Season 4
Episodes
Into the Eyes of a Warrior: Eliza’s Family Freebirth
Today on the show, we have the wild and wise Eliza, a Hungarian born woman, living in France with her beloved. This is a romantic tale of a new love, a surprise pregnancy, and a young woman hiring a midwife, and then...
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The Answer is Right Here and It’s Matriarchy
From a very young age, Emily Bruce was drawn to understanding global female oppression and committed herself to learn what she could do about the liberation of women and girls. Emily tells us of the life changing...
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Finding Freebirth with Four Daughters
Today, Jessica brings us the beautiful story of a mother reckoning with her inner authority as she navigates her way through multiple births. From her first baby being born at a hospital, to a “party birth” with her...
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Freebirthing with Shoulder Dystocia, Regretting the NICU, and Flourishing
On today’s show, Sarah shares a common and familiar story of women who trade in their pregnancy and birth desires in order to make other people comfortable. With her first child, Sarah had a homebirth, but many of the...
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My Redemption Birth: Najma’s FBAC in Egypt
FBAC: Free Birth After Cesarean.
After being deemed high-risk in her first pregnancy- despite feeling great and not presenting with any issues- Najma was taken down the conveyor belt of industrial birth.
After hours...
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The Anarchist Who Freebirthed All 6 of Her Children
Mary Lou lived an anarchist lifestyle before getting pregnant, and when it came time for her to birth, choosing to birth outside of the system was a no-brainer.
Her first pregnancy was completely and intuitively wild,...
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Unpacking the Historical and Epigenetic Context of Black Maternal Health with Olivyah Bowens
In honor of Black Maternal Health Week, we have doula- turned -Radical Birth Keeper, Olivyah Bowens, from Baltimore, Maryland on the show today.
Olivyah is a mother of two, a perinatal community health worker, a...
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The Triple Freebirth: IUD, Baby, Loss
Rebecca left her first hospital birth thinking that the doctors saved her life. She went on to become a doula in the system, but all that did was normalize her traumatic birth experience. After removing her IUD...
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Tackling Patriarchy through the Pelvis: An Exploration in Female Bodily Liberation through Resilience Practice and Self Responsibility
On today’s episode, we have Maura Sternberg: a healer dedicated to pelvic integrity, and the radical self-responsibility of the women she serves. We dive deep into the lineages of mainstream self-care practices, and...
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A History Lesson on the American Obstetrician Take Over of 1750-1820
Before OBGYNs, stirrups, and forceps, there were wise women, herbal remedies, and soft touches. The procedures which we now view as “normal” in the birth world are actually a fairly recent addition to the patriarchal...
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The Wild Mother’s Medicine Chest with Arielle de Martinez
Arielle de Martinez is Free Birth Society’s in-house healer and herbalist who has spent the duration of her motherhood journey navigating illness outside of the system.
She mentors mothers about plant medicine and...
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The Time is NOW: Rebecca’s Freebirth after NHS Sabotage
It was following the death of her father, that Rebecca got total clarity that it was time to call in her children. Rebecca shares about the harassment she dealt with from the NHS midwives in England, and how medical...
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