Breaking Free: A Nurse’s Radical Turn to Freebirth

Breaking Free: A Nurse’s Radical Turn to Freebirth

Author: Emilee Saldaya May 16, 2025 Duration: 54:21

In this powerful episode, I’m joined by MatriBirth Mentor Institute student, Darrah, who shares her transformational journey—from working within the medical system as a nurse to reclaiming her autonomy as a freebirthing, wild, and instinct-led mother. After birthing her first two sons in hospitals, Darrah awakened to a deeper truth and radically shifted her path. Her story is one of courage, clarity, and coming home to herself—and it’s sure to inspire birth workers and mothers alike.


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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.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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Podcast Episodes
From People-Pleasing to Power: Jasmine Chooses Freebirth [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:40
The advice to “just trust the system” falls apart fast when you’ve already been gaslit by doctors, pressured toward induction, and made to feel like your own body can’t be trusted. Jasmine shares the full arc from her fi…
Listening to the Whispers: Haleigh Knows To Freebirth Her First Baby [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:21
Motherhood reshapes everything: identity, trust, intimacy, and surrender.Haleigh Featherly shares the spiritual and emotional journey behind her freebirth, and the unexpected challenges of becoming a mother.A raw convers…
One Nurse’s Cost and Benefit of Experiencing Midwifery Betrayal [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:15
What happens when a nurse who believed in midwives ends up learning, the hard way, why so many women leave the system behind? Kari shares the full arc from a fast-moving love story and her first hospital-adjacent birth t…
How Working in the OR Led to Freebirth: Danielle’s FBAC/VBAC [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:21
In this deeply honest conversation, Danielle shares the full arc of her journey into motherhood, from a medically managed first birth that left her feeling unprepared and disoriented, to a transformative freebirth experi…
The Mother–Daughter Freebirth Duo: Jinny & Audrey’s Stories [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:43:17
This week on the Free Birth Society Podcast, Emilee sits down with Jinny and Audrey, a remarkable mother–daughter duo with sovereign birth woven through both of their lives.Jinny, a mother of seven and birth doula, share…
Death of the Maiden: Raquel’s Journey into Motherhood at 41 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:02
This week, Emilee is joined by Raquel, who shares her extraordinary first pregnancy and sovereign birth at the age of 41.Raquel speaks candidly about the profound transitions she navigated during this time. The death of…