Background on Megan: Megan is a pediatric nurse practitioner and lactation consultant, living in Minneapolis, MN. She lived in Washington, DC for several years and moved back to Minnesota to be close to family and friends. Megan is the mother of two wonderful children. While pregnant with her son, she discovered that her husband and she were both genetic carriers of Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome (SLOS), a rare but devastating disease. After their son was born they grew their family through adoption, which opened her mind and heart to the many ways people grow their family. She is currently in the process of starting her own lactation business to help new moms on their breastfeeding journey. 

What we talked about: 

• How and when she and her husband decided they wanted to start having kids 
• What it’s like being a pediatric nurse practitioner and having friends/family reaching out as a resource and how it impacts her when her own kids are sick
• Becoming a lactation consultant and the most common problems she sees in new moms with breastfeeding
• Her own experience breastfeeding her son and dealing with his food intolerances 
• Taking the leap into starting her own lactation business 
• Balancing starting her own business with being a stay-at-home mom
• How her and her husband decided on adoption to grow their family 
• What it was like finding out that she and her husband were both carriers of a genetic disorder - Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome 
• Their journey from IVF with PGD to adoption 
• Benefits of open adoptions
• How she talked about adoption with her 2-year-old son while they were going through the adoption process 
• Finding out that they had been matched with their daughter
• Meeting their daughter’s birth mom 
• Living in another state until they were cleared to leave with no support system and a 2-year-old and newborn while her husband was still working
• Her relationship with her daughter’s birth parents 
• The guilt that came with adoption 
• Advice for those starting the adoption process 
• Her go to for self-care both pre and post COVID
• Trying to be more positive during COVID and finding a routine, especially as they go into colder months 

Connect with Megan at parklactation.com. 

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