Dear Mama, You are the Best Person to Feed your Baby (Leighton Keen)

Dear Mama Monologues are special clips we pull from each episode, filled with an encouraging message from our guest to you. They are released as a bonus mini-sode each week so you have a place you can quickly access words to get you through those tough motherhood moments.Leighton Keen is a mama currently parenting two 2 and under. She feels like she gets the best of both worlds to be a part time stay at home mom and a part time licensed marriage and family therapist. Her journey with recurrent pregnancy loss led her to specialize in reproductive and maternal mental health to support women walking through their own losses, infertility, challenges during pregnancy postpartum, birth trauma, or those becoming parents by way of adoption. Not a typical thing she shares publicly but relevant for today’s conversation, Leighton had a breast reduction prior to her pregnancies and it consequently had an effect on her feeding journeys with both of her daughters. Listen to her full episode on Episode 6 of Moms of the Night Podcast.