Freebirthing in Color ™

Ny-Asia’s story is really heartfelt, simple and beautiful. She is a first time mother who made the choice to birth her baby free of the medical system. In her early teens, Ny-Asia said that she had to self mother as she was growing up, but that didn’t deter her from wanting to have children of her own. In her 30’s Ny-Asia took trip to Colombia and learned from Indigenous Midwives in various healin...

Today my conversation is with Chantice. I’m so pleased to have spoken with Chantice because it’s been a while since I’ve heard a story from a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) mother. Chantice is a mother of 2 who experienced an unnecessary cesarean with her first and then went on to birth her second baby vaginally in the comfort of her own home! Chantice speaks to me of how she went into her fi...

Today, you’ll hear 4 completely different pregnancy and birth stories from Elisha. Each one of her pregnancy and births carries such powerful energy, I was amazed at all of the experiences Elisha had in each of her very profound journeys. To start it off, Elisha was pregnant with her first in her early 20’s having this pregnancy be infused with tribal West Indies music and dance and also the adven...

Today, I l have a conversation with LuAn, who speaks to me about breastfeeding. Also a really lovely connection between the two of us is that we are both of Haitian Lineage. LuAn’s own birth, a traumatic cesarean with her son, really sparked the fire for her to breastfeed him and was the catalyst that ignited her to deep dive into the necessities, advantages and passion for breastfeeding. LuAn is...

I’m speaking with Jenn today and her story is a brave journey of re-establishing her identity from the way she previous led it, more liberated and free to holding commitment for what her future was asking for. Jenn had to go through the process of figuring out who the father of her baby was and dealing with big feelings of frustrations and anger at the men who potentially got her pregnant. Later,...

This is a beautiful conversation that I have with Aaliyah. She speaks to me about how she bonded very deeply with her aunts baby and how she always knew that motherhood was in her future. When becoming pregnant with her first, Aaliyah chose to have hospital Midwifery care, but once she was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes (GD) she was soon switched to Obstetric care. Leading up to Aaliyah’s fir...

This is a very special and important conversation with Hadhee Jah who is one of the only Ayurvedic Postpartum Doulas and Traditional Birthkeepers in and from the Maldives. Hadhee Jah’s first birth experience was truly beautiful, but without having the knowledge of how to care for herself and be cared for in postpartum, she went into a really dark space in this time. Her second postpartum time was...

This is a really special episode for me to have recorded. When I spoke with Haniyyah, she was the first woman that I had interview for this movement in 1 year! So my excitement was palpable and it felt like a beautiful homecoming. But I have to say that I was so honoured to share space with Haniyyah and hear her words. She speaks to me about how she is the youngest of 10 kids in a blended family a...

This is a very special story that I get to hear from Tracy and one you don’t want to miss out on. She is a birth worker and a healer that offers fertility, birth, postpartum, grief, lactation education and sleep consulting support. She is a woman with many skills and this conversation with Tracy really shows her dedication to bringing healing to the mother/baby dyad and the whole family in the ent...

This is such a fun conversation that I have today with Zakiya. Her energy is so vibrant and speaking with her brought such joy to my heart.  Zakiya shares about her decision to birth with a Traditional Midwife, a truly Wise Woman, for her first baby and how she came to this very aligned and powerful decision for herself.  She made sure that she was informed and researched her choices to birth her...

Today is Alia’s story. She begins speaking about her experience of getting pregnant at 17 years old and even though she was young in age she was very well supported by her family. Alia had a bit of awareness about hospital birthing but she didn’t have the understanding of what it meant to advocate for herself throughout her birth process. A few years later, after spending time on “the Farm”, Alia...

Today I'm talking with Claire who speaks so genuinely to navigating difficult breastfeeding relationships. She previously held breastfeeding grief circles to bring to light the struggles that some women may be feeling in these experiences. Claire goes into her own trauma and hardships of breastfeeding her children, trying to seek help and not receiving it and being gaslit about her struggles f...

This is Regina’s story of how she trusted in herself and her deep knowledge to birth her second baby free of the system. Her first birth was at home and attended by a medical midwife, but Regina had felt that while the midwife was present all she wanted was to be saved. In her second birth she had the deep feeling that if she chose to listen to her inner knowing she would be able to peacefully bir...

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This is such a wonderful interview that I have with Kiyana, who speaks to both of her birthing experiences. The conversation gets rolling right away with Kiyana’s beautiful understanding and gratitude for her first birth experience and how it shaped the way her second baby was brought into the world. In this conversation, Kiyana dives into: *Being the only girl in a family of 6 children and taking...

My conversation today is with Kaelya. She’s a woman who chose to birth her first child free of the medical system in a Hotel. Unfortunately Kaeyla’s mothering journey began, not through a pregnancy, but at a very young age as a result of the sexual assault she experienced as a child. In this conversation Kaeyla shares how she began coming into the healing of her past traumas and made the space to...

Nadine is a mother who birthed her first baby free of the medical system. She’s also a triplet, which I thought was such a cool piece of information and had to mention it. Nadine grew up in Grew up in Ghana from the age of 5, so the values of community living and nurturing were very present in her life. In this conversation, she speaks about: *Taking on the role of helping tend to her elder brothe...

Today, I’m here with Anjelika and at the timing of our talk, she was 1 month postpartum with her free-born baby! She speaks to me about many things, one of which, is how important it is for her to pass down Ancestral Traditions to her children in many different ways. In this very lovely and wholesome conversation, Anjelika speaks to: *Her relationship to hunting and how it’s deepening the relation...

Today, I’m speaking with Brittney. She is a woman that is doing wonderful work in service to womb consciousness. She has such a gentle, yet powerful and expansive presence when she speaks to the work that she does and this conversation truly lit me up as I’m also so devoted to working with the womb. Within this conversation we get into: *Brittney beginning to develop her relationship to the earth...

Fina is a mother of twins! Another type of story that I love to share and wish to have more of as the women that are birthing multiples free of the medical system need to be heard, so I’m extremely grateful to have hosted Fina in the space. Throughout the conversation Fina speaks to: *Being “diagnosed” as infertile at 14 *Studying music in West Africa and the healing power that music and its vibra...

Today, I’m speaking with Santhiya. Now, I must note that throughout this interview I had mispronounced her name. It is spelled and looks like “Santhiya”, but her name is Traditionally pronounced as, Sun-dhee-yah. Getting into this conversation with Santhiya was really lovely, she spoke to me of first stepping into her mothering journey through being the eldest of 3 siblings. She used those experie...

Jenna is on the show today, another first time mother who made the choice to birth her baby free of the medical system and be supported by wise woman in her journey. It took some time for Jenna to come into the acceptance that she would be a mother, around the 4.5/5 month mark is when it really started to sink in. In this talk she speaks to: *The intensity of emotions that she felt when she first...

Today, I have the honor of speaking with my friend from afar, NinNeru’aEl. We’ve known each other for quite a few years now and I’ve watched as NinNeru’aEl has blossomed into the woman that she is today. In this talk that we share together, I was so excited to hear of the story of her pregnancy and birth journey.  I also have to mention, we had such a fun time as she was telling her story, I think...

I’m speaking with Alexandra and today’s conversation is about birth, but doesn’t involve her birth stories. We have a very compelling conversation about the work that Alexandra does in the world. We touch on: *How Alexandra is a mother first, and a social scientist who has been doing her research on homebirth mothers, and Traditional Midwifery and it’s indigenous roots within Hawaii * Alexandra is...

On today’s episode I’m speaking with Bria. We start off our conversation on a very heartbreaking tone as Bria explains to me that at the very young age of 11 years old, she made the choice to mother herself and give herself the love and care that she wasn’t receiving from her family. She had to step deeply into her maturation as a young girl to mother everyone else around her and is still working...