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. Exciting news listeners, the Free Birth Society apparel store has opened.

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Who knows what an FBA 5C is?

That's a free birth after five C is. That's a free birth after five sections. This episode goes out to all the

moms with previous C sections being told that subsequent C sections is the only

way. Carrie from Southern California tells us her story of needing to find a better way with her

sixth baby and with no one in the medical models willing to support her, she stayed at home

with her husband and birthed her baby in her bathtub.

She is freshly postpartum at the time of this recording, basking in the ease of recovery and

the newfound joy of breastfeeding after her first vaginal birth.

Okay, so let's start at the beginning with your first birth.

So just tell me a little bit about the background

of the births and, you know, why they were C sections

and was the subsequent C sections just because the first

one was or you just give me a little bit of background of your birthing or your prenatal

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