Hi, I'm Nancy Lucina and I'm thrilled to announce my latest offering with Free Birth Society,

the Divine Creatrix Pregnancy Journey, ceremonies to invoke your inner birthing goddess.

Join me and like-minded women from around the world for five live sessions where we will

use the ancient art of ceremony to connect deeply with our womb's wisdom, learn to

optimize fears, open up our beings to magnetize our dream births, learn how to lovingly and fiercely

set boundaries, and surrender with ease into our transition into motherhood. If you are a mother

to be, join us on this unique and powerful journey. Learn more at freebirthssocietycourses.com.

Welcome to the Free Birth Society podcast. This is a radical space for women who are ready to celebrate

their autonomous choices in birth, motherhood, and beyond. Together, we'll learn about wild birth

through personal narrative, we'll explore the politics of birth, and we'll analyze everything that

relates to our lives as women from a feminist perspective. Here's your host, Emily Thalda.

Thank you very much.

Alia shares how she discovered personal and spiritual freedom within tragedy,

and how she emerged stronger after contending with death on a regular basis.

Alia shares her inspiring story of being called to both freebirth and authentic midway free.

Okay, so for me, definitely 11 years back to being pregnant with my first son.

I was 17 when I got pregnant with him, and still in high school, I was senior in high school,

and when I told the counselor at the school that I was pregnant, she said I actually,

because I had a full scholarship to college already, and enough credits. I had more than enough

credits that I didn't have to finish the school year in school. I could pretty like sign out,

and then if I wanted to walk in graduation, I could, but basically I was graduating in December

instead of in like June. And so I was like, okay, perfect, because I don't really want to be at school

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