Jenn Taylor #rerouting

Chose to become a full-time parent after earning a PhD-left the academic world because I knew I wanted to be a full-time parent-even when this was hugely unpopular and viewed as not being for "women's rights" (and I thought all along it was about having Choices! --I got criticized fiercely by other mothers who said "I will never be on the Mommy Train!' and I thought to myself-Dang! I'm the engine of that train! I had a hospital birth-my daughter struggled to latch on-She didn't gain weight-very scary-I was very committed to breastfeeding-got support from a gifted lactation consultant-and got to do a combo of supplementing at the breast with the Hazelbaker finger feeder, then a bottle with a tube that rested on my breast-so my daughter could continue to breastfeed And have the supplement.  I Home Birthed my son almost 3 years later and Loved this Experience with a gifted midwife. I felt completely empowered as a woman with a healthy pregnancy-I did all the research, had a backup plan, and learned what EMT