Advocating While Pregnant and Navigating Upon Your Return to Work with Chelsie Bedingfield from the Sacramento Zoo
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My guest this week is Chelsie Bedingfield, an ungulate keeper at the Sacramento Zoo. Her and I really dive into what a zookeeper's daily roles and responsibilities are, and then what it is like to be a pregnant zookeeper doing those tasks. Chelsie talks about how she really had to learn to advocate for herself while pregnant. It wasn't that she didn't want to do certain tasks; it was that she physically couldn't, and she ultimately didn't want to compromise the health of her baby while working in the hot California summer. It can be hard to communicate that to your team…
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