Sophia Crawford | Mother of two, Doula, postpartum friends, co-sleeping, boundaries

      In todays episode I chatted with the lovely Sophia, a doula and mother to Elba, 9 and Wren, 7. Sophia experienced two very different postpartum with her daughters. As a young mum at 24 years old and the first of her friends to have a baby, she wanted to show the world and herself that this new chapter wouldn't drastically change her life but she quickly learnt that she was lying to herself and there comes a point where you are forced to surrender to it. Once she did surrender and accept this new self and stage she was so immersed in it and happier in her mothering. Second time around she was much more calm and boundaried with her postpartum nest, she was much more comfortable with being slow and still and not rushing to groups, classes and to make friends. We chat about making friends in the postpartum- how hard it can be. Yhe challenges of finding your like minded tribe, feeling pink enough to socialise in the first place, social anxiety, constantly running off after your crawling/running baby mid sentence when trying to converse. The exposing nature of making friends in the postpartum when you are potentially at your most vulnerable with a new unknown identity, doing a new unknown job. Sophia talks about her work as a doula, and specifically within the postpartum, the importance of feeding people nutritious foods, emotionally holding people and listening and assisting families with asserting boundaries to help protect their postpartum. Sophia is a fantastic Doula in Bristol and a great resource on instagram for learning about your birth rights and learning more about uninterupted physiological births and you can find her at @theintuitivedoula on instagram and https://www.theintuitivedoula.co.uk/