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Brianna is a midwifery student, nurse, and community (home, birth center, and postpartum) doula, serving clients in Southeast WI. Instagram

07/20/2025

🩸 Did you ever wonder why midwives are called criminal in the land of their grandmothers?
Why women are told birth is “too risky” without a license from men who’ve never bled?
Why catching babies in your hands is punishable, while cutting them from the womb is praised?
It’s not just regulation.
It’s not just oversight.
It’s a war on the design.

👁️ They say it’s for safety—but the numbers say otherwise.
They say it’s for the mother—but mothers say they were never heard.
They say it’s for the baby—but the cord is cut early, the breath is forced, the moment is stolen.
This is not protection.
It is control dressed in sterile robes.

📜 “But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.”
Exodus 1:17.
Shiphrah. Puah.
They stood in the face of genocide, not for fame, not for gold—but because they feared God, not Pharaoh.

And today? The decrees still come down from high.
"Do not attend without a permit."
"Report your sisters."
"Say nothing when they are dragged into court."
But we remember.
And we refuse.
🔗 We stand when told to kneel.
🛑 We speak when told to be quiet.
🤲 We catch life even when threatened with cages.

Midwives in Hungary. Shackled.
In South Africa. Charged.
In Pennsylvania. Investigated.
In New York. Erased from history.
In Australia. Jailed for attending what the mother chose.

Licensed or not, the threat is the same—because it’s not about safety.
It’s about sovereignty.

A woman, laboring in power, is dangerous to the powers. A baby born into peace instead of panic threatens the principalities.
And a midwife who says, “I answer to God, not your decree,” is their greatest fear.

Because we do not serve the gods of liability, nor the idols of compliance.
We do not offer incense to the state to be allowed to do what God has already called us to do.

So why do we fight?
Because birth is holy.
Because mothers are not property.
Because babies are not state commodities.
Because legacy matters more than law.
Because we were called for such a time as this.
We fear the Lord.

This is not soft work. This is a Holy war.

07/15/2025

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07/14/2025

𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 "𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞".

While having an operating room down the hall can provide peace of mind, it also comes with its own very real risks that are often ignored in mainstream birth culture.

⚠️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 “𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞”:
📌Proximity to surgery increases intervention
📌When a tool is close and easy to access, it’s more likely to be used even when it’s not necessary.
📌Providers may feel quicker to call a cesarean “just to be safe” because the OR is right there. This can lead to faster decision-to-incision times without true emergencies
📌Lower tolerance for slow or atypical labors
📌Increased pressure to “perform” on a timeline

⚠️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲:
📌Knowing surgery is nearby often creates a clinical, fear-based environment, which affects both how providers approach birth (more defensively), and how mothers and birthing people feel (more anxious, less safe, less trust in their own bodies)

⚠️𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 = 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭
📌The presence of an OR changes how risk is managed. Instead of supporting physiology, there’s often a rush to intervene at the first deviation.
📌It encourages a mindset of “rescue” even before anything needs saving.

The proximity of the OR doesn’t just protect you, it influences your birth.

It can quietly shift birth from a physiological event into a surgical one, even when surgery isn’t needed.

So yes, having an OR down the hall might be useful in a rare emergency.

But its presence can also be a major risk factor for unnecessary surgery.

Hospitals may offer fast access to surgery.

But midwifery-led models and homebirth offer a slower, safer approach that often prevents the need for it in the first place.

⚠️𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐑 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲:
📌It can create a “safety net” mindset where they feel more comfortable being aggressive with interventions because, if something goes wrong, “we can just do a cesarean.”

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭:
🗣️More Pitocin, more AROM, more control, faster
🗣️Providers may push harder, augment sooner, or break waters earlier because they know if it causes distress, the OR is right there.
🗣️This aggressive management wouldn’t make sense in a setting without immediate surgical access because it carries real risks.

😵‍💫𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐑 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲:
📌There’s a shift from preventing emergencies to managing the fallout of interventions.
📌Instead of respecting the body’s timeline, the mindset becomes:
👉 “We’ll try this, and if it doesn’t work, we’ll section her.”

🫣𝐈𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲
📌Cesarean becomes a solution to problems they created like fetal distress from overuse of Pitocin or ruptured waters with no contractions.
📌Because the OR is close, the threshold for surgery drops and parents pay the price.

🔥𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫🔥

Providers might take liberties they wouldn’t dare take in a setting where surgery wasn’t just down the hall.

It’s not that they want harm, it’s that the system trains them to believe that the OR can clean up anything.

But the truth is:

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐮𝐩 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲.....𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠

-Love,
Flor Cruz
Badassmotherbirther

07/10/2025

“THIS is why you buckle your kids into their car seats correctly every SINGLE time. Even when they scream because the straps are tight. Even when they complain about the chest clip or being rear facing. We stopped for milk on the way home from preschool yesterday. We were minutes from home. Someone sped through a red light and slammed into us.

You never think it will happen to you. My boys escaped without a scratch but the paramedics told me it could have been very different had I not taken the extra 2 minutes to be sure they were buckled correctly. I will be fine, my kids are fine, everything else can be replaced. Sending thanks to God for keeping us safe (along with Honda, Graco & Chicco).” - via Jenna Casado Rabberman & Sheriff Bieber

Such an important message!

07/10/2025

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06/26/2025

𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗗

𝙼𝚒𝚍𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚆𝙸 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚍

🏡 Do you live in a rural area and want to have the option of a homebirth with a licensed midwife?

🏡 Have you had a previous cesarean section (VBAC) and want to have a future homebirth with a licensed midwife?

🏡 Do you want the option to birth breech or twins at home with a licensed midwife?

🏡 Do you know anyone who values homebirth with a licensed midwife?

🏡 Do you know a licensed midwife and believe they should be free to serve all their clients?

✏️𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢

-Promote the cause to your friends & family! Only a grassroots effort is going to change this legislation from going through.

Ongoing need for letters of support to maintain our law as it is currently written.

Anyone who would like to submit a letter of support for midwifery practice can mail it to:

Friends ofWisconsin Midwives
P.O. Box 23
Amherst, WI 54406
or email at: FriendsofWIMidwives2025@gmail.com

We will compile these and share them with the Midwifery Advisory Committee in a timely, effective manner.

🄿🄻🄴🄰🅂🄴 🅂🄷🄰🅁🄴 🅃🄷🄸🅂 🄿🄾🅂🅃 🅆🄸🄳🄴🄻🅈

06/13/2025

🌄 Out of Office: Family Vacation
I’m trading birth bags for backpacks and client calls for canyon views — off on a family adventure in Moab, Utah from June 13–22!

During this time, I’ll be unplugged and soaking up the red rock magic, slow mornings, and desert sunsets with my little crew.

I’ll respond to all messages and inquiries once we’re back and re-grounded. Thank you for your patience and support while we sight-see and make some core memories 🤎

❤️

02/12/2025

If you want to be a doula but can't attend a weekend workshop, consider a remote 6-Week Birth Doula Training through Well-Rounded Maternity. Coming May 7th, 2025!
For info-- https://www.well-roundedmaternity.com/education

01/31/2025

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The Green Crayon

There I am, the dark green crayon. Pregnant and working full time like most of you. I’m about 6 months in this picture. Instead of feeling hopeful for my baby, I felt lost. Seeing provider after provider within the healthcare network that I was employed by, not a single one spent more than 15 minutes with me. I knew whoever was on call would deliver my baby. When I voiced my concerns about vaccines during my pregnancy, a pretty valid concern, it was met with smug remarks. When I declined urine dip sticks at every visit, met with smug remarks. When I voiced my concerns about Glucola and asked if there were whole food alternatives, a pretty valid concern, again, smug remarks. This day in particular, I bawled my eyes out on the way home feeling so unsupported at this stage of my pregnancy - by everyone. I was quite a sight for my partner as I burst through the door, a blubbering green crayon. (And a wet green crayon; it was also raining)

On one of my off weeks, I went to Babies’R Us for a free “Birth Options” class that was hosted by a local Milwaukee doula. She spoke of ‘birth centers’ and my life was changed. I walked through the doors of Well-Rounded Maternity Center the next night, and lined up an interview with a midwife the very next day. I’m pretty sure I asked my midwife 29 interview questions...TWENTY-NINE. But I fell in love with her, as everyone should fall in love with the person they entrust the life of them self and their newborn baby to. I was 32 weeks pregnant when I transferred care, scared, but also feeling like my spirit had known this was what I needed all along. For the first time in my pregnancy, I felt supported and integrated into my care.

After having two out-of-hospital births, and serving in the hospital setting for 4 years, I decided that my soul needed something more. I completed my doula training through Coral Slavin at Well-Rounded Maternity Center, and enrolled in midwifery school shortly thereafter. I am currently practicing part-time nursing at Zuza’s Way Integrative Care, while focusing my efforts on changing the ways in which birthing people are (or aren’t) supported during prenatal, birth, and beyond. I am privileged to offer birth and post-partum doula services from a unique angle, as a nurse, a doula, a mother and student midwife. I would be honored to stand witness to your birth, as well.

The reality is, you’re going to have a lot of people in life that don’t support your decisions. There is no room for them in your birth plan. As a Registered Nurse, I had no idea that birthing centers, informed choice, whole-patient and whole-family care were even a ‘thing’, until I set out looking for something more. Please look for that something if you feel that you need it. Read and scour every evidence based article you can find. Check out your library, gather your birth team, ask those hard questions, fire your OB if you need to at 32 weeks.

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