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.

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Thank you. Today on the show we have Anna who birthed her baby in Florida and a new

years prior to meeting her partner that she was destined to free birth her child.

After consciously conceiving her baby, she navigated a rough pregnancy,

but never wavered in the knowledge that an unassisted pregnancy and birth

was what was right for her. She went into labor in her 36 years. pregnancy and

had a birth was what was right for her.

She went into labor in her 36th week,

what the medical model would call premature labor,

and had a quick and beautiful birth

resulting in a healthy baby that breath's fed easily.

Set the scene, you were in Florida?

Yeah, well, you know, the story really starts before that because it starts even before I met

Austin and we got pregnant three years into our relationship.

So about five or six years ago I heard about unassisted childbirth and I had heard of it not really as like a technical term that was like a legitimate option.

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