Lisa Leslie Reveals What it Cost Her to be a Mom and an WNBA Star

Skylar and Cassidy welcome basketball royalty: three-time MVP, four-time Olympic gold medalist, eight-time All-Star, and mom, Lisa Leslie. Lisa discusses the pressure of being the face of the early WNBA while starting a family, her choice to bring her daughter on the road despite no support in place for working mothers, and how an emergency c-section did and did not impact her return. She gets into: Feeling compelled to publicly apologize to fans for missing a season to give birth and recover Playing alongside other moms and the financial and logistical realities of traveling with children Mom guilt, postpartum, and what real player-mom support can actually do Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.  INSTAGRAM @andmomshow TIKTOK @andmomshow FACEBOOK @andmomshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices