Welcome to the Free Birth Podcast, a supportive space for people who are learning, exploring and

celebrating their autonomous choices in childbirth.

Together, we'll unpack truths, share personal stories,

and claim our ability to birth freely and intuitively. Here's your host, Emily Sal day. Hi everyone quick note at the top of the show here if you want to support

the podcast you can find me on patreon dot com slash free birth podcast or head

over to the website free birth society.com and you can

donate via PayPal if you want to contribute a one-time payment. Thank you so much. Today I'm Today on the show we have writer Jennifer Margulis from Oregon.

Having four children of her own, she has birthed in hospital at home with both licensed midwives and a traditional

midwife and free-births her last baby.

Author of the books, Your Baby Your Way and the Vaccine Friendly Plan.

Jennifer offers both a professional and personal insight into birth culture today. First baby was born in the hospital. My second baby was born at home with

certified nurse, yeah, so certified nurse midwife and her assistant who was a

certified professional midwife. My third baby was born with a just traditionally trained midwife and a doctor who wasn't supposed

to be there who had never assisted a home birth before and she was there as my friend not

as a doctor she would have been in big trouble with her career

and her job if she had actually been there as a doctor.

And then the last one was born here in Southern Oregon

unassisted,

so what you call free birth.

And how did the, well I guess we'll get to it,

but you'll have to speak to how the doctor took to your birth.

Yeah, I know that's the greatest story,

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