Healing Birth
176 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -A birth story podcast for women who question the status quo.
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From Anxiety to Joy | Two Very Different Homebirths
June 17, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBAlexa’s first birth was attended by a medically minded midwife at home, who rushed her through the third stage of labor. What happened during this part of the birth experience left her traumatized and affected the critical bonding period between Alexa and her baby. In the aftermath, she experienced post-partum anxiety (you will hear us discuss the connection between Pitocin and post-natal mood disorders). Alexa says that “Birth trauma affects the motherhood journey so much.” Five months ...
A Seven Minute Labor (Yes, Really!)
June 10, 2024 16:00 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBOlivia shares the story of the conception and family birth of her fourth child, whose labor was just seven minutes long! You can listen to Olivia’s first appearance on this podcast, from season one, here. Follow Olivia on Instagram @discovermother If you love the show, I would greatly appreciate a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Follow me on Instagram @healingbirth Do you have a birth story you’d like to share on the podcast, or would like to otherwise connect? I love to he...
You Are Not Uniquely Broken | Heather’s Homebirth After Two Cesareans
June 04, 2024 20:38 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBHeather’s first baby was born via a traumatic cesarean after a grueling, two-day induction. She was told by the surgeon that her anatomy was such that she could never birth vaginally. That, plus the trauma of the induction experience, led her to choose an elective cesarean for her second baby, which at least offered her a degree of control. Serendipitously, one day at work, Heather found birth podcasts (like this one!) where other women shared their stories of free birthing - taking back t...
Healing After Midwife Abandonment | Mindy’s Story
May 27, 2024 16:36 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBMindy was a social worker, working in the labor and delivery ward of a hospital, when she became pregnant with her first child. She planned a home birth with a midwife with that first baby, but at 40 weeks and 4 days her midwife abandoned her care, leaving her with no other choice than to deliver at the hospital where she worked. Because she knew the nurses and staff so well, she was able to navigate that birth experience without trauma - but the betrayal and grief of her midwife abandonin...
Healing After Midwife Abandonment | Mindy’s Story
May 27, 2024 03:24 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBMindy was a social worker, working in the labor and delivery ward of a hospital, when she became pregnant with her first child. She planned a home birth with a midwife with that first baby, but at 40 weeks and 4 days her midwife abandoned her care, leaving her with no other choice than to deliver at the hospital where she worked. Because she knew the nurses and staff so well, she was able to navigate that birth experience without trauma - but the betrayal and grief of her midwife abandonin...
A Journey to Radical Responsibility | From Hospital Induction + C-section, to a Passionate Homebirther
May 20, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBBrandy was raised on a farm, and witnessed plenty of animal births. But despite seeing first hand that mammalian birth works best when left undisturbed, when she was pregnant herself, she handed over all decision making and authority to an obstetrician, who ultimately convinced her to have an induction, which ended in a c-section. She returned to that system again with her second baby and did achieve a VBAC in the hospital, but also experienced medical rape. By the time she was pregnan...
Journey Home: Birthing on Indigenous Soil
May 13, 2024 16:00 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MBKawena, an indigenous Brazilian, was traveling the world nomadically when she fell in love, and became pregnant. She knew that she would return home to her ancestral land to birth freely on her family’s farm. This is an especially radical act of reclamation in Brazil, where birth has been completely taken over by the medical industrial complex. Not only does Brazil have one of the highest c-section rates in the world, it is illegal there to birth alone. Kawena roared her baby out at 43 wee...
Rethinking Shoulder Dystocia, and A Healing Second Birth at Home
May 06, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBDuring the delivery of her first child, Kayla’s care team believed that she experienced a shoulder dystocia, which led to violent, and rushed efforts to get her baby out as fast they could. This left Kayla with a fourth degree tear, a NICU stay for her baby, and lots of trauma to process in her postpartum time. It wasn’t until she was considering having a second baby and was interviewing home birth midwives, that she realized the diagnosis of a dystocia in her first birth was probably inac...
Rethinking Shoulder Dystocia, and A Healing Second Birth at Home
May 06, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBDuring the delivery of her first child, Kayla’s care team believed that she experienced a shoulder dystocia, which led to violent, and rushed efforts to get her baby out as fast they could. This left Kayla with a fourth degree tear, a NICU stay for her baby, and lots of trauma to process in her postpartum time. It wasn’t until she was considering having a second baby and was interviewing home birth midwives, that she realized the diagnosis of a dystocia in her first birth was probably inac...
Finding Love, and Choosing Homebirth, After 40
April 29, 2024 22:32 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBJulie shares the sweet and beautiful story of finding love, experiencing pregnancy with ease, and having her baby at home, at the age of 41. Follow Julie @eatingwithbabies If you love the show, I would greatly appreciate a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Follow me on Instagram @healingbirth Do you have a birth story you’d like to share on the podcast, or would like to otherwise connect? I love to hear from you! Send me a note at [email protected] Check out the webs...
Healing After Outsourcing Your Power
April 23, 2024 22:10 - 1 hour - 106 MBTiffany, a former doula and fellow podcaster, shares the story of having her first baby at seventeen in a hospital, and her second birth experience, which ended in a home birth transfer. Because she remained pregnant to 42 weeks, her midwife intervened in several ways to help induce labor, and in this episode you will hear exactly how those seemingly “harmless” and common induction interventions directly compromised her safety in labor. Follow Tiffany @sacredwomb.birth Tiffany has her ...
Giving the Fears to the Trees | An RV Freebirth During Montana Winter
April 15, 2024 21:49 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MBJulia grew up with a fear of giving birth, due to what she knew of birth within the medical paradigm. But by the time she was ready to become pregnant, she had the awakening, mostly from listening to podcasts (!), that there was a better way, more aligned with her values: Freebirth. She spent her pregnancy traveling around the country with her husband in their RV, giving her fears to nature, and finally, settling in Montana in the dead of winter where she gave birth. Follow Julia @bigmou...
Arati’s Story | A Daughter in the Stars
April 08, 2024 04:41 - 1 hour - 137 MBLiz shares the story of her wild pregnancy, birth, and the loss, of her daughter Arati. Her experience is a deeply spiritual one where her daughter guided her toward all of the choices she made during her pregnancy. While the outcome is one none of us would wish for, Liz says that she would still choose a wild pregnancy and still choose freebirth. In honor of Aarti’s first birthday, Liz is offering a giveaway. She is offering an "Energetic attunement for the womb & Spirit baby communic...
Arati’s Story | A Daughter in the Stars
April 08, 2024 04:41 - 1 hour - 137 MBLiz shares the story of her wild pregnancy, birth, and the loss, of her daughter Arati. Her experience is a deeply spiritual one where her daughter guided her toward all of the choices she made during her pregnancy. While the outcome is one none of us would wish for, Liz says that she would still choose a wild pregnancy and still choose freebirth. In honor of Aarti’s first birthday, Liz is offering a giveaway. She is offering an "Energetic attunement for the womb & Spirit baby communic...
A Homebirth Transfer, C-Section, and Alchemizing the Experience
April 02, 2024 04:56 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBAmalia planned a home birth with her first baby. When she went into labor, despite many of hours of intense contractions, her body never dilated. They decided to transfer to the hospital, where she received all the things the hospital has to offer, ending, as it so often does, in a cesarean birth. But this is not a story of defeat. Amalia mined this experience for gold, and in retrospect, she sees how much her birth experience taught her. We talk about how important it is that we really ge...
A (Surprise!) Breech Freebirth
March 26, 2024 21:23 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBHannah returns to the podcast to share the story of the freebirth of her third baby, which was a surprise breech birth! All of Hannah’s birth experiences have included something that falls outside the scope of “normal.” Her stories are such a good example of why some women chose to freebirth. Had she been in the medical system, her birth outcomes would have looked very different. You can listen to Hannah’s first appearance on this show, where she shares the story of her first and second ...
Finding Peace in a Cesarean Birth
March 19, 2024 20:44 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBBoth of Ana’s first two births were traumatic in different ways. Her first ended in an emergency cesarean, after a long labor. Her second was a VBAC birth, but during the birth, her baby’s cord ripped, causing blood loss, and injury to both Ana and her baby. Because of the intensity and trauma of her two previous births, when Ana became pregnant with her third, she chose to have an elective cesarean. Of all her births, this one was the most peaceful, and in it, she found healing. If yo...
Ali Manifested her Dream Birth
March 12, 2024 20:53 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MBAfter a traumatic and disempowering hospital birth in 2020, which Ali compares to a prior sexual assault, Something deep shifted within her. She went from being a self-diagnosed hypochondriac who sought medical treatment for non-existing conditions, to a home-birthing, self-healing soul who has come to know the power of the mind and self-programming. Ali reconditioned her views on birth, pregnancy, and life, and manifested her dream birth with her second baby. She believes that it is our ...
Ali Manifested her Dream Birth
March 12, 2024 20:53 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MBAfter a traumatic and disempowering hospital birth in 2020, which Ali compares to a prior sexual assault, Something deep shifted within her. She went from being a self-diagnosed hypochondriac who sought medical treatment for non-existing conditions, to a home-birthing, self-healing soul who has come to know the power of the mind and self-programming. Ali reconditioned her views on birth, pregnancy, and life, and manifested her dream birth with her second baby. She believes that it is our ...
A Healing Birth After Being Widowed During Pregnancy
March 05, 2024 21:34 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBAimee, a labor and delivery nurse, shares the story of giving birth to her second child after one of the worst tragedies I can imagine: losing her husband in a car accident. Aimee says she was given divine grace to have exactly the birth she needed with that baby. Aimee went on to remarry and give birth again, this third time, at home. In a surprise twist, that baby resented with a prolapsed cord, which was easily resolved! If you love the show, I would greatly appreciate a review on ...
Born in the Car at 24 Weeks
February 28, 2024 00:45 - 55 minutes - 76.3 MBAbby spontaneously went into labor at 24 weeks, and on the ride to hospital, her baby was born into her best friend’s hands. This is the truly miraculous story of how her baby, and Abby, survived. If you love the show, I would greatly appreciate a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Follow me on Instagram @healingbirth Do you have a birth story you’d like to share on the podcast, or would like to otherwise connect? I love to hear from you! Send me a note at contactus@healingbirth...
From Numbed out, to Deep Trust: Ashley’s Off-Grid Yurt Freebirth
February 21, 2024 04:12 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MBAshley’s first two babies were born in the hospital, and both experiences left her traumatized. By the time her third baby was conceived, Ashley had been through an awakening to many truths, among them, the truth about birth. That was a natural birth with a midwife, but still not without interventions that were harmful. Finally, after serving as a doula for free birthing women completely outside of the medical system for some time, she became pregnant with her fourth and knew this was her ...
Maggie’s Redemptive, Natural Birth After Two Cesareans (VBA2C)
February 14, 2024 05:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBMaggie shares the story of having a natural birth in a birth center, after two unnecessary cesarean births. The experience led her to become a local ICAN volunteer, and to create an online course for other women desiring to VBAC. You can find Maggie and her offerings on instagram @vbacroadmap In this episode you’ll hear us talk about how ICAN helped us both along our journeys to VBAC. You can find your local ICAN chapter here: https://www.ican-online.org/ If you love the show, I would...
Healing From a Homebirth Transfer
February 07, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBBusy with graduate school, and pregnant with her first child, Christina carefully chose her birth team and planned a to have a home birth. But her birth experience took an unexpected turn when, deep into her labor, her midwife decided they needed to transfer. Her baby was born only fifteen minutes after arrival at the hospital, but not before the doctor, without consent and against her will, gave her an episiotomy. This incredible violation left her with PTSD for many months postpartum. Ch...
When Time Stands Still: Resolving Shoulder Dystocia at Home, and the Initiatory Aftermath
January 31, 2024 05:00 - 42 minutes - 59 MBEmily shares the story of experiencing the rare event of a shoulder dystocia, while birthing her first baby at home, with a midwife. They were able to safely resolve the dystocia, and her baby was born, but as a precaution they visited the hospital after the birth. What followed was a series of events including encounters with good doctors, one very bad one, and CPS. This experience initiated Emily into motherhood in an extremely powerful way. At times in the days immediately postpartum, ...
Amber’s Easeful and Healing Homebirth After Trauma
January 24, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 76.9 MBAfter a traumatic first birth experience that ended in a cesarean, Amber knew she would never give birth in a hospital again. She quickly conceived again, found a midwife she loved, and had a completely different experience the second time. In her words, this second birth not only showed her that she could do it, but that it was what she had always truly wanted. Be sure to check out our instagram page this week, @healingbirth, to see photos of both births. I’ve never seen a better exam...
Amber’s Easeful and Healing Homebirth After Trauma
January 24, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 76.9 MBAfter a traumatic first birth experience that ended in a cesarean, Amber knew she would never give birth in a hospital again. She quickly conceived again, found a midwife she loved, and had a completely different experience the second time. In her words, this second birth not only showed her that she could do it, but that it was what she had always truly wanted. Be sure to check out our instagram page this week, @healingbirth, to see photos of both births. I’ve never seen a better exam...
How Core Traumas Can Show up in Birth
January 17, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBA big story in a lot of little ways, the end of Sonja’s pregnancy was a rollercoaster of minor “complications” which led to her being induced at 42 weeks. The classic cascade of interventions ensued, ending in a very unwanted c-section. One of the hardest things for Sonja to cope with in processing this experience, is that there was no external villain in her story, but on a level, she let it happen. We talk about how hard it is to come to terms with the role that we play in the traumas i...
How Core Traumas Can Show up in Birth
January 17, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBA big story in a lot of little ways, the end of Sonja’s pregnancy was a rollercoaster of minor “complications” which led to her being induced at 42 weeks. The classic cascade of interventions ensued, ending in a very unwanted c-section. One of the hardest things for Sonja to cope with in processing this experience, is that there was no external villain in her story, but on a level, she let it happen. We talk about how hard it is to come to terms with the role that we play in the traumas i...
Bringing In The Light: Anisa’s Homebirth and Freebirth
January 10, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBAnisa shares her story of having a midwife-assisted homebirth with her first baby, and a freebirth with her second. She says that birth can just keep getting better when we take back more of our autonomy, and especially when intentional preconception preparations for mind, body, and spirit are made. Anisa Woodall is a holistically-minded Certified Nutritionist and natural mama of 2 adventurous boys living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Her life's purpose is to inspire and educate wome...
You Can Choose to Have a Pain-free Birth with Yolande Norris Clark
January 03, 2024 05:00 - 58 minutes - 81 MBYolande Norris-Clark is a leader in the freebirth, birth-freedom, self-healing, and health liberation movements. She is a spell-breaker, way-shower, whistle-blower, trailblazer, and beloved guide to women all over the world who are awakening to the possibility of giving birth in peace and power. Her mission is to dispel the myth that birth is an ordeal from which women must be “delivered,” and to share the truth that birth is primarily a spiritual experience, designed to be transformationa...
A Good Girl Takes Back Her Power (Part 2 of 2)
October 31, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBBrittany described herself as a “good country girl” when pregnant with her first child. Her wishes for that birth were to merely make it out alive with her baby, and she completely deferred to her private care obstetrician when it came to the birth experience. Now, pregnant with her third baby, Brittany is free birthing, on a cattle station in the middle of the Australian outback, miles from anyone. That’s how deep her trust in in her ability to birth goes! This is part two of two - if y...
A Good Girl Takes Back Her Power (Part 1 of 2)
October 25, 2023 06:21 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBBrittany describes herself as a “good country girl” when pregnant with her first child. Her wishes for her birth were to merely make it out alive with her baby, and she deferred to her private care obstetrician when it came to the birth experience. In this part one, she shares her first two births within the Australian medical system, one with OB care, and the second time, with midwives. These two stories set the stage for why she choose a completely different route with her third baby. ...
How Kelly Learned to Trust Her Body
October 19, 2023 21:07 - 56 minutes - 77 MBAfter a pregnancy loss, and a history with an eating disorder, Kelly was not in a relationship of full trust in her body when she gave birth to her first baby. She agreed to be induced when her obstetrician pressured her into it, feeling that, her baby was safer outside of her body. Kelly went on have her next two babies at home. Both experiences showed her how trustworthy, indeed, perfectly designed, her body was to give birth. Do you have a story you’d like to share on the podcast? I w...
Freebirth in the Peruvian Jungle
October 11, 2023 21:47 - 53 minutes - 72.8 MBIn her former role as a newborn photographer, Laura had witnessed plenty of births before having her own. She intuitively felt that something about the experience, as it occurs for most women, was wrong. When it came time for her to have her own first baby, she chose to have a wild pregnancy and free birth, deep in the Peruvian jungle with only her husband present. Recorded at just four months postpartum, you will be be able to hear her joy and elation about her experience, as well as he...
The Art and Science of Fertility Astrology
October 03, 2023 22:08 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBHave you, or someone you know, conceived a baby during a time in your cycle that didn’t fall within the normal, ovulatory window? As someone who listens to a lot of birth stories, I’ve heard it happen many times. I always attributed those occurrences to the inherently mysterious nature of pregnancy and birth. But what if there is another explanation? Medical astrology has been in development for thousands of years, greatly predating our modern understanding of medical science. And throu...
A Midwife’s Daughter Chooses Freebirth
September 26, 2023 22:46 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBMilena, the daughter of a licensed German midwife, grew up around babies, pregnancy, discussions about birth, and even attended births with her mom. When it came time for her to give birth the first time, she chose a midwife assisted home birth. But the second time she became pregnant, she was strongly drawn towards having a wild pregnancy and to freebirth. In addition to hearing her two birth stories, we talk about why there’s really no such thing as a “normal” labor pattern, and what i...
Giving Birth in a Midwife-Run Hospital
September 19, 2023 21:52 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBStephanie shares her two birth stories, both of which took place in a hospital staffed only by midwives, in rural Australia. Her first birth experience cracked her intuition wide open, and she says that it initiated her into the person she was meant to be. Her second birth was a different kind of initiation, which included a complication at the end. During both experiences, she felt very cared for and supported by the midwives. We also discuss how much our relationships shift and chang...
Reframing High Blood Pressure, and Re-Writing Her Story
September 13, 2023 01:36 - 1 hour - 97 MBNina was dropped by her midwives at the end of her first pregnancy due to high blood pressure, and had to give birth to that baby in the hospital. The second time she became pregnant, she decided not to engage with the medical system at all. Her blood pressure remained elevated during this pregnancy, but rather than immediately pathologize it based on the numbers alone, she decided to tune into how she felt, and trust her body. Her healthy, perfect baby was born after a whirlwind fast la...
How Plant Medicine Prepared Kelli for Birth
September 05, 2023 22:44 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBAfter becoming pregnant through the intensely medically managed experience of IVF, Kelli planned to step away from that model of care, and birth her baby at home. But after five weeks of exhausting on and off labor, she felt like something was wrong, and agreed to transfer her care to the local hospital. It was there that they discovered the reason for her confusing labor pattern was a previous, commonly performed, medical procedure to her cervix. Despite how traumatic this experience wa...
When You Walk Through the Fire, You Will not be Burned
August 22, 2023 07:16 - 1 hour - 118 MBWith raw emotion and beautiful vulnerability, Mallory shares her three birth stories, and the life circumstances that shaped them. Her first two births took place in a hospital - one quite traumatic, and one not. Her third baby was born at home, with just her husband present. She says that it was this birth that catalyzed her transformation from maiden to mother. And that she wants to share her powerful story not to fix the system or change anyone’s mind, but in service to other mothers. ...
Vision Quest Baby
August 15, 2023 22:03 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MBClancy spent three and a half years calling in her second child. Swimming in sacred fertile waters, speaking desires into the ethers, dreaming, ritual, ceremony, creating altars, writing letters, journalling, setting intentions, kinesiology, acupuncture, medical intuitive session, not trying, psychics, therapy, family constellations, womb work, chi ne tsang massage, herbs, and vaginal steaming. You name it, she did it. Often with pure hopeful intentions, sometimes tinged with desperation a...
Planting The Homebirth Seed
August 08, 2023 22:12 - 1 hour - 114 MBJodi is a postpartum registered nurse and lactation consultant who works at her local hospital. After two very medically managed, in-hospital births, one of her friends shared the concept of freebirth with her, and that there were women choosing a totally different way to walk through their pregnancies and birth their babies. At first, she thought this idea was crazy, but the seed was planted. By the time Jodi was pregnant with her third, that seed had sprouted, due to the combination of w...
A Former NICU Nurse Chooses Homebirth
August 01, 2023 01:48 - 42 minutes - 58 MBKristen is a former nurse of 14 years, who spent most of her career in the NICU. She once believed that home birth should be illegal, and that doctors always knew best. But in 2015, with the birth of her first son, she began to see things differently. She is also one of the co-founders of Canadian Frontline Nurses. In that role, she has been a powerful, public voice advocating for medical freedom and true informed consent. Follow Kristen @Kristen_Nagle www.kristennagle.ca Do you ha...
You Are the Key | Part Two of Neena’s Birth Stories
July 23, 2023 22:07 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBNeena’s first baby was breech at term, so she was given no other option but a planned cesarean. When she conceived again, she knew she wanted a VBAC, but even at her local “VBAC-friendly” practice, she was coerced, gaslit, and shamed, at nearly every interaction with them. Neena’s story is an excellent example of how even a highly informed, confident, and, perhaps most importantly, perfectly healthy woman can end up with medical interventions and birth outcomes that are unnecessary and tra...
You Are the Key | Part One of Neena’s Birth Stories
July 17, 2023 00:28 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBNeena’s first baby was breech at term, so she was given no other option but a planned cesarean. When she conceived again, she knew she wanted a VBAC, but even at her local “VBAC-friendly” practice, she was coerced, gaslit, and shamed, at nearly every interaction with them. Neena’s story an excellent example of how even a highly informed, confident, and, perhaps most importantly, perfectly healthy woman can end up with medical interventions and birth outcomes that are unnecessary and trauma...
Ada’s Off-Grid Family Birth
July 05, 2023 01:17 - 42 minutes - 57.9 MBAda’s first baby was born at home, attended by a midwife. The birth was uncomplicated, but she realized in retrospect that the way her midwife handled the birth of the placenta was problematic, and could have caused serious complications. She knew when she conceived again, it would be just herself and her partner at the birth. And that’s exactly what happened - in an off grid home, with no electricity and no running water! A testament to what’s really the most important thing to have while...
A Freebirth Led by Faith
June 28, 2023 00:25 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MBAfter a hospital birth, then a midwife attended home birth, Brenna was ready the third time to follow the call she felt in her heart to choose freebirth. She describes it as the longest and hardest birth, but without a doubt the most peaceful, redemptive and transformative. Her daughter was born into the arms of her father, into a room full of sunshine, with the sounds of happy tears and rejoicing in the goodness of Yah. She says, she will never be the same. You can follow Brenna on ...
Choosing Sovereign Birth after the NICU
June 14, 2023 00:06 - 1 hour - 94.9 MBAfter a birth with many interventions, ending in a cesarean, Tamika’s first baby spent a harrowing time in the NICU. When enough time had passed for Tamika to process this experience and heal, she was able to release the heavy weight of guilt she carried. With a deeper trust in her body, she chose to conceive again and gave birth to her second baby, at 43 weeks, in the comfort of her own home. Do you have a story you’d like to share on the podcast? I would love to hear from you! Email ...
Kaylee’s Outdoor, Off Grid, 6 Day Long Freebirth
June 05, 2023 22:17 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBKaylee’s first birth experience ended in a cesarean, after having been dropped by her midwives’ care for going over 40 weeks. She partially credits the events of 2020 as being a huge awakening for her, so when she became pregnant again she knew she no longer wanted to engage with the medical system, and planned a free birth. When she went into labor with that baby, what transpired was a six day long ordeal, with many twists and turns, reasons and opportunities to give up, but she never did...