Episode Synopsis "Interview with Breast Cancer Previvor"

In this interview Sheen Watterson shares her experience getting a preventative prophylactic mastectomy just months after her wedding due to an increased risk for breast cancer. Sheena opens up about how this procedure affected her motherhood journey, and particularly her feeding choices when  she had her children. You can listen to Sheena's parenthood podcast at "And Then We Had Kids." You can learn more about The Birth Zone at https://www.thebirthzone.com/.

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