Midwife Melanie

04/07/2026

04/03/2026

This mama was a quick birther and lived an hour away, and still what an absolutely delightful review! Makes me so happy!

04/03/2026

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That is one of the most common reasons as to why people mutilate their brand new baby boys.
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We are talking about altering a newborn’s ge****ls, a baby freshly born, who cannot consent, cannot understand, cannot object, so that his body resembles an adult man’s.
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Not for immediate medical necessity because something is wrong, but aesthetic similarity to another adult man.
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This makes me nauseous to think about.
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Because when you strip away the normalization, the hospital routine, the “it’s just what we do, you’re left with the fact that a tiny baby, born perfect, is going through the pain of being surgically changed to match someone else’s.
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If we said, “Let’s surgically alter a baby girl’s ge****ls so they match her mother’s,”
people would be horrified.
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They’d call it what it is!
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A violation, control, mutilation.
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But somehow, when it’s a baby boy,
the same logic gets a pass?
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So he looks like his dad?
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Say it out loud so you can see how your reasoning doesn’t hold up.
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Babies are not born needing to match anyone.
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Their bodies are already whole.
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And the moment we start justifying permanent, irreversible body changes based on what makes adults more comfortable, we have completely lost the plot.
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And we are not protecting our babies.
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We are changing their brain wiring, removing healthy, functioning organs, just so you can say they match another adult man’s body.
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𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐙 / 𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 ©

04/01/2026

Midwife Melanie is now also licensed in Illinois for all those mamas on the other side of the river. So exciting!

04/01/2026

That six week check up be like…

03/31/2026

Hiring Midwife Melanie for your homebirth doesn’t end after the delivery. You will get postpartum visits in your home and services include filing your birth certificate, breastfeeding advice, and newborn screenings (if desired!) Also lots of fun and laughs of course!

03/30/2026

This mama was at first nervous to call us, but now we are all so glad she did! What an absolute joy it has been serving this family!

03/29/2026

By Black Banjo Arts

03/28/2026

Look at these quilts we were gifted!

03/26/2026

Prenatals full of joy