Air Force Pilot Jess: pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding while on

Air Force Pilot Jess: pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding while on active duty, plus advocacy work

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In today’s episode, we’ll be hearing from Jess, who recently retired after 21 years in the Air Force. Jess shares a bit about the births of each of her three children, and then really dives into the realities of postpartum life as a service member and specifically as an aviator. She shares about being a dual-mil family, breastfeeding and pumping as an aviator, her advocacy work, and the nonprofit she now runs called Level Up Aviation which offers programming geared toward increasing diversity in aviation. Follow along with Military Birth Talk: Instagram: @militarybirthtalk Facebook: Military Birth Resource Network & Postpartum Coalition Submit your birth story! forms.gle/3TT7FyV1QQV3RZGc8

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