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. Quick note at the top of the show here, Free Birth Society has a big announcement coming up in a few weeks and the best way to keep in touch with

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Okay we are.

Okay we are back with part two of my birth story. I just want to give a quick

shout out to everybody who has contacted me with such an outpouring of love.

It was really amazing to put it out there.

I felt super vulnerable and just felt so held and seen and supported.

It's really quite beautiful. so thank you so much.

I still can't believe as many people listen to this podcast. It's just so

amazing what a global community we're creating through this important

storytelling of all these women around the world.

Okay, so I know I left you guys with a huge cliffhanger last week and let's just dive back in.

So let's recap real quick. I had created a mess of drama based on my own

conditioning and blind spots around long births. The reality is when I finally decided to go to the hospital

I actually was in transition. So I want to be super clear while I said in the last

episode that I knew I needed to be assessed, of course that's not

really true, right? I wanted to be because I was being pushed way way way way

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