My assault
CONTAINS DETAILS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Welcome to Navigating Single Parenthood
Embark on a journey with us as we share raw and authentic experiences of navigating single parenthood as a teen mum. As well as me as a person outside of motherhood! We are dedicated to providing a platform for young single parents to share their stories, struggles, and triumphs. Make sure to follow us on insta and tik tok! Crawford_alix
A love letter to my people
I don't even know where to start to be honest. For very many boring unimportant reasons I stopped talking to everyone I knew when I left school. I suppose I didn't really feel worthy of meaningful relationships, romantic or platonic. I've always been close to my sister Amie, and my cousins (more like sisters) Jemma and Kaitlyn, and I wasn't even really speaking to them. After Tommy was born though they forced their way back into my life and through them I gained self assurance I was, despite what I had made myself believe, was deserving of being appreciated.
The post baby body
I was so unprepared for how much having a baby would change my body. EVERYTHING GOT BIGGER. Tits and ass were fabulous, the rest not so much. One of the main reasons I’ve been struggling this year is because I just can’t accept this new body of mine. Even though this body grew a whole person. It was my son’s home for forty one weeks and a day. It done its job perfectly and I’m grateful it grew me a healthy baby boy but simultaneously I resent it for not 'bouncing back'.
Our story
So to start mostly from the beginning, 2021 was meant to be my gap year. I was working as an admin assistant for the NHS trying to save money as I had a place at Robert Gordon university to study journalism. I left school in a hurry and rushed my uni application, I was only 16 when I got into uni and I knew I wasn’t ready for it. I just desperately wanted out of my school where I had virtually no friends. This time working for the nhs was not great for my mental health, the job was stressful, I had been isolated from any remaining friendships I had and I only ever hung out with my boyfriend. I gained close to 90 lbs in a matter of months (I don’t deal with my emotions, I eat them).