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Let’s talk about INDUCTION. 🛑 Read this before you make the decision. 👇🏻Induction means using medical, mechanical, or na...
03/14/2026

Let’s talk about INDUCTION. 🛑 Read this before you make the decision. 👇🏻

Induction means using medical, mechanical, or natural tools to jumpstart a process your body hasn’t initiated yet.

This is a massive disruption to your physiological blueprint.

Though induction may be the right choice for you, it’s important to consent only after fully understanding of the risks, the benefits, and alternatives.

There are generally two types of inductions:

🩶 Medical: There is a true, evidence-based medical emergency or risk to you or your baby.

🩶 Elective: There is no medical emergency. It’s done because you prefer it, or for convenience, scheduling, or practitioner preference.

Both reasons are totally valid.

The problem is that so many moms feel pressured to get an induction for reasons that are not evidence-based, and they’re never counseled on risks and benefits.

You may be told you need an induction for things like:

🚩 A suspected “big baby” (third-trimester ultrasounds are notoriously inaccurate).

🚩 Going past your “due date” (it’s normal to go past your due date, your body isn’t a ticking time bomb).

🚩 Your water broke but contractions haven’t started yet (research says you have 48-72 hours before contractions begin without increasing infection risk if you don’t have GBS).

Sometimes for a medical or personal reason induction is the right choice.

But when we mess with nature and disrupt physiological birth, there can be consequences.

Spontaneous labor tends to be much easier and smoother, because everything typically lines up before contractions begin.

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You’ve got this!

With love,
Victoria

03/13/2026

One of the best ways to avoid a severe perineal tear is to avoid an episiotomy.

Episiotomy is a procedure where a provider will cut an incision through the perineum to open the delivery space.

Cutting through those muscles increases the risk for a severe perineal tear (meaning you tear beyond the cut) by 22x.

The evidence-based episiotomy rate is 1%, but some hospitals have rates up to 15% in the US.

Birthing in an upright position and choosing provider hands-off is an evidence-based way to reduce this risk.

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With love,
Victoria



03/13/2026

and write:

“We advocated.
We asked for a patient advocate.
We pushed for answers.

Our client was already 8 cm dilated and in active labor. The doctor suggested she get a C-section due to baby presenting frank breech, but our client declined. She understood the risks, asked questions and made the informed decision to continue laboring. They continually denied her pain management (for 5 hours) and treated her horribly.

She had every right to make that decision.

We were the only support people available to stay with her during labor and delivery, and she clearly expressed that she wanted us there.

We were not interfering with medical care.
We were not speaking for her.
We were simply supporting her through labor.

Despite asking for clarification and requesting hospital policy, we were escorted out of the hospital by 6 police officers. And threatened to be removed physically if we didn’t leave willfully.

Our client ultimately delivered via C-section... without the birth advocates that she trusted and hired to advocate and protect her.

We are outraged.

Patients have rights.
Those rights should not be stripped away based on unclear or incorrectly applied policies.

This happened at Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia on March 3, 2026 around 3am.”

Rhymi says: “I had no idea at the time, but the work I did with Victoria in pregnancy was a critical component to having...
03/13/2026

Rhymi says: “I had no idea at the time, but the work I did with Victoria in pregnancy was a critical component to having the birth of my dreams.

My birth was full of ease and peaceful.

I went in confident with my birth intentions that Victoria helped me form. I carried her wisdom with me through out the entire birth..

And.... my labor was only two hours with NO tears.

I know in all honesty, Victorias gentle, loving & knowledgable guidance and support was a huge component to this outcome.

Lastly, I will say my husband and I were hesitant to spend the extra money on the coaching calls at first, Though after every session my husband would say to me how glad he was that we made the decision to do so, I couldn’t have agreed more.

We left every session feeling more connected to each other, ourselves and our baby.. Ready, and confident to birth our baby.

My husband and I’s hearts are overflowing with gratitude for this beautiful work that Victoria offers, and we would HIGHLY recommend!!”

🥹🥹🥹

03/12/2026

The #1 biggest lesson from my third birth is this:

Prepare emotionally for birth.

Explore your relationship with control.

Explore your relationship with trusting others.

Build relationships with your fears.

I went into birth resisting my fears, and trying to control everything.

And it was significantly harder than my other births.

Getting support with emotional preparation can be one of the best investments you make.

You’ve got this!

Drop the word “BIRTH” in the comments and I’ll send you the link to my free birth course✨

With love,
Victoria

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03/12/2026

We’ve been conditioned to view labor as a medical crisis to be managed.

We are told to lie down, be quiet, and follow instructions.

Be a good patient.

But birth does not inherently make you a patient in need of rescue.

Rather, your body is simply doing exactly what it was designed to do.

The sacredness of birth is found in the grit.

It’s in the raw instinct that takes over when you stop thinking and let your body work.

It is the undeniable power of your own body opening to bring life into the room.

There is nothing more sacred than a woman standing in her raw instinct and authority over her own body.

Own the strength you have. It is yours. Claim it all. ✊🏼🔥

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With love,
Victoria



03/11/2026

When are cervical exams actually meaningful during labor?

Identifying dilation routinely (upon admission, every 3-4 hours, and before pushing) do not improve outcomes for mothers and babies.

Dilation gives us no indication as to how long your labor will be, because the cervix can change quickly.

However, if you’re concerned about a positioning issue, identifying the baby’s position through a cervical exam can be helpful.

If we discover your baby is a little stuck in one side of your pelvis, we can open up that side with positions to encourage them to rotate.

💖 Get a cervical exam if it will give you meaningful information to change the course of action, or if it will satisfy YOUR curiosity.

Other people’s curiosity is their problem.

Drop the word “BIRTH” in the comments and I’ll send you the link to my free birth course✨

With love,
Victoria

03/10/2026

Water birth restriction is a clear example of the evidence practice gap.

Years have passed with good quality research on water birth, yet misinformation and misunderstanding is common among providers who lack the humility to learn something new.

Water birth challenges the cultural norm.

It gives parents agency, privacy, and shields them from intervention.

It encourages providers to work around the parent, monitoring in whatever position they’re in.

Parents often push spontaneously, move intuitively, and catch their own babies in the water.

This approach is much different than the typical approach in many hospitals, where the mom is on their back, undergoing directed pushing. Even in an unmedicated birth.

It takes humility, courage, and integrity to be willing to give up your own convenience as a provider to learn something new to create opportunities for parents to have better birth experiences.

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With love,
Victoria

03/10/2026

It is biologically normal for the body to pause after the baby’s head is born.

Sometimes the baby will transition from crown to head and body in one contraction.

Other times the head will deliver, rotate, and pause until the next contraction.

Some providers routinely pull on the head to speed this process.

Others are more hands-off and allow the baby to be born spontaneously, but will step in if needed.

If the baby’s heart rate was normal throughout pushing, it is not necessary to pull routinely after the head is born.

Parents often ask me, “But is it allowed for me to decline provider hands-on?”

Of course it is. It’s your baby.

You have the right to choose how you bring your baby into the world.

Provider hands-on is one approach to delivery, not the only one 💖

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With love,
Victoria



03/09/2026

What is the evidence-practice gap? ✨

Providers who are independent from the hospital, like freestanding birth centers and home birth midwives, are able to incorporate new research and evidence into practice immediately.

Providers who work for hospitals have to follow the policies in place to keep their job.

Policies are created by people higher up in the hierarchy of the hospital.

These people aren’t directly looking out for patients. They have liability and profit to consider when making these “rules.”

Every hospital has different policies. Some support low-risk parents with intermittent monitoring routinely. Others require continuous monitoring by policy.

Just because it’s policy, doesn’t mean it’s evidence-based, and doesn’t mean it’s best for you.

And you always have the right to decline.

👉🏻 Comment BIRTH for my free birth course 💖

With love,
Victoria

03/07/2026

There’s nothing wrong with getting a cervical exam in pregnancy if you want one.

But you should never get an exam without giving your full informed consent.

Informed consent means you understand the risks, benefits and alternatives, and you understand that declining is an option.

Risks to cervical exams in pregnancy:

-Can be uncomfortable or unwanted
-Increases the risk for PROM (Waters’s breaking)

Benefits to cervical exams in pregnancy:

-Can give you meaningful information to open options in certain situations, like if you were considering an induction.
-Can satisfy your curiosity

(Other people’s curiosity is their problem)

👉🏻 Comment BIRTH for my free birth course 💖

With love,
Victoria

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