Freebirthing with Shoulder Dystocia, Regretting the NICU, and Flourishing
05/07/21 • 80 min
On today’s show, Sarah shares a common and familiar story of women who trade in their pregnancy and birth desires in order to make other people comfortable. With her first child, Sarah had a homebirth, but many of the decisions she made were for her partner- and even for her midwife. Sarah shares how it wasn’t until she freebirthed her second baby, that she realized what went wrong with her first birth. In her third and most recent birth, Sarah shares the riveting and heartbreaking story of her baby spending his first hour of life between the fluid spaces of life and death, and his first weeks of life in the NICU. Sarah shares her ongoing processing of birth, mothering, and surrendering to the wild unknown.
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On today’s show, Sarah shares a common and familiar story of women who trade in their pregnancy and birth desires in order to make other people comfortable. With her first child, Sarah had a homebirth, but many of the decisions she made were for her partner- and even for her midwife. Sarah shares how it wasn’t until she freebirthed her second baby, that she realized what went wrong with her first birth. In her third and most recent birth, Sarah shares the riveting and heartbreaking story of her baby spending his first hour of life between the fluid spaces of life and death, and his first weeks of life in the NICU. Sarah shares her ongoing processing of birth, mothering, and surrendering to the wild unknown.
Attend Matriarch Rising Festival: Limited Tickets Available Here: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/matriarchrising
Craving your village? Join Free Birth Society’s Private Membership: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/pages/private-membership
The Radical Birth Keeper School starts again September 1st, 2021. You won’t want to miss it: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper
Check out more of Free Birth Society’s courses and offerings!
https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com
Get The Complete Guide to Freebirth: A sweeping, all-inclusive childbirth education course, designed to prepare pregnant mothers and families for the most powerful independent birth experience possible: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf
Are you wanting to take responsibility for your life? Work with Emilee: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/collections/coaching
Want more? Birthing Truth: A Collection of Freebirth Stories:
https://www.freebirthsociety.com/blogs/birthing-truth-a-collection-of-freebirth-stories
Our Gift to You: Gorgeous pregnancy affirmations straight to your inbox:
https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/opt-in-pregnancy-affirmations-gift
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My Redemption Birth: Najma’s FBAC in Egypt
FBAC: Free Birth After Cesarean.
After being deemed high-risk in her first pregnancy- despite feeling great and not presenting with any issues- Najma was taken down the conveyor belt of industrial birth.
After hours of tortuous induced labor, she ended up with a surgical birth.
The reason? “Failure to descend”.
After meeting a woman who shared her powerful, physiological birth story, Najma felt inspired to redeem her birth experience.
She learned all that she could about undisturbed birth, reclaimed her authority, and centered herself as the author of her birth and mothering story.
Follow Najma on Instagram! @wombtopia
The Radical Birth Keeper School starts again September 1st, 2021. You won’t want to miss it: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper
Check out more of Free Birth Society’s courses and offerings!
https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com
Get The Complete Guide to Freebirth: A sweeping, all-inclusive childbirth education course, designed to prepare pregnant mothers and families for the most powerful independent birth experience possible: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf
Craving your village? Join Free Birth Society’s Private Membership: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/pages/private-membership
Are you wanting to take responsibility for your life? Work with Emilee: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/collections/coaching
Want more? Birthing Truth: A Collection of Freebirth Stories:
https://www.freebirthsociety.com/blogs/birthing-truth-a-collection-of-freebirth-stories
Our Gift to You: Gorgeous pregnancy affirmations straight to your inbox:
https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/opt-in-pregnancy-affirmations-gift
Next Episode
Finding Freebirth with Four Daughters
Today, Jessica brings us the beautiful story of a mother reckoning with her inner authority as she navigates her way through multiple births. From her first baby being born at a hospital, to a “party birth” with her second daughter, Jessica shares how she learned each time to surrender more to the wild unknowing-ness of birth. With her third and fourth daughters, Jessica birthed freely and unhindered- with her most recent birth being attended by her two eldest daughters. Jessica’s story offers a vision of how powerful, mother-led, matriarchal birth can be the model for all of our daughters moving forward.
Attend Matriarch Rising Festival: Limited Tickets Available Here: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/matriarchrising
Craving your village? Join Free Birth Society’s Private Membership: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/membership
The Radical Birth Keeper School starts again September 1st, 2021. You won’t want to miss it: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper
Get The Complete Guide to Freebirth: A sweeping, all-inclusive childbirth education course, designed to prepare pregnant mothers and families for the most powerful independent birth experience possible: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf
Are you wanting to take responsibility for your life? Work with Emilee: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/collections/coaching
Want more? Birthing Truth: A Collection of Freebirth Stories:
https://www.freebirthsociety.com/blogs/birthing-truth-a-collection-of-freebirth-stories
Our Gift to You: Gorgeous pregnancy affirmations straight to your inbox:
https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/opt-in-pregnancy-affirmations-gift
Check out more of Free Birth Society’s courses and offerings!
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