Kimberley Crossman

Kimberley Crossman Instagram – Celebrating one week of Coco! 🤎
A little update from Kim ‘cries a lot’ Crossman haha
First note has to be a massive thank you to the team at Birthcare for walking through the first days of motherhood with me. I was vulnerable, sore, elated, confused, joyful, bleeding, laughing, crying, frustrated and exposed. They held my hand, hugged me, taught us how to feed through complications and manage my pain and they did it with grace, education and care I could not have anticipated I needed. Never telling me what to do, just helping me learn variations when things weren’t working and giving me space to try for myself. The nurture I needed to care for my baby, especially after my own recovery journey from a 3a tear and episiotomy. The food was exceptional, the education and access to specialized support were incredible. For me the physical therapist and lactation specialist were so key, along with the amazing midwives. Claire joining us every 3 hours overnight to help, and Anne crying with me when I pumped 20 mls of milk on my own, to mention a few.
Second is to my tribe. My friends, family and online family who have shown up physically or in the DMs sharing their journeys with milk supply and nourishing baby. I’m not the first woman to be in awe of women after birth, but this week I’m seeing it differently. Feeling so seen and supported, wrapped in some kind of collective armor from generous people around me and online who have walked this path before.
Third is to our daughter. It’s been wild experiencing such little control of my emotions, like another chapter of life when I was unwell, where my emotions were driving the car. But this is different. It’s all good, sentimental things. Time feels instantly more precious, followed by the pressure to both live in and analyze each moment. She’s already teaching us so much and she’s only been outside me physically for a week.
And to Cathy, my postpartum midwife with Origins for helping me transition home and through my feeding journey, and Ayeesha who came to shoot Coco and I in our raw, current environment so I don’t blink and miss this moment when my body and baby are fresh and new and different.
Here’s to week two 💛 | Posted on 15/Dec/2025 07:44:32