A Raw and Personal Third 40-Week Wrap Up with Jonny & Emilee
Free Birth Society
Emilee Saldaya
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2025
⏱️ 137 minutes
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Summary
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 episode, 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 freebirth movement.
We talk openly about our major fails in business and community building, our shift towards the private sector, and how we’re preparing to welcome our third baby at home while holding our family steady.
You’ll Learn:
- What it feels like to navigate a pregnancy marked by nausea, migraines, and total slowdown
- The story behind Jonny quitting his 6-figure job and choosing to stay home to live as an "intact" family.
- Why their attempt to build a private school in rural North Carolina failed despite major investment
- The surprising link between moving during COVID and outgrowing their super rural life five years later
- What happens when you face a smear campaign and community fallout while running a business
- How pregnancy became a catalyst for burning down what no longer fit their family and business
- How Emilee chooses to question her inherited stories around scarcity and overwhelm in motherhood and walk a new path
Timestamps:
[00:00] Introduction
[09:38] Pregnancy as a catalyst for change, growth, and burning down what no longer serves
[29:22] Shifting from conventional jobs to a home-based family life for balance and connection
[50:14] Starting and ultimately closing a private school in rural North Carolina after major investment and challenges
[01:03:03] Realizing rural life no longer fits their family and beginning to reassess their future
[01:14:29] Facing a hate group and smear campaign while pregnant and running a business
[02:00:26] Preparing for a third freebirth and Jonny’s role in supporting birth and postpartum
Resources Mentioned:
The 40 Week Wrap Up: Host Emilee & Her Husband Share Their Journey | Spotify or Apple
The 40-Week Wild Pregnancy Wrap Up with Emilee & Jonny (Round 2) | Spotify or Apple
A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas | Books
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas | Books
MatriBirth Mentor Institute (MMI) | Program
The Lighthouse Membership Group | Website
The Complete Guide to Freebirth | Program
Free Birth Society YouTube Channel | YouTube
Find more from Emilee on Instagram, YouTube and the Free Birth Society website.
Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of North Carolina shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact [email protected]. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.
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| 0:00.0 | Part of the drama that has gone down in our life in the last year has so much to do with putting it out there to my platform. |
| 0:11.0 | Let's Start Community and calling in strangers. |
| 0:16.0 | The spoiler alert is it is an epic, epic fail on all accounts. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome to season nine. This is going to be an intimate view into my life. This year was... |
| 0:29.6 | Benaduzzi. |
| 0:30.6 | Benaduzzi. This pregnancy has been such a catalyst for change, growth, and decimation. |
| 0:40.3 | There were days where Johnny would feed the kids and then come into the room and all of us would sit on the bed while I would eat laying on my side. |
| 0:50.3 | I couldn't even bear to sit up so dramatic. I felt so bad. |
| 0:55.9 | I thought 2025 was going to be so chill. |
| 1:00.4 | Just as I start to get my bearings in the physicality of this pregnancy, a huge plot twist goes down. |
| 1:13.1 | Hi, everyone. welcome to season nine. I'm so happy to be here with all of you opening up |
| 1:18.4 | another season of the Free Birth Society podcast. I am recording this at the very, very |
| 1:24.2 | end of my pregnancy as our family prepares to welcome our third child into our arms. |
| 1:31.0 | I recorded a lot of this season's episodes in this past month, so I just need you to excuse the groaning, |
| 1:38.5 | the complaining, the burping, the weird breathing, and all the fun into pregnancy stuff. |
| 1:43.3 | But on the bright side, I can assure you that we have |
| 1:45.9 | some really inspiring stories for you this season. And the combos just keep getting deeper and deeper. |
| 1:52.4 | Please keep me and my family and this sweet baby in your prayers as I am called into the birth portal. |
| 1:59.0 | It will be any day or week now, so it's extra sweet to be here |
| 2:03.5 | with you all recording this on the brink of my life, epically changing and expanding yet again. |
| 2:10.5 | 2025 wound up so far being a pretty big year for me in many surprising ways, and it's only halfway through. But what I thought |
| 2:20.6 | was going to be a very stable, very simple year, asked for considerable work and growth from me and my |
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