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#5: Jessica Shortall on Workplace Breastfeeding Policies

#5: Jessica Shortall on Workplace Breastfeeding Policies

FromPregnancy, Parenting & Politics


#5: Jessica Shortall on Workplace Breastfeeding Policies

FromPregnancy, Parenting & Politics

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Aug 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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Jeanne talks with author and TED speaker, Jessica Shortall about her new book, Work, Pump, Repeat and about why maternity leave policies in the U.S. are among the worst in the world.  We also talk about how guaranteed paid maternity leave for all mothers could provide huge economic and public health benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Aug 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics, is a breath of fresh air: accessible, authoritative, funny, reassuring and personal. It's chock-full of Jeanne's comprehensive, medically-sound advice and insights plus conversations with women, mothers and experts in pregnancy, parenting and the power to change the world. Women's health expert, labor nurse, feminist, mother of four, Fit Pregnancy.com columnist and author of Common Sense Pregnancy (Random House, 2015), Jeanne Faulkner has been at the bedside for thousands of deliveries. She provides the honest insider advice you need during pregnancy, labor, birth, and parenthood. Jeanne believes that parents have the power to change the world and that's what we're talking about here on Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics.