cassidy is here to tell us the

facts so you can make an informed decision. Stay tuned. This episode of Birthful is brought to you by the first eight days of being a mom

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The Birthful podcast, talking to maternity pros to inform your intuition.

Hello, Mamas and Mamas to Be.

I want to thank you once again for all the love you're giving the show.

And here is a quick reminder that it is super helpful if you can rate it, rate the show on iTunes, even if that's not how you usually listen to it. So to do that, go to birthful.com slash review. There's a video that explains how to do it because it can be a little tricky. But basically you click on the view and iTunes link, then click on ratings and reviews, and then give us as many stars as you

think we deserve. So all it takes is one link and three clicks starting from breathful.com

review, and I will be forever grateful. Thank you, thank you, thank you. So today, I am so happy to be talking

with Diane Cassidy once again. She's the first repeat guest on the show. Way at the beginning of

the year, we did a podcast on tongue ties and lip ties, which if you haven't heard it, listen to this one

first and then go and check that one out. And so for those of you who don't know her, Diane is a lactation consultant in Rochester, New York,

with an advanced lactation certification.

She works in private practice and is a busy, in a busy pediatrician office, and in the fall of 2013,

she completed her master's in health and wellness

lactation. Diane became interested in lactation consulting after breastfeeding her own children,

which includes a set of twins. She spent thousands of hours working with new mothers and babies

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