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Free Birth Society

Free Birth Society

Emilee Saldaya 313 episodes Latest Dec 12, 2025

The Free Birth Society Podcast features honest, gripping, inspiring, and transformative freebirth stories hosted by founder Emilee Saldaya in conversation with wild women worldwide. It explores the raw essence of birth, untamed and unassisted, challenging modern obstetrics and redefining the narrative of childbirth. The podcast discusses rights in childbirth, varied care models, and amplifies the unfiltered voices of freebirthing women from around the planet.

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The Mother–Daughter Freebirth Duo: Jinny & Audrey’s Stories Dec 12, 2025 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, shares how her third birth became a freebirth when she decided not to return to the hospital after feeling mistreated during labor check-in. Jinny shares the story of her four vaginal b
Death of the Maiden: Raquel’s Journey into Motherhood at 41 Dec 5, 2025 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 her mother, leaving her job, moving homes, and entering into the work of congruency, boundaries, and privacy. Choosing a wild pregnancy, she hired a Radical Birth Keeper graduate t
17. When Rachel’s Birth Keeper Died, She Chose Freebirth Nov 21, 2025 1:01:40 Nine days before Rachel was to give birth to her first child, her beloved birth keeper, Candace, was tragically killed in a car accident. Grief-stricken, panicked, and suddenly faced with new decisions, Rachel chose to freebirth.What unfolded was the gentle, funny, and heartwarming story of a woman moving through her day with ease, allowing her birth to remain simple, quiet, and her own.*This epis
16. Kristin Hauser on Holistically Handling Excessive Bleeding at Home Nov 14, 2025 1:20:54 This week, I’m joined once again by Kristin Hauser, a beloved and regular guest on the Free Birth Society Podcast. We weave through the stories of Kristin’s four births, with a special focus on her most recent freebirth and the profound lessons it offered.Kristin shares the raw reality of experiencing excessive bleeding in her fourth birth, and how it initiated her into a new relationship with her
15. Mother of Nine: Radical Wisdom from Two Decades of Birth Nov 7, 2025 56:55 After six births within the system—including a cesarean at 37 weeks due to partial placenta previa and subsequent hospital abuse—Ashleigh knew she was done.Now a mother of nine and a Radical Birth Keeper School graduate, Ashleigh joins me to share her accumulated wisdom from nearly twenty years of mothering and birthing. We met in person at Matriarch Rising Festival, and in this conversation, we e
14. The Heroine’s Adventure with THINX Founder Miki Agrawal Oct 31, 2025 1:16:07 This week on the Free Birth Society Podcast, I sit down with Miki Agrawal—serial entrepreneur, cultural disruptor, and unapologetic creative force.From opening New York City’s first gluten-free, farm-to-table pizza restaurant, to founding THINX, to launching TUSHY and Hiro Diapers, Miki has built a life out of challenging taboos and reimagining the everyday. Together, we explore what it means to k
13. Claiming It All: Celia’s Story of Birth, Power, and Simplicity Oct 24, 2025 1:11:39 This week, I am joined by Celia from the Bay Area, California, who shares her journey from birthing with medical midwives and working as a doula, to stepping fully into sovereign birth work and choosing freebirth with her fourth child.Born at home herself, Celia’s path was forever changed when she read Portal and began to unravel everything she thought she knew about birth. As a graduate of the Ra
12. From Trauma to Triumph: Tahlia’s Journey to Birthing Twins in Power Oct 17, 2025 1:05:35 After surviving domestic violence and a series of traumatic hospital births, Tahlia from Australia made the courageous decision to leave her abusive partner and begin again.In rebuilding her life, she came to understand what it truly means to make herself available to health, love, and sovereignty.That path culminated in the extraordinary experience of birthing her twins at home—on her terms, in h
11: The Forgotten Power of Homeopathy with Melissa Kupsch Oct 10, 2025 1:07:31 This week on the Free Birth Society Podcast, I sit down with homeopath Melissa Kupsch for a rich and fascinating dive into the world of homeopathy.We explore its powerful history, reaching back to the days when homeopathy was a dominant and respected medicine. Melissa shares the almost unbelievable personal story that awakened her to this path, and she offers a mountain of wisdom and practical gui
10: Double the Responsibility: Birthing Twins in Sovereignty Oct 3, 2025 1:23:37 What happens when you choose a normal birth with twins?In this episode, I speak with Nicole, a mother from South Africa now living in the U.S., who chose sovereignty in one of the most medicalized and “high-risk” experiences imaginable: an identical twin pregnancy. From the very beginning, she was met with fear-based narratives—warnings of stillbirth, premature labor, and twin-to-twin transfusio
9: Behind the Curtain of Labor & Delivery: Rylee’s Freebirth Story Sep 26, 2025 1:12:14 What happens when you see behind the curtain of labor and delivery?In this episode, I speak with Rylee, a young mother who chose to freebirth her first child after working inside the hospital system. From the vantage point of the “business of birth,” Rylee began to question everything she thought she knew about pregnancy. That unraveling brought her face-to-face with the deep dissonance betw
8: From Thyroid Cancer in the Medical System to Birthing Outside of It Sep 18, 2025 1:03:08 What happens when cancer treatment becomes the greatest catalyst for sovereignty?In this episode, I speak with Jocelyn, a Tennessee mother who walked away from conventional medicine after surviving thyroid cancer and having her thyroid removed at 25 years old.That experience changed everything. Jocelyn made a vow: never again would she hand her body over to the system. She carried that fierce

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