34 min

Surgery, Twin Pregnancy & Shared Parental Leave: Miss Zoe Barber Mothers In Medicine Podcast

    • Parenting

In this episode I’m joined by Miss Zoe Barber, consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon, and mother of twins. Miss Barber shares her experience of going through a twin pregnancy, and discusses the challenges and the benefits of life as a mother and a surgeon. She shares why she didn’t love maternity leave and we discuss the stigma around the expectation of mums to enjoy what for many can be a difficult and isolating experience. We find out how pregnancy changed h...

In this episode I’m joined by Miss Zoe Barber, consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon, and mother of twins. Miss Barber shares her experience of going through a twin pregnancy, and discusses the challenges and the benefits of life as a mother and a surgeon. She shares why she didn’t love maternity leave and we discuss the stigma around the expectation of mums to enjoy what for many can be a difficult and isolating experience. We find out how pregnancy changed h...

34 min