Badassmotherbirther

06/18/2026

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A surprise breech baby showed up at a birth center and nobody hit the panic button.

No shouting.

No flood of people running into the room.

The midwives assessed the situation, stayed calm, and caught the baby.

That doesn’t mean breech birth is risk-free.

It means skilled providers know the difference between an emergency and needing different skills.

We’ve trained an entire generation to believe that the mere sight of a breech baby should trigger chaos.

But for most of human history, breech babies were born before ultrasound, before operating rooms, and before anyone could schedule a cesarean six weeks in advance.

What changed wasn’t the existence of breech babies.

What changed was our confidence in supporting them.

The most shocking part of this video isn’t that the baby was breech.

It’s that everyone remained calm.

And in today’s birth culture, that’s apparently controversial.

-Love,
Flor Cruz

06/17/2026

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She went for a walk during labor and accidentally gave birth outside.

She wasn’t trying to have an outdoor birth.

She just wanted some fresh air.

A few contractions.

A short walk.

Then suddenly…

Baby.

No delivery room.

No hospital bed.

No countdown.

Sometimes labor speeds up when a person feels safe, relaxed, and free to move.

Walking can help labor progress by encouraging optimal fetal positioning, using gravity, and reducing stress hormones.

Just a mother, a baby, and a body that knew exactly what to do.

Birth can be wildly unpredictable, beautifully powerful, and far more instinctive than we’ve been taught to believe.

The human body literally gave birth on the sidewalk…

Yet we have somehow convinced an entire generation that laboring mothers should spend birth flat on their backs, attached to machines, waiting for permission to push.

Movement isn’t the problem.

Immobility can definitely be.

This baby decided the walk was over.

Birth happened exactly where birth happened.

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06/16/2026

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A huge piece of history that colonizers love to hide .

-Love,
Flor Cruz

06/15/2026

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Some transgender men retain a uterus, ovaries, and the ability to conceive.

That reality makes some people uncomfortable, but discomfort doesn’t change biology.

S*x and gender are not the same thing.

👉🏽 S*x (male, female) refers to biological characteristics like reproductive anatomy, hormones, and chromosomes.

👉🏽 Gender (man, woman) refers to social, cultural, and personal identity.

From a biological perspective:

✅ Two s*xes: male and female

✅ Inters*x: natural variations in s*x characteristics, not typically considered a separate reproductive s*x

There is no universally agreed-upon number of genders.

And no, acknowledging pregnant transgender men does not erase women.

Women are not defined solely by pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, or reproductive organs. If they were, then infertile women, postmenopausal women, women who have had hysterectomies, and women who never want children would somehow be “less woman” and most of us reject that idea immediately.

Women are human beings. Our worth has never been confined to our ability to reproduce.

Recognizing that some transgender men can become pregnant takes nothing away from women. It simply acknowledges that some people who identify as men still have the anatomy necessary to conceive, carry, and birth a baby.

If the existence of a pregnant man feels like it erases women, then maybe the problem isn’t pregnant men. Maybe it’s the belief that women are nothing more than a uterus.

You don’t have to understand every transgender person’s life to understand this:

If someone has a uterus, ovaries, and the ability to conceive, pregnancy is possible.

As birth workers, our job isn’t to decide who deserves care.

Our job is to ensure every pregnant person receives safe, respectful, evidence-based care.

-Love,
Flor Cruz

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, & 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭!
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ivoire foreman (Atheiyna)

06/13/2026

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Vernix isn’t dirt. It’s a biological design feature.

That white, creamy coating on a newborn’s skin is called vernix caseosa, and it serves important purposes long before a baby takes their first breath.

During pregnancy, vernix helps protect a baby’s skin from being constantly submerged in amniotic fluid for months.

But its job doesn’t stop there.

As labor unfolds, vernix may also help make birth easier.

Research suggests vernix has lubricating properties that can help reduce friction as the baby moves through the birth canal.

In other words, your baby comes equipped with their own natural “birth lubricant.”

Vernix may also help protect the tissues of the birth canal by reducing rubbing and friction during birth.

After birth, vernix continues working.

✨ Helps prevent heat loss
✨ Supports skin hydration
✨ Contains antimicrobial properties that help protect against infection
✨ Helps establish the baby’s healthy skin microbiome
✨ Provides a protective barrier while a newborn adapts to life outside the womb

This is one reason many families choose to delay the first bath and allow vernix to absorb naturally into the baby’s skin.

The next time you see vernix, remember:

It’s not something that got left behind.

It’s something nature intentionally packed for the journey. 🤍👶🏻✨

-Love,
Flor Cruz
Flor Cruz

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, & 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭!
Тетяна Небесьо

06/12/2026

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The birth isn’t over when the baby is out.

There’s still an entire organ left to birth.

The placenta.

Yet somehow, we spend months talking about the baby and almost no time talking about what happens during the third stage of labor.

This placenta tore because it was pulled out.

And while many parents are busy staring at their brand new baby, providers are often already focused on delivering the placenta as quickly as possible.

The problem?

The placenta isn’t always ready.

Aggressive cord traction and forceful placental removal can increase the risk of:

📌 Retained placental fragments
📌 Postpartum hemorrhage
📌 Infection
📌 Delayed healing of the uterus
📌 Pain and birth trauma
📌 Rare but serious complications like uterine inversion

And here’s something many parents don’t know:

Retained placental tissue can interfere with milk production because the body may continue receiving hormonal signals that the placenta is still present.

The timing matters for babies too.

If the placenta is delivered very quickly, the cord may stop transferring blood sooner than it otherwise would have. Placental transfusion continues while the cord remains intact.

The third stage of labor isn’t an afterthought.

It’s not a race.

It’s not something to rush through because everyone is eager to move on.

It’s a normal physiological process that deserves the same respect as every other stage of birth.

Have you discussed the birth of your placenta with your provider?

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06/10/2026

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writes:

“She birthed her first child, a daughter, 15 years ago.
She did so in the hospital, and although it was a ‘good outcome’ and a vaginal birth, she expressed that she felt disempowered and dissatisfied with many aspects of her experience. 15 years later she said yes to trying a different way, to birthing outside of the institutionalized system and walking the ancient journey of getting to know yourself and meet your descendant on your own terms, autonomously, in the comfort of her own home - her sanctuary. She put in so much hard work preparing for her homebirth, and even more hard work during it. She trusted herself and her baby, and triumphed.
15 years later, her first-born was present to witness her brother emerge into this world… it was the most beautiful thing to witness a family have a full circle moment like this.
She chose to share her experience so as to normalize, encourage and hopefully inspire others to ask questions and explore birthing in this different way, at home, autonomously, personalized, supported and loved.”

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

What were you told about the internal fetal monitor?

06/08/2026

Motherhood isn’t “unappealing” because women suddenly became selfish for no reason.

Women are opting out because society expects mothers to function like machines while offering crumbs in return.

You’re expected to:
❗️ build a career like you’re not pregnant
❗️ work until birth like your body isn’t under enormous physical demand
❗️ give birth in one of the most expensive maternity systems in the world while maternal outcomes continue to fail women
❗️ recover from pregnancy and birth with little to no real postpartum support
❗️ care for a newborn on minimal sleep
❗️ keep the house running
❗️ carry everyone’s emotional labor
❗️ breastfeed through exhaustion
❗️ be s*xually available
❗️ bounce back physically
❗️ smile through it all

And then six weeks later?

Many women are expected to hand a tiny newborn to strangers and return to work like nothing happened.

Women are told motherhood is “natural,” while simultaneously living in conditions that are profoundly unnatural for mothers and babies.

Humans were never meant to mother in isolation.

We were never meant to heal alone.

We were never meant to raise babies while functioning like overworked employees in a system that barely tolerates caregiving.

Then people act shocked that birth rates are dropping.

Women aren’t rejecting babies.

Women are rejecting burnout.

Women are rejecting depletion.

Women are rejecting a culture that romanticizes motherhood while abandoning mothers.

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