Free Birth Society

Free Birth Society

Author: Emilee Saldaya Language: English Episodes: 50
Emilee Saldaya hosts Free Birth Society, a podcast that delves into the profound and personal choice of freebirth. This is not a discussion about home birth with professional support, but an intimate exploration of childbirth that unfolds without midwives, doulas, or medical intervention, guided solely by the birthing person and their family. Through conversations with wild women from around the globe, each episode presents a raw and unfiltered narrative, focusing on the lived experiences, the emotional landscapes, and the deep, often unspoken trust in the body's innate wisdom. These stories are honest, sometimes gripping, and frequently transformative, challenging mainstream perceptions of safety and authority. The dialogue within this podcast serves as both education and a form of self-improvement, examining the reclaiming of autonomy and the reconnection to ancestral knowledge. Listeners will hear not just the mechanics of unassisted birth, but the philosophical and personal journeys that lead individuals to this path. Emilee, as founder and guide, facilitates these discussions with a clear, grounded presence, allowing the complexity and beauty of each story to resonate. This podcast is for those curious about the edges of conventional maternity care, seeking to understand a paradigm where birth is treated as a private, powerful, and physiological event rather than a medical procedure. The Free Birth Society podcast creates a space for these rarely heard voices, offering a tapestry of experiences that are, above all, true to themselves.
Episodes
A Lesbian Freebirth [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:49
I have Anna on the pod today telling the story of her two births with her wife by her side. Anna describes the complexity of navigating postpartum when her wife wanted to be included in the lactation process. Anna goes o…
Putting Down the Razor with Emilee & Danielle [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:53
Today on the podcast, Emilee and Danielle talk about body hair and the physiological function as well as the social aspects of allowing hair. In a culture where women are taught to be hairless in order to be both accepte…
Freebirth in Peru after Placental Abruption [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:19
Marta from Poland tells the story of her unique births that are deeply intertwined with the plant medicine work she practices in Peru. Following her intuition, she goes to the hospital and demands to stay, knowing someth…
Becoming the Matriarch Who Freebirths [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:34:27
Today on the podcast, Rosie shares her massive transformation from a people pleasing daughter archetype to a fierce freebirthing wild mother. She shares how her journey was shaped by a difficult family dynamic, to the gr…
The German Legend and Her 9 Freebirths [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:48
On today’s episode, freebirth legend Sarah Schmid shares the story of 10 children, 9 of them being freebirths, several born outside and a set of twins. After a midwife-attended homebirth with interference in her birth, S…
From People Pleasing to Embodiment: Choosing to Birth Alone [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:32:51
Today on the podcast, Abby shares her full 180-degree shift in mindset from being a pawn of the medical system throughout her growing years, to then becoming a wild, embodied mother, birthing her son entirely alone in he…
A Finnish Freebirth After Preterm Loss and a Vertical Incision [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:20
Today on the podcast, Radical Birth Keeper School graduate, Eveliina shares her three unique birth stories. At 30 weeks with her second child, Eveliina experienced bleeding and was coerced into an “emergency” c-section,…
The Olive Oil Queen’s Sovereign Birth [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:28
Mia, The Olive Oil Queen, shares her sweet story of sovereign birth as a first-time mom, supported by one of our Radical Birth Keeper graduates. Mia’s love of birth first came after witnessing a friend’s psychedelic birt…
When Freebirth Heals Your Birth Trauma [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:38
“I felt like I was in hell.” On today’s episode, Fanika shares the dehumanizing story of the birth of her first baby in a hospital in Florida. From non-consenting vaginal exams to a painful vacuum extraction birth, Fanik…
From Maiden to Mother: A Radical Birth Keeper’s Rise to Power [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:38:52
Today on the podcast, Kate from Santa Cruz shares the finding of her soul’s calling in sovereign birth-work and how that led to creating a thriving women’s circle community. After graduating from The Radical Birth Keeper…