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Badassmotherbirther, 1133 Eagles Landing Parkway, Stockbridge, GA (2026)

10/26/2026

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She was just told she was 5.5 cm.

Then suddenly there was a baby. 😂

And dad caught them while they were literally hanging onto his shirt.

And THIS is one of the problems with our obsession with cervical dilation.

A cervical exam tells you what the cervix is doing in that exact moment. It does not tell you exactly when the baby will be born.

Someone can stay at the same dilation for hours and then change rapidly. Someone else can dilate steadily and still have hours ahead of them.

But when we make the cervical exam the main way we understand labor, we can stop paying attention to the person actually laboring.

The sounds change.

The movements change.

The breathing changes.

The energy in the room changes.

The body starts telling you that birth is getting closer.

Those signs matter too.

And can we talk about everyone being shocked that DAD caught his own baby? 😂

There is absolutely nothing inherently strange about a parent receiving their own child at birth. It’s simply less common in hospital culture, where we’ve become accustomed to the idea that the provider needs to be the one at the end of the bed “catching” the baby.

In many out-of-hospital birth settings, family-centered birth can look very different. Partners may be much more physically involved, and sometimes THEY are the first hands to receive their baby.

Birth doesn’t always wait for the provider to walk into the room.

And apparently this baby said, “Daddy, you’re up.” 😂😭

Your cervix is not a crystal ball.

And sometimes babies couldn’t care less who is wearing the gloves, if any 😂

-Love,
Flor Cruz

10/25/2026

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I want to make something VERY clear about my doula mentorship:

You do not have to be a seasoned doula to apply.

You don’t have to walk in knowing everything.

You don’t need years of births under your belt.

You don’t need to be the loudest person in the birth room or have advocacy completely figured out.

Come learn.

That’s what mentorship is for.

I created this space for birth workers who want continued education, honest conversations, community, guidance and a place to work through the things that aren’t always covered in doula training.

Because birth work isn’t just hip squeezes and breathing techniques.

It’s learning how to support autonomy when you disagree with a client’s decision.

It’s understanding power dynamics.

It’s knowing how to navigate difficult rooms without making the birth about you.

It’s learning when your client needs your voice and when your job is to help her find her own.

It’s being able to sit with disappointment, fear, trauma, joy, uncertainty and everything birth can bring.

And sometimes it’s simply having other birth workers to say, “Holy s**t. This happened at a birth. Can we talk about it?”

😂

For 4 months, we’re doing exactly that.

Doula circles. Lessons. Guest speakers. Community. Childbirth education. Real conversations.

Whether you’re brand new or you’ve been doing this work for years, I encourage you to apply.

Virtual Badass Birth Doula Mentorship 🖤

4 months | Virtual | Starts in December

Applications are open now.

Apply at the link in my bio.

-Love,
Flor Cruz

10/23/2026

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A birth plan is not a cute little list of “preferences” that providers get to toss aside when they walk into the room.

These parents specifically documented that they wanted delayed cord clamping.

The provider ignored it.

The cord was clamped, the father was pressured to cut it, and the response was: “We don’t do birth plans.”

That is not patient-centered care.

You do not get to override someone’s informed decisions simply because you don’t like birth plans, don’t agree with their choices, or have your own routine for how birth should go.

Patients have the right to participate in decisions about their medical care. They have the right to informed consent. They have the right to refuse interventions. And those rights do not disappear because someone is in labor.

A birth plan is communication. It tells the people caring for you what matters to you and what you consent to or don’t.

When a provider knowingly disregards a patient’s expressed wishes without medical necessity or meaningful discussion, particularly while exerting authority over someone in an incredibly vulnerable moment, that can be part of what advocates and researchers describe as obstetric violence.

And “we don’t do birthplans” should NEVER be an acceptable response to informed patient choices.

Birth plans don’t need to be obeyed blindly when circumstances genuinely change.

But the PERSON giving birth still deserves communication, informed consent, and respect.

Every. Single. Time.

THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR FROM ANY PROVIDER!

-Love,
Flor Cruz

10/22/2026

🌀 COOL FACTS ABOUT THE UMBILICAL CORD 🌀

The umbilical cord is honestly one of the coolest things the human body creates.

✨ A typical cord contains 3 blood vessels — 2 arteries and 1 vein.

✨ The umbilical vein carries oxygen and nutrient-rich blood TO baby, while the arteries carry blood back toward the placenta.

✨ Those vessels are surrounded by Wharton’s jelly, a thick, gelatinous connective tissue that helps protect them from compression, bending and twisting.

✨ The cord’s spiral appearance is NORMAL. Those beautiful coils help it tolerate all the movement happening inside the uterus.

✨ At term, the average cord is roughly 20–24 inches long, although cords can be shorter or much longer.

✨ Baby doesn’t “breathe” through the cord. Oxygen is transferred through the placenta into fetal circulation.

✨ The mother or pregnant person’s and baby’s blood normally do not directly mix. Oxygen, nutrients and waste products cross through the placenta instead.

✨ And the cord doesn’t necessarily stop working the second baby is born. While placental circulation continues, blood can still move between the placenta and baby.

✨ This is why delayed cord clamping matters. Allowing time for placental transfusion can increase newborn hemoglobin levels and improve iron stores during the first months of life.

This incredible structure helped sustain an entire human for MONTHS.

Then its job is finished. It dries up. Falls off.

And leaves behind a belly button.

The human body is fu***ng incredible.

-Love,
Flor Cruz

Thank you Dans les yeux de Julia

10/22/2026

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🔥🗣𝐏𝐀𝐘 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍🗣🔥
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Just pay what you can afford and my “Tips For An Unmedicated Birth” Ebook is yours!
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Due to many families financially struggling, I’m happy to let you pay what you can afford for my ebook.
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬:
1️⃣Questions to ask a potential provider and doula before hiring them:
💥important questions to ask so you can hire the team that best suits you.
2️⃣Putting together a birthplan/preferences:
💥reference on where you can build one,why you should, and an example of a birthplan
3️⃣Previous trauma/abuse:
💥things you can do to reduce the effects of past traumas/abuse.
4️⃣Routine hospital procedures:
💥common routines that are not evidence based for low-risk pregnancies.
5️⃣Top reasons for inductions/cesareans:
💥these are reasons that are not evidence based with a reference on where to read the research
6️⃣Your right to refuse/accept treatment:
💥coercion vs. directive counseling from your provider and your rights
7️⃣Using your BRAIN:
💥how to effectively make decisions during birth
8️⃣Comfort measures/labor tips:
💥tips for you and your partner, this includes on an emotional and physical level
9️⃣Pushing and FER (fetal ejection reflex):
💥birther led pushing vs. coached/purple pushing and tips to increase chances of FER
🔟Tearing/Injury:
💥how to reduce the chances and severity of tearing
1️⃣1️⃣Birthing the placenta:
💥physiological birth vs. managed birth.
AND MORE!
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Things to consider:
❤️Even if you are planning to get an epidural, you are not guaranteed that it will work or the birth may progress very quickly.
❤️Medicated or not, when birthing you need to know how to navigate the hospital or have ideas of what to do during labor, this is ebook is for birthing at HOME or HOSPITAL.
❤️Many of you can not afford to hire a midwife or doula, this ebook will help your partner support you and build your confidence in achieving an unmedicated birth.
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https://badassmotherbirther.kit.com/products/tips-for-an-unmedicated-birth-ebook
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10/21/2026

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I want to make something VERY clear about my doula mentorship:

You do not have to be a seasoned doula to apply.

You don’t have to walk in knowing everything.

You don’t need years of births under your belt.

You don’t need to be the loudest person in the birth room or have advocacy completely figured out.

Come learn.

That’s what mentorship is for.

I created this space for birth workers who want continued education, honest conversations, community, guidance and a place to work through the things that aren’t always covered in doula training.

Because birth work isn’t just hip squeezes and breathing techniques.

It’s learning how to support autonomy when you disagree with a client’s decision.

It’s understanding power dynamics.

It’s knowing how to navigate difficult rooms without making the birth about you.

It’s learning when your client needs your voice and when your job is to help her find her own.

It’s being able to sit with disappointment, fear, trauma, joy, uncertainty and everything birth can bring.

And sometimes it’s simply having other birth workers to say, “Holy s**t. This happened at a birth. Can we talk about it?”

😂

For 4 months, we’re doing exactly that.

Doula circles. Lessons. Guest speakers. Community. Childbirth education. Real conversations.

Whether you’re brand new or you’ve been doing this work for years, I encourage you to apply.

Virtual Badass Birth Doula Mentorship 🖤

4 months | Virtual | Starts in December

Applications are open now.

https://badassmotherbirther.com/about-the-program

-Love,
Flor Cruz

10/20/2026

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No one talks about the bravery it takes to have a cesarean.

To lay down on an operating table.

Arms outstretched.

Bright lights above you.

A curtain across your chest.

To be awake while someone cuts through layer after layer of your abdomen.

Skin.
Fat.
Fascia.
Uterus.

To feel tugging, pressure, and movement.

To hear surgical instruments.

To smell your burning flesh.

And to know, while you cannot see, that hands are inside your body, reaching in, to lift your baby out.

I remember exactly what that was like.

To feel like running away but staying on the table.

Tears flooding my face.

Heart beating out of my chest.

That is not small.

That is not “the easy way out.”

Cesarean birth is major abdominal surgery performed while you are conscious.

Your body is open.

Your nervous system is activated.

Your baby is born through an incision in your womb.

Whether planned or emergent, it requires immense courage.

You can advocate for reducing unnecessary surgery
and still acknowledge the strength of those who walk through it.

You can critique systems and still honor the parents inside them.

Bravery doesn’t disappear just because the birth happened in an operating room.

If you had a cesarean, your body did something profound.

And that deserves to be named.

-Love,
Flor Cruz
Flor Cruz

10/20/2026

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I need help and I need this shared until it reaches someone who can actually do something.

For years, I have used my platforms to educate millions of people about birth, postpartum, breastfeeding, and the realities of reproductive healthcare.

The content I share is educational. It documents real human bodies doing real human things. And this content is explicitly allowed under Meta’s own policies.

Yet I continue to receive violation after violation.

Birth content removed.
Breastfeeding content removed.
Postpartum content removed.
Account restrictions.
And repeated warnings that put years of work and a community of millions at risk.

I PAY for Meta Verified. I have contacted support repeatedly. I have appealed. I have explained the context. I have pointed to their own policies.

I even sent a certified letter to meta.

And I keep ending up in the same automated cycle.

This isn’t about wanting special treatment.

I want Meta to enforce its own policies consistently.

When an educational birth account can follow the rules and STILL accumulate violations that threaten the entire platform, something is broken.

So I’m asking publicly:

If you work for Meta, have a direct contact at Meta, work in creator advocacy, digital rights, platform policy, media, or law, or you know someone who has successfully resolved repeated erroneous enforcement against a large creator account, PLEASE contact me.

I am specifically looking for someone who can help get these violations properly reviewed, remove violations that were issued in error, and help protect my accounts from being wrongfully disabled.

And if you can’t help directly, SHARE THIS.

Tag people. Send it to journalists. Send it to creator advocates. Send it to people at Meta.

I built this community one post at a time.

I’m not going to quietly watch years of work disappear because an automated moderation system can’t tell the difference between po*******hy and childbirth.

Meta I need an actual human being to look at what is happening to my accounts.

Please share. 🖤

-Love,
Flor Cruz

10/19/2026

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The cesarean is a life saving surgery. And with that, we as consumers, alongside our healthcare systems, have to use them appropriately and with informed consent. Having access to life saving cesareans is a human right. But when we overuse cesareans without any real medical indication, we cheapen its value in obstetrics.

-Love,
Flor Cruz
Flor Cruz

10/18/2026

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Let’s be brutally honest.
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Breech babies are not the problem.
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The problem is lack of knowledge and support of breech births.
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-Love,
Flor Cruz
Flor Cruz
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