Sarah Malcolm | Mother, C-section recovery, sleep deprivation, breastfeeding, mental health, birth trauma, self-employed mother

In this, the very first episode of the Pink Flamingo Podcast, I am joined by the gorgeous Sarah Malcolm who tells the story of her postpartum experience with her first son, Oscar, who was 15 months at the time of recording. Sarah didn't get the birth experience she wanted but did still describe her emergency C-section as a beautiful way for Oscar to arrive in this world. It was the post birth days, spent on a wild postpartum ward with unkind midwives, that set a foundation for a really tough start to motherhood for Sarah who also found her C-section recovery incredibly hard. We spoke about the relentlessness of postpartum, sleep deprivation and breast feeding as well as the importance of close family and friends being near by ,meditation and rest. Sarah shares her mental health struggles, and seeking a therapist to deal with her birth trauma but she says there is still work to be done. It was through starting to teach yoga again and spending time in nature with her family that Sarah started to flush pinker and she speaks of the importance of self love and kindness as a parent.