1/4 of us will have a miscarriage and almost nobody talks about what it's actually like, so I'm talking about mine. I've been a doula for 9 years and I've supported other families through loss but none of that prepared me for the morning the sonographer went quiet and walked out of the room.

In episode 3, I take you through the whole thing, from the pregnancy we weren't planning, to the D&C they promised I'd recover from in 48 hours, to the 12+ weeks of bleeding that came after it, and I read you the message a woman I've never met sent me at 9 weeks postpartum to tell me my grief had gotten exhausting for her to follow on Instagram. If you've had a loss, I hope this makes you feel a little less alone in it.

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Current trainings include:

• Birth Doula
• Postpartum Doula
• Childbirth Educator
• Childbirth Ed Curriculum
• Full Spectrum Doula (includes all of the above)

  
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  You can find Krystil on Instagram @krystilhofsky

In part 2 of the intro series of the Innerbloom Podcast, Krystil tells her son's birth story.

Four years into her doula career, she knew every question to ask, when to slow a room down, and how to buy a client time to think. Then it was her turn in the hospital bed, and she said almost nothing for 20 hours.

She walks through the days leading up to the birth, whole labor, what she let happen, and the moment she understood that having the information and being able to use it while you are the one laboring are two very different things. For anyone still reeling over a birth at 2am wondering why they did not speak up, this one is for you.

New episodes of Innerbloom Doula Podcast are posted every Friday. Follow the pod to keep up!

Liked what ya heard? Drop us a 5 star rating.

Interested in becoming a doula? Innerbloom Doula Institute is the leading doula training, offering self-paced courses with lifetime certifications, built in community, dedicated live mentorship, and business training so you run your doula business to fulfill your passion and your bank account.

Current trainings include:

• Birth Doula
• Postpartum Doula
• Childbirth Educator
• Childbirth Ed Curriculum
• Full Spectrum Doula (includes all of the above)

  Learn more about Innerbloom Doula Institute here
  

  You can find Krystil on Instagram @krystilhofsky
  

How does a friendship breakup turn into finding your life's purpose?

In this intro episode, Krystil Hofsky, doula and founder of Innerbloom Doula Institute, tells the story of downloading Bumble BFF in 2017 after her best friend breakup and signing up for a doula training three days later with her first swipe-right friend. Even though she was 26 years old and had zero intention of ever having kids, she walked out of that weekend completely enamored with birth work.

Krystil gets into her first client experience (hint: it went nothing like she expected), her take on doula training, and how much of her real education came from taking radical responsibility for showing up as her best self for her clients.

This is part 1 of a 3 part intro to Krystil, before we get into birth, postpartum, motherhood, and birth work.

New episodes of Innerbloom Doula Podcast are posted every Friday. Follow the pod to keep up!

Liked what ya heard? Drop us a 5 star rating.

Interested in becoming a doula? Innerbloom Doula Institute is the leading doula training, offering self-paced courses with lifetime certifications, built in community, dedicated live mentorship, and business training so you run your doula business to fulfill your passion and your bank account.

Current trainings include:

• Birth Doula
• Postpartum Doula
• Childbirth Educator
• Childbirth Ed Curriculum
• Full Spectrum Doula (includes all of the above)

  Learn more about Innerbloom Doula Institute here

  You can find Krystil on Instagram @krystilhofsky