Free Birth Society

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 vagina...

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...

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 e...

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 h...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 gu...

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 transfus...

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 be...

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 fie...

What happens when you walk away from everything and find your own path to motherhood? In this episode, we hear from Julia, a Montana mother of two who walked away from the corporate grind, sold her home, and set out on a radically different path to motherhood, one rooted in sovereignty, sisterhood, and self-trust. Julia shares how her first wild pregnancy unfolded while traveling the West Coast in...

What if the birth certificate was never for your baby—but a tool of control used by the state? In this episode, I sit down with Veda Ray, a freebirthing mother of two, who chose to walk a path most women never even consider: birthing and raising her second child completely outside the system. No pregnancy test. No monitoring. No birth certificate. No social security number. After her first birth a...

What would you do if you had to give birth in the middle of a war?  In this episode, I sit down with Natalia, a Ukrainian mother of two, to hear her incredible story of freebirthing her second child during the 2022 Russian invasion.  After one homebirth, Natalia chose to walk an even more radical path with her second—preparing to give birth without medical support, while bombs dropped ar...

How deep can birth take you when you fully surrender to the mystery?  In this episode, I sit down with Mimilia—mother of four and a recent graduate of our MatriBirth Mentor Institute. Her story is a breathtaking journey through four radically different births, each one deepening her trust, sharpening her discernment, and calling her closer to truth. We begin with her first birth: newly single, c...

In this episode, I’m joined by Ash Anderson, mother of three and recent graduate of The MatriBirth Mentor Institute. After a traumatic induction with her first baby, Ash was certain she was done having children. But what she came to realize was that it wasn’t birth she was finished with—it was the hospital.  We unpack what it took for Ash to walk away from the industrial model of care, how she an...

What happens when the work you love, your life’s devotion, collides with public scrutiny, betrayal, and cancel culture? In this intimate conversation, I sit down with my closest collaborator and soul sister in this movement, Yolande Norris-Clark. Together, we unpack what it’s been like to build groundbreaking programs for women, like our 10-month mentorship, The MatriBirth Mentor Institute (MMI),...

What do you do when you're in the middle of your third pregnancy and a hate group forms to threaten your life? In this Season 9 premier, I sit down with my husband—and third-time guest—Jonny, for a raw and real 40-week wrap-up. We share honestly about what this year has demanded: deep growth, hard decisions, and the very real emotional weight of being publicly attacked while stewarding this freebi...

To close this season, I wanted to bring you a guest whose presence and legacy transcend words, so I invited back the legendary elder midwife, @sistermorningstar. In this powerful and intimate conversation, Sister MorningStar shares the stories of her three births, her lifelong devotion to traditional midwifery, and the extraordinary account of being put on trial for standing by a mother through a...

Today, I welcome Kiana—a devoted woman, mother, and former student midwife (turned MMI graduate!) who chose to walk away from the captivity of the system and return to the wild. Living off-grid in a yurt she built with her own hands, Kiana shares the holy unfolding of her path to sovereignty. She speaks honestly about her three sovereign miscarriages—and the spiritual grit it took to keep saying y...

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, clari...

I have Anna on the pod today telling the story of her two births with her wife by her side. Anna describes the complexity of navigating postpartum when her wife wanted to be included in the lactation process. Anna goes on to have a simple freebirth where she birthed exactly where and how she wanted. Follow Anna on Instagram @_anna_bananaa Photo Credit @nataliebeephotography ✨Our Mother’s Day sale...

Today on the podcast, Emilee and Danielle talk about body hair and the physiological function as well as the social aspects of allowing hair. In a culture where women are taught to be hairless in order to be both accepted and attractive, Emilee and Danielle share their own journeys of how they stopped this misogynistic ritual and learned to love themselves.  Follow Danielle on Instagram @sist...

Marta from Poland tells the story of her unique births that are deeply intertwined with the plant medicine work she practices in Peru. Following her intuition, she goes to the hospital and demands to stay, knowing something is wrong. Marta is rushed for an emergency c-section with a full placental abruption. After a year of inner work and healing, Marta chooses to call in another baby, and freebir...