CalmBirth of Raleigh

01/30/2026

Due to forecasted inclement weather and with guest and vendor safety in mind, our showcase has been postponed to next weekend. Please join us on our new date, Friday, January 30th from 5-8pm. Tickets are available through the link in our bio to purchase.

01/23/2026

10/23/2025

When you birth not just one little human naturally but TWO!!! What a superstar!!! 💪✨

Image by IAPBP member from Brisbane, QLD Australia.

The Collins Life ♥️♥️

10/06/2025

This is how we get the next generation excited rather than fearful about birth ❤️❤️❤️

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We have the opportunity to impact how our children feel about birth. A direct way to improve birth for the future.

-Love,
Flor Cruz

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10/03/2025

Life....

Breathtaking 🤍 Earthshaking 💜Spiritually awakening 🤍 Transforming
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10/03/2025

NORMAL PHYSIOLOGICAL BIRTH ✨

"What exactly do I mean by normal physiological birth? 🤔

I am talking about a birth that is initiated by the hormonal interplay stimulated by the baby’s readiness to be born and the mother’s readiness to release the baby.

This is a birth where the labour is driven by surging birth hormones, hormones that drive the intensifying contractions—longer, stronger, closer-together contractions that open your body. Hormones that stimulate ‘bearing down’ urges to bring your baby onto your perineum, setting off a further surge of hormones that peak with an ‘oxytocin high’ at the moments of birth—a multi-tasking ‘love bombing’ that awakens your bonding behaviours, attunes your senses towards your exquisite new baby, and stimulates breastfeeding. Hormones that, at the same time, initiate the passing of the placenta and the contracting of the uterus to mark the completion of the birth.

Overall in Australia, according to the most recently released figures (Australia’s Mothers and Babies Report), we have spontaneous onset of labour rate of 46%, an induction rate of around 33%, and a caesarean rate over 35% (with some hospitals above 70%).
Troubling as these statistics might seem, the figures are even more confronting on closer look.
In addition to the high caesarean and induction rates, we have a vacuum extraction rate of 11%; forceps rate of 8%; augmentation rate (speeding up the labour with syntocinon/pitocin) of 16% and overall pain-relief rate of 78%. Then we have a 23% episiotomy rate.
Added to all these figures, managed third stage (the use of synthetic hormones to deliver the placenta) is practically standard across the board.
You do the maths. Not too many mums and babies are getting through without some form of intervention." Repost

Only up to 5% of births have zero intervention 😲


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10/02/2025

✨A tub of ice cream sure can be a sacred object.

Perspective is everything. 🥰

Repost Rooted Birth + These Are My Hours
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10/02/2025

🤍There are no need for words.🤍

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10/01/2025

Fresh into the world, cradled with care and protected in a space designed for safety and respect. At MamaBaby Haiti, we’ve created a birth environment that mothers trust:
🌱 Clean, private delivery rooms equipped with essential supplies
🌱 Warm, compassionate midwives who listen, comfort, and monitor every vital sign
🌱 Dignified care that honors cultural traditions and individual needs

Here, no mother labors alone. From soft lighting and fresh linens to skilled hands ready at every turn, we ensure each birth happens in a haven of compassion and competence.

“Chak ti bebe merite kòmansman ak diyite.”
(Every baby deserves a beginning with dignity.)

Support life-saving, respectful birth care in Haiti: https://mamababyhaiti.pulse.ly/1psyramvxa
Comment “DONATE” and we’ll DM you the link.
RepostMamaBaby Haiti

10/01/2025

🔥 In childbirth, there comes a time when the positions are no longer comfortable.
The woman is feeling and positioning herself in the best way. The body is talking!
And this first image caught my attention, of all the strength and power of the woman.
An unusual moment, with a lot of physical and spiritual presence.

And I'm very grateful to witness moments like this, unique and true.
Total surrender.
Giving birth is a huge amount !
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Such a beautiful post and photos
⠀ RepostJana Cunha Fotografiau

10/01/2025

💕 Birth can happen in any place you feel SAFE .....

I love images like this because I think it's good to remember birth can happen literally ANYWHERE!

We dont need to be in a medical setting for birth to be safe in fact the opposite is shown to be true from the evidence.

Let's expand our idea of where we can give birth.

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Posted • You see these photos, these beautiful, raw, magical

10/01/2025

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When the immediate postpartum is undisturbed, the first language spoken is not words. There’s just touch and the quiet symphony of skin against skin.

A baby pressed to the chest, breathing in the familiar scent of home they have always known.

The warmth of their parents’ embrace guides them gently into the world, teaching safety, trust, and love without a single instruction.

Touch, smell, closeness…they are not luxuries.
They are the ancient threads that weave
bonding, regulation, and belonging.

In these first moments, before the world intrudes,
there is only this: the holy exchange of presence.

-Love,
Flor Cruz
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𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, & 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭!