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Jun 2024
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🎶👶 The 12 Weeks of Birth 👶🎶 On the f...

Liesel Teen
About this episode

It's Week 5 of The 12 Weeks of Birth! This week on the podcast, I'm joined by AJ, a male L&D nurse! Yeah! I thought it was so interesting to hear his perspective on being a minority in L&D! I hope you enjoy it!!

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