into the wild I'm going into the wild I am it's been a wild freedom child since I left my roots back home

into the wild I'm going into the wild I am it's been a wild freedom child since I left my roots back home

Welcome to the Free Birth Society podcast. This is a radical space for women who are ready to celebrate their autonomous choices in birth, motherhood and beyond.

Together, we'll learn about wild birth through personal narrative, we'll explore the politics of birth, and we'll analyze everything that relates to our lives as women from a feminist perspective.

Here's your host Emily Faldin.

It was following the death of her father that Rebecca got total clarity that it was time to call in her children.

Rebecca shares about the harassment she dealt with from the NHS midwives in England and how medical supposed midwifery felt wrong the entire time.

She was unnecessarily and unfortunately transferred right before her son emerged and Rebecca shares how the sabotage of her birth also led to a sabotaged breastfeeding relationship.

Four years later, Rebecca was thrilled to be pregnant again. She connected to the concept of Free Birth, found this podcast right here, and solidified her truth to birth her way, even in the absence of a supportive partner.

My mother and journey began when actually when my dad died, my dad died when just after I'd finished studying from Aster's degree in photography and he died very suddenly.

I guess it brought back round to me the importance, what did I really want in my life?

There were so many things that came from him dying, obviously a lot of grief, but so many gifts that came from him dying.

One of them was this massive clarity, I really want to have children. The time is now, I don't want to wait.

I guess there was always that thing and this is probably quite common of people in their 30s.

I do really want to have children, but at some point in my working at the moment, I did have a partner at the time, but he was younger and he just wasn't there yet.

My dad dying, this is clarity, I really want to have children, and I don't want to wait.

I guess I can't remember how old I was then, maybe like 33.

I said this to my partner at the time, and we were a little bit rocky.

He just was like, I'm just not ready. So after a while, we ended up going our separate ways.

At that time, I also just happened to have finished like a really good job.

I'm a photographer and I just finished helping doing a film.

I was really burnt out and I decided to just move house and go live in a totally different part of the country and be with my sister and the car of her children.

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