The advice to “just trust the system” falls apart fast when you’ve already been gaslit by doctors, pressured toward induction, and made to feel like your own body can’t be trusted. Jasmine shares the full arc from her first hospital birth, and the quiet unease that followed, to the radically different freebirth that changed how she sees motherhood, power, and herself.

She opens up about a messy first pregnancy, an OB-led experience that included pressure around size, a threatened induction at 39 weeks, and the claustrophobic feeling of being managed instead of supported. But the deeper story is what happened after birth: postpartum isolation, dark thoughts she was too afraid to say out loud, and the people-pleasing pattern that kept her suffering silently.

Then everything shifts. In her next pregnancy, Jasmine finds Free Birth Society, devours hundreds of hours of podcast stories, and starts to imagine something she never thought possible: having her baby at home, without a midwife, on purpose.

If you want to connect with Jasmine, follow her on Instagram at @rootedandradiant.motherhood and you can find her website here.

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Introducing LEMONADE, my newest training program.

Six months, live, with me. LEMONADE is where you stop shrinking your truth and start building the visibility, the spiritual grit, and the real world tools to speak it in public and survive what comes after. Because the backlash isn't a maybe. It's the toll for doing big work in the open, and I'm going to teach you how to turn it into fuel.

Learn more at https://www.emileesaldaya.com/lemonade

The Complete Guide to Freebirth, our popular flagship program, takes you from conception through postpartum with a full education in physiological birth and the mindset of self-responsibility.

Learn more at https://www.freebirthsociety.com/cgtf

The Radical Birth Keeper School, an in-depth training for women called to sovereign birth-work, blends self-mastery, birth literacy, and practical mentorship outside the medical model.

Learn more at https://www.freebirthsociety.com/radicalbirthkeeperschool

The Lighthouse, our private membership sanctuary for awakened women, offers four live coaching sessions a month with Emilee, a library of 50+ expert workshops, and a private forum connecting women worldwide.

Learn more at https://www.freebirthsociety.com/membership

Follow Emilee's next chapter at https://www.emileesaldaya.com/, where business and self-mastery coaching for disruptors, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs lives beyond the birth space.

Find more from Emilee and all things Free Birth Society on Instagram, YouTube, and the Free Birth Society website.

Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of Florida shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact info@freebirthsociety.com. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.

After a homebirth turned into a C-section, Tereza began questioning everything she thought she knew about birth and safety.

She shares how processing her experience led her to freebirth her second baby and reclaim trust in her body.

Now pregnant with her third, she explores sovereignty, fear, motherhood, and choosing a different path.

If you want to connect with Tereza, follow her on Instagram at @terezataus and you can find her on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@terezataus

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Introducing LEMONADE, my newest training program.

Six months, live, with me. LEMONADE is where you stop shrinking your truth and start building the visibility, the spiritual grit, and the real world tools to speak it in public and survive what comes after. Because the backlash isn't a maybe. It's the toll for doing big work in the open, and I'm going to teach you how to turn it into fuel.

Learn more at emileesaldaya.com/lemonade

The Complete Guide to Freebirth, our popular flagship program, takes you from conception through postpartum with a full education in physiological birth and the mindset of self-responsibility.

Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/cgtf

The Radical Birth Keeper School, an in-depth training for women called to sovereign birth-work, blends self-mastery, birth literacy, and practical mentorship outside the medical model.

Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/radicalbirthkeeperschool

The Lighthouse, our private membership sanctuary for awakened women, offers four live coaching sessions a month with Emilee, a library of 50+ expert workshops, and a private forum connecting women worldwide.

Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/membership

Follow Emilee's next chapter at emileesaldaya.com, where business and self-mastery coaching for disruptors, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs lives beyond the birth space.

Find more from Emilee and all things Free Birth Society on Instagram, YouTube, and the Free Birth Society website.

Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of Florida shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact info@freebirthsociety.com. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.

Motherhood reshapes everything: identity, trust, intimacy, and surrender.

Haleigh Featherly shares the spiritual and emotional journey behind her freebirth, and the unexpected challenges of becoming a mother.

A raw conversation about autonomy, inner knowing, postpartum transformation, and learning to meet life as it is.

If you want to connect with Haleigh, follow her on Instagram at @haleighfeatherly and you can find her website here: haleighfeatherly.com

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Introducing LEMONADE, my newest training program.

Six months, live, with me. LEMONADE is where you stop shrinking your truth and start building the visibility, the spiritual grit, and the real world tools to speak it in public and survive what comes after. Because the backlash isn't a maybe. It's the toll for doing big work in the open, and I'm going to teach you how to turn it into fuel.

Learn more at emileesaldaya.com/lemonade

The Complete Guide to Freebirth, our popular flagship program, takes you from conception through postpartum with a full education in physiological birth and the mindset of self-responsibility.

Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/cgtf

The Radical Birth Keeper School, an in-depth training for women called to sovereign birth-work, blends self-mastery, birth literacy, and practical mentorship outside the medical model.

Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/radicalbirthkeeperschool

The Lighthouse, our private membership sanctuary for awakened women, offers four live coaching sessions a month with Emilee, a library of 50+ expert workshops, and a private forum connecting women worldwide.

Learn more at freebirthsociety.com/membership

Follow Emilee's next chapter at emileesaldaya.com, where business and self-mastery coaching for disruptors, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs lives beyond the birth space.

Find more from Emilee and all things Free Birth Society on Instagram, YouTube, and the Free Birth Society website.

Disclaimer: Free Birth Society, LLC of Florida shares personal and educational stories and experiences related to freebirth and holistic care. This content is not medical advice, and we are not a licensed midwifery practice. Testimonials reflect individual experiences; results may vary. For services or scheduling, contact info@freebirthsociety.com. See full disclaimer at freebirthsociety.com/youtubeterms.