Parenting with a prosthetic leg - KICBUMP with Jess Quinn

Jess Quinn was one of our very first KICPOD guests way back in 2019. This week Jess returns, but this time for KICBUMP, after welcoming her first daughter Marla into the world last November. 

In our first conversation with Jess she shared her story of childhood cancer and having one of her legs amputated when she was nine years old. In this episode, Steph and Jess talk about Marla and the reality of parenting as an amputee.

Jess shares how she gained confidence in her body through pregnancy, her birth story, learning to parent with her husband Todd and how they’re finding their feet with newborn life, the things she can’t do for Marla with one leg, and all the things that Marla will gain from having a mum who’s an amputee. 

Check out Jess' fave body positive books for kids
Bodies Are Cool - Tyler Feder
Love Your Body - Jessica Sanders
Her Body Can - Katie Crenshaw
Everybody Has A Body - Molli Jackson Ehlert

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