#230 | The Free Birth Dilemma with Sara Rosser

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, Midwives, Alternative Health, Home Birth, Society & Culture, Newborn, Documentary, Hypnobirthing, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Breastfeeding, Pregnant, Birth, Maternity, Motherhood

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Sara Rosser is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). While she has not had a free birth herself, she has supported women in her community who have chosen to do so. Free birth (or "wild birth") is a controversial practice in which a woman chooses to give birth in the absence of a trained birth professional, whether that be a midwife or obstetrician. In today's discussion, we dig into why a woman might choose free birth, whether or not free birth is "safe" for a mother and baby, how tho...

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0:00.0	Either the state owns our bodies and has a role in our bodies or the state does not.
0:08.2	And I'm much more concerned when the state does.
0:12.0	I think the missing link that we really need is for women to have full access to all options.
0:18.5	It is a shame that there's any cohort of women having a free birth just
0:22.2	because they're out of options. And in birth, safety is always relative, right? I mean,
0:30.3	is hospital birth truly safe? Is homebirth safe? Is free birth safe? How do we define that?
0:37.3	How do you think about safety? I would say to
0:39.7	anyone that's considering free birth, that they have to recognize that they are accepting full
0:43.7	responsibility for the outcomes. And that means that they get to take all of the credit for absolutely
0:50.4	everything when it's over. They get to be extremely proud that they did that
0:54.5	completely on their own. But if something doesn't go the way that they want it to, there isn't
0:59.1	anyone to blame. I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of Hypnoborthing of Connecticut, Childbirth
1:06.0	Advocate, and Postpartum Support Specialist. And I'm Trescia Ludwig,
1:12.9	certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation consultant.
1:15.1	And this is the Down to Birth podcast.
1:19.8	Childbirth is something we're made to do,
1:22.2	but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience
1:25.2	in today's medical culture?
1:26.8	Let's dispel the myths and get down to
1:29.1	birth.
1:38.3	Hi, my name is Sarah Rosser. I am a certified professional midwife licensed in the state of Tennessee. I was
1:46.7	raised into midwifery by the farm midwives in Summertown. I'm a co-founder of Born Free Method
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