Free Birth Society

Emilee Saldaya

The Free Birth Society Podcast features honest, gripping, inspiring, and transformative freebirth stories hosted by the founder Emilee Saldaya in conversation with wild women worldwide. In the vast tapestry of childbirth experiences, a thread runs undisturbed, unmedicated, and true to its ancestral roots: freebirth. This differs from your usual home birth with doulas or midwives in attendance. Freebirth stands apart, where birthing is solely in the hands of the birthing woman, accompanied only by her intuition, rhythms of nature, witnessed by her family. The Free Birth Podcast invites you to a unique corner of the universe where we dive deep into the raw essence of birth, untamed and unassisted. Pushing against the tides of modern obstetrics and its violent approach, we venture into stories of women who've boldly chosen to claim this primal rite of passage. Here, we're not merely sharing tales; we're challenging the status quo and redefining the very narrative of childbirth. As we unravel discussions on rights in childbirth, dissect varied care models, and amplify the unfiltered voices of freebirthing women from around the planet, our purpose remains clear: to spotlight the distinction and significance of wild birth. This isn't an argument against the myriad ways women choose to birth, but rather an affirmation that freebirth has its revered space in the continuum of birth choices. Join us in celebrating a movement that underscores the powerful message and has changed the lives of thousands: Birth, in its purest form, is not a medical event but a profoundly personal journey. The Free Birth Society Podcast is your compass to navigate and rediscover that journey. *Freebirth = Birthing in the absence of any hired professionals, away from medical institutions or their agents. Also known as family birth, unassisted birth, wild birth. *Sovereign birth = Birthing outside of the medical paradigm, inclusive of births with authentic midwives and doulas. We include many stories on the show where women birthed outside of the medical system with doulas and radical birth keepers. While these births are not freebirths, they are certainly sovereign births!

  1. 1d ago

    From Self-Proclaimed Zombie to Awake and Engaged: Abbey’s First Freebirth

    Abbey shares how trusting her intuition led her to freebirth and a deeper connection with her body. She opens up about awakening from feeling like a zombie, navigating her first pregnancy, and embracing intentional motherhood. This is a powerful conversation about presence, birth, healing, and creating a life aligned with your deepest values. If you want to connect with Abbey, follow her on Instagram at @encompassfarming and visit her website here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing LEMONADE, my newest training program. Six months, live, with me. LEMONADE is where you stop shrinking your truth and start building the visibility, the spiritual grit, and the real world tools to speak it in public and survive what comes after. Because the backlash isn't a maybe. It's the toll for doing big work in the open, and I'm going to teach you how to turn it into fuel. Learn more at https://www.emileesaldaya.com/lemonade The UCL Freebirth Study, a first-of-its-kind independent academic research project on freebirth, run by University College London. If you've freebirthed or planned to freebirth and shifted your plans for any reason, your story is data the world doesn't have yet. Learn more at https://www.freebirthstudy.com/ The Complete Guide to Freebirth, our popular flagship program, takes you from conception through postpartum with a full education in physiological birth and the mindset of self-responsibility. Learn more at https://www.freebirthsociety.com/cgtf The Radical Birth Keeper School, an in-depth training for women called to sovereign birth-work, blends self-mastery, birth literacy, and practical mentorship outside the medical model. Learn more at https://www.freebirthsociety.com/radicalbirthkeeperschool The Lighthouse, our private membership sanctuary for awakened women, offers four live coaching sessions a month with Emilee, a library of 50+ expert workshops, and a private forum connecting women worldwide. Learn more at https://www.freebirthsociety.com/membership Follow Emilee's next chapter at emileesaldaya.com, where business and self-mastery coaching for disruptors, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs lives beyond the birth space.  Find more from Emilee and all things Free Birth Society on Instagram, YouTube, and the Free Birth Society website. Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of Florida shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact info@freebirthsociety.com. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.

    From Self-Proclaimed Zombie to Awake and Engaged: Abbey’s First Freebirth
  2. 3d ago

    From People-Pleasing to Power: Jasmine Chooses Freebirth

    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 first hospital birth, and the quiet unease that followed, to the radically different freebirth that changed how she sees motherhood, power, and herself. She opens up about a messy first pregnancy, an OB-led experience that included pressure around size, a threatened induction at 39 weeks, and the claustrophobic feeling of being managed instead of supported. But the deeper story is what happened after birth: postpartum isolation, dark thoughts she was too afraid to say out loud, and the people-pleasing pattern that kept her suffering silently. Then everything shifts. In her next pregnancy, Jasmine finds Free Birth Society, devours hundreds of hours of podcast stories, and starts to imagine something she never thought possible: having her baby at home, without a midwife, on purpose. If you want to connect with Jasmine, follow her on Instagram at @rootedandradiant.motherhood and you can find her website here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing LEMONADE, my newest training program. Six months, live, with me. LEMONADE is where you stop shrinking your truth and start building the visibility, the spiritual grit, and the real world tools to speak it in public and survive what comes after. Because the backlash isn't a maybe. It's the toll for doing big work in the open, and I'm going to teach you how to turn it into fuel. Learn more at https://www.emileesaldaya.com/lemonade The Complete Guide to Freebirth, our popular flagship program, takes you from conception through postpartum with a full education in physiological birth and the mindset of self-responsibility. Learn more at https://www.freebirthsociety.com/cgtf The Radical Birth Keeper School, an in-depth training for women called to sovereign birth-work, blends self-mastery, birth literacy, and practical mentorship outside the medical model. Learn more at https://www.freebirthsociety.com/radicalbirthkeeperschool The Lighthouse, our private membership sanctuary for awakened women, offers four live coaching sessions a month with Emilee, a library of 50+ expert workshops, and a private forum connecting women worldwide. Learn more at https://www.freebirthsociety.com/membership Follow Emilee's next chapter at https://www.emileesaldaya.com/, where business and self-mastery coaching for disruptors, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs lives beyond the birth space. Find more from Emilee and all things Free Birth Society on Instagram, YouTube, and the Free Birth Society website. Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of Florida shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact info@freebirthsociety.com. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.

    From People-Pleasing to Power: Jasmine Chooses Freebirth
  3. Sep 18

    How One Manufactured Emergency C-Section Led to a Total Birth Rebellion

    After a homebirth turned into a C-section, Tereza began questioning everything she thought she knew about birth and safety. She shares how processing her experience led her to freebirth her second baby and reclaim trust in her body. Now pregnant with her third, she explores sovereignty, fear, motherhood, and choosing a different path. If you want to connect with Tereza, follow her on Instagram at @terezataus and you can find her on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@terezataus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing LEMONADE, my newest training program. Six months, live, with me. LEMONADE is where you stop shrinking your truth and start building the visibility, the spiritual grit, and the real world tools to speak it in public and survive what comes after. Because the backlash isn't a maybe. It's the toll for doing big work in the open, and I'm going to teach you how to turn it into fuel. Learn more at emileesaldaya.com/lemonade The Complete Guide to Freebirth, our popular flagship program, takes you from conception through postpartum with a full education in physiological birth and the mindset of self-responsibility. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/cgtf The Radical Birth Keeper School, an in-depth training for women called to sovereign birth-work, blends self-mastery, birth literacy, and practical mentorship outside the medical model. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/radicalbirthkeeperschool The Lighthouse, our private membership sanctuary for awakened women, offers four live coaching sessions a month with Emilee, a library of 50+ expert workshops, and a private forum connecting women worldwide. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/membership Follow Emilee's next chapter at emileesaldaya.com, where business and self-mastery coaching for disruptors, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs lives beyond the birth space. Find more from Emilee and all things Free Birth Society on Instagram, YouTube, and the Free Birth Society website. Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of Florida shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact info@freebirthsociety.com. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.

    How One Manufactured Emergency C-Section Led to a Total Birth Rebellion
  4. Sep 16

    Listening to the Whispers: Haleigh Knows To Freebirth Her First Baby

    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 conversation about autonomy, inner knowing, postpartum transformation, and learning to meet life as it is. If you want to connect with Haleigh, follow her on Instagram at @haleighfeatherly and you can find her website here: haleighfeatherly.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing LEMONADE, my newest training program. Six months, live, with me. LEMONADE is where you stop shrinking your truth and start building the visibility, the spiritual grit, and the real world tools to speak it in public and survive what comes after. Because the backlash isn't a maybe. It's the toll for doing big work in the open, and I'm going to teach you how to turn it into fuel. Learn more at emileesaldaya.com/lemonade The Complete Guide to Freebirth, our popular flagship program, takes you from conception through postpartum with a full education in physiological birth and the mindset of self-responsibility. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/cgtf The Radical Birth Keeper School, an in-depth training for women called to sovereign birth-work, blends self-mastery, birth literacy, and practical mentorship outside the medical model. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/radicalbirthkeeperschool The Lighthouse, our private membership sanctuary for awakened women, offers four live coaching sessions a month with Emilee, a library of 50+ expert workshops, and a private forum connecting women worldwide. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/membership Follow Emilee's next chapter at emileesaldaya.com, where business and self-mastery coaching for disruptors, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs lives beyond the birth space. Find more from Emilee and all things Free Birth Society on Instagram, YouTube, and the Free Birth Society website. Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of Florida shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact info@freebirthsociety.com. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.

    Listening to the Whispers: Haleigh Knows To Freebirth Her First Baby
  5. Sep 11

    One Nurse’s Cost and Benefit of Experiencing Midwifery Betrayal

    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 to the moment she realized the real authority in the room had to be her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing LEMONADE, my newest training program. Six months, live, with me. LEMONADE is where you stop shrinking your truth and start building the visibility, the spiritual grit, and the real world tools to speak it in public and survive what comes after. Because the backlash isn't a maybe. It's the toll for doing big work in the open, and I'm going to teach you how to turn it into fuel. Learn more at emileesaldaya.com/lemonade The Complete Guide to Freebirth, our popular flagship program, takes you from conception through postpartum with a full education in physiological birth and the mindset of self-responsibility. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/cgtf The Radical Birth Keeper School, an in-depth training for women called to sovereign birth-work, blends self-mastery, birth literacy, and practical mentorship outside the medical model. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/radicalbirthkeeperschool The Lighthouse, our private membership sanctuary for awakened women, offers four live coaching sessions a month with Emilee, a library of 50+ expert workshops, and a private forum connecting women worldwide. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/membership Follow Emilee's next chapter at emileesaldaya.com, where business and self-mastery coaching for disruptors, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs lives beyond the birth space. Find more from Emilee and all things Free Birth Society on Instagram, YouTube, and the Free Birth Society website. Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of Florida shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact info@freebirthsociety.com. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.

    One Nurse’s Cost and Benefit of Experiencing Midwifery Betrayal
  6. Sep 9

    How Working in the OR Led to Freebirth: Danielle’s FBAC/VBAC

    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 experience that changed everything.  She opens up about navigating a C-section, postpartum, medicalized motherhood, working in the OR, and the emotional process of undoing old beliefs while preparing for a VBAC and eventually choosing wild pregnancy and freebirth. What unfolds is a powerful story of self-responsibility, healing, and reclaiming trust in the body.  Danielle reflects on the support that helped her shift her perspective, the intensity of labor, the beauty of meeting her baby at home, and the complex postpartum emotions that followed.  This episode is a moving reminder that growth is not linear, birth is not one-size-fits-all, and every woman’s experience deserves space, honesty, and reverence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing LEMONADE, my newest training program. Six months, live, with me. LEMONADE is where you stop shrinking your truth and start building the visibility, the spiritual grit, and the real world tools to speak it in public and survive what comes after. Because the backlash isn't a maybe. It's the toll for doing big work in the open, and I'm going to teach you how to turn it into fuel. Learn more at emileesaldaya.com/lemonade The Complete Guide to Freebirth, our popular flagship program, takes you from conception through postpartum with a full education in physiological birth and the mindset of self-responsibility. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/cgtf The Radical Birth Keeper School, an in-depth training for women called to sovereign birth-work, blends self-mastery, birth literacy, and practical mentorship outside the medical model. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/radicalbirthkeeperschool The Lighthouse, our private membership sanctuary for awakened women, offers four live coaching sessions a month with Emilee, a library of 50+ expert workshops, and a private forum connecting women worldwide. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/membership Follow Emilee's next chapter at emileesaldaya.com, where business and self-mastery coaching for disruptors, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs lives beyond the birth space. Find more from Emilee and all things Free Birth Society on Instagram, YouTube, and the Free Birth Society website. Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of Florida shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact info@freebirthsociety.com. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.

    How Working in the OR Led to Freebirth: Danielle’s FBAC/VBAC
  7. Sep 4

    The Nurse Who Quit Trusting the System She Worked In (and then freebirthed, of course)

    Kaitlyn spent years as a nurse inside a system she stopped trusting. So she left it, became a lactation consultant, and started attending births outside the hospital entirely. After 8 years of infertility, Kaitlyn finally got pregnant and freebirthed at home, with a little help from Rescue Remedy at exactly the right moment.  If you want to connect with Kaitlyn, follow her on Instagram at @wildhoneykv, and you can find her website here: www.wildhoneykv.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing LEMONADE, my newest training program. Six months, live, with me. LEMONADE is where you stop shrinking your truth and start building the visibility, the spiritual grit, and the real world tools to speak it in public and survive what comes after. Because the backlash isn't a maybe. It's the toll for doing big work in the open, and I'm going to teach you how to turn it into fuel. Learn more at emileesaldaya.com/lemonade The Complete Guide to Freebirth, our popular flagship program, takes you from conception through postpartum with a full education in physiological birth and the mindset of self-responsibility. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/cgtf The Radical Birth Keeper School, an in-depth training for women called to sovereign birth-work, blends self-mastery, birth literacy, and practical mentorship outside the medical model. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/radicalbirthkeeperschool The Lighthouse, our private membership sanctuary for awakened women, offers four live coaching sessions a month with Emilee, a library of 50+ expert workshops, and a private forum connecting women worldwide. Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/membership Follow Emilee's next chapter at emileesaldaya.com, where business and self-mastery coaching for disruptors, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs lives beyond the birth space. Find more from Emilee and all things Free Birth Society on Instagram, YouTube, and the Free Birth Society website. Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of Florida shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact info@freebirthsociety.com. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.

    The Nurse Who Quit Trusting the System She Worked In (and then freebirthed, of course)
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The Free Birth Society Podcast features honest, gripping, inspiring, and transformative freebirth stories hosted by the founder Emilee Saldaya in conversation with wild women worldwide. In the vast tapestry of childbirth experiences, a thread runs undisturbed, unmedicated, and true to its ancestral roots: freebirth. This differs from your usual home birth with doulas or midwives in attendance. Freebirth stands apart, where birthing is solely in the hands of the birthing woman, accompanied only by her intuition, rhythms of nature, witnessed by her family. The Free Birth Podcast invites you to a unique corner of the universe where we dive deep into the raw essence of birth, untamed and unassisted. Pushing against the tides of modern obstetrics and its violent approach, we venture into stories of women who've boldly chosen to claim this primal rite of passage. Here, we're not merely sharing tales; we're challenging the status quo and redefining the very narrative of childbirth. As we unravel discussions on rights in childbirth, dissect varied care models, and amplify the unfiltered voices of freebirthing women from around the planet, our purpose remains clear: to spotlight the distinction and significance of wild birth. This isn't an argument against the myriad ways women choose to birth, but rather an affirmation that freebirth has its revered space in the continuum of birth choices. Join us in celebrating a movement that underscores the powerful message and has changed the lives of thousands: Birth, in its purest form, is not a medical event but a profoundly personal journey. The Free Birth Society Podcast is your compass to navigate and rediscover that journey. *Freebirth = Birthing in the absence of any hired professionals, away from medical institutions or their agents. Also known as family birth, unassisted birth, wild birth. *Sovereign birth = Birthing outside of the medical paradigm, inclusive of births with authentic midwives and doulas. We include many stories on the show where women birthed outside of the medical system with doulas and radical birth keepers. While these births are not freebirths, they are certainly sovereign births!

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