Free Birth Society

Free Birth Society

Author: Emilee Saldaya Language: English Episodes: 100
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
Where Grief Meets Joy:  Meg's Birth Outside the System [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:28:24
Meg's story starts with a traumatic early birth in the system at 17 weeks with her first son, Shiloh. The dehumanizing experience proved to her that the hospital was the last place she wanted to be, so she planned a home…
Shedding the Sin of Eve: Amy's Freebirth [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:33:51
My friend Amy joins me on the show this week sharing her 5 birth stories. Amy is full of rich insights about her journey through motherhood as a radical feminist. Amy speaks honestly about the victim consciousness she li…
Unleashing the Warrior: Dominique’s FBAC of 11lb Baby [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:11
After being backed into a corner, fear mongered, and without options in her first birth, Dominique was bullied into a c-section. When she became pregnant again, she was determined to write a new story. She thought she co…
Thank You God: Choosing the Portal of Pain-Free Birth [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:25
My co-creator, bestie and big sis, Yolande Norris-Clark joins me on the show - for the who's even counting by now - time, sharing her most recent birth of her 9th precious baby, Helio. Yolande shares the story of conscio…
The Power of Twins: Alison's Birth Outside of the System [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:35:32
Alison from Australia shares her wild ride, from birthing in the system, choosing IVF, then later learning she was in fact entirely fertile. After getting dropped from her medical midwives, Alison stepped into the big wo…
Becoming Whole and Being Enough: Nicole's C-Section to Freebirth [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:13
Nicole joins me on the show today sharing her 3 birth stories, ending with the redemptive story of her FBAC, (a freebirth after c-section). After Nicole’s midwives sabotaged her homebirth and coerced her into a traumatic…
The Rebirth of Spirit:  Noriko's Freebirth in Japan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:02
This week we have Noriko from Japan. Noriko's spirit babies communicated with her from a young age and she always knew her part of her soul's path was to create a family. Her journey through her pregnancies and two birth…
You Can Do Anything For A Minute: Laceinne's Freebirth(s) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:41
Laceinne found herself quickly turning her back on medical midwifery in her pregnancy and deciding to go it alone, despite having never heard the term freebirth. Her simple motto of “you got this” got her through her deb…
A Wonderful New Life: Kallen's Freebirth [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:52
This week I have artist and first time mom Kallen telling the easy going story of the birth of her son. She recalls her life long love and obsession with babies, mothers, and all things birth, and the exciting revelation…

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