Heart and Home Midwifery

05/16/2025

Some natural fo****in facts for the intact p***s.

behold the normal and natural fo****in

05/10/2025

A great explanation about anterior versus posterior babies.

🪴𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫! 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬!🪴

You may hear birth workers talk about “anterior” or “posterior” babies, but what does that actually mean?

Anterior = baby is facing your back.

Specifically, their back is toward your belly, and their face is toward your spine.

This is also called OA (occiput anterior) position, and it’s the most common and most optimal position for birth.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫? 🧐

In this position, the smallest part of baby’s head leads the way through the pelvis, usually making for an easier, smoother descent and birth.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫? 🧐

Around 90–95% of babies are in an anterior position by the time labor is in full swing.
Some start out posterior (facing your belly), but most rotate during labor.

So if your baby is anterior, great!

If not, that’s okay too. With movement, time, and support, babies often find their way into the right position for them.

Most babies want to be anterior and your body is designed to help guide them there.

-Love,
Flor Cruz
Badassmotherbirther

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

04/21/2025

No births today. Thrilled to spend this beautiful Easter Sunday with my family. Super grateful for the chance to capture a photo with my grandchildren.

02/08/2025

Remember that day a year ago we had a nearly 4 foot cord, Brittany Jane 😱

11/16/2024

So happy to see this. Thank you Grand Forks Public Health Department. 🙏

08/14/2024

Imagine that…🥰

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01/19/2024

I love this adorable pic from my sweet client. In labor, she told me she started following my daughter, Steph, from the Happy Camper Coffee before they even moved to ND. How fitting that she’d share a pic with her baby sporting Heart and Home Midwifery merch while enjoying her favorite post birth drink. 💙☕️

The The Happy Camper Coffee and Heart and Home Midwifery. The perfect postpartum combination.

12/11/2023

Calling all my lady friends! NO GOOGLING ALLOWED. Use your own brain power. Every answer must start with the first letter of your MAIDEN name. THIS IS HARDER THAN YOU THINK.

Wear - Footwear
Drink - Fresca
Place - France
Food - fries
Animal - Fish
Girl Name - Franny
Boy Name - Frank
Profession - Firefighter
Describe someone - Feisty
Body part - Feet

LET'S SEE WHO COPIES AND PLAY

09/01/2023

Love this boy of mine! I’ve never had a car loan or another loan for that matter. He made it so easy and seamless buying a car from him! He knew what I was looking for and had at least 10 cars picked out for me. I purchased the second one I test drove. Thank you for all of your help - I couldn’t have asked for a better salesman! Second pic is with his fairly new car purchase and mine.

08/18/2023

This sweet little nugget will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. Her momma had the best birthing suite with the pool set up in front of their bedroom window, overlooking their property. I absolutely fell in with her birth space!