Freebirthing in Color ™
by Freebirthing in Color ™
Welcome to Freebirthing in Color™!This is a space to amplify and celebrate the voices from Women of Color and Indigenous Women all around the world who are sharing their stories and experiences of wild pregnancies and/or births outside of the medical system. Together we're creating a curated library that highlights the journeys of these women who’ve chosen to stand in their power throughout their pregnancy, birth and mothering journeys.
Episodes
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62. I Felt Like I Was Blooming
Ny-Asia’s story is really heartfelt, simple and beautiful. She is a first time mother who made the choice to birth her baby free of the medical system. In her early teens, Ny-Asia said that she had to self mother as she was growing up, but that didn’t deter her from wanting to have children of…
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61. It Was So Healing
Today my conversation is with Chantice. I’m so pleased to have spoken with Chantice because it’s been a while since I’ve heard a story from a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) mother. Chantice is a mother of 2 who experienced an unnecessary cesarean with her first and then went on to birth her...
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60. I’ve Got Some Stories!
Today, you’ll hear 4 completely different pregnancy and birth stories from Elisha. Each one of her pregnancy and births carries such powerful energy, I was amazed at all of the experiences Elisha had in each of her very profound journeys. To start it off, Elisha was pregnant with her first in her...
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59. There’s Nothing More Superior Than Breastmilk!
Today, I l have a conversation with LuAn, who speaks to me about breastfeeding. Also a really lovely connection between the two of us is that we are both of Haitian Lineage. LuAn’s own birth, a traumatic cesarean with her son, really sparked the fire for her to breastfeed him and was the catalyst...
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58. Taking Ownership of my Bloodline
I’m speaking with Jenn today and her story is a brave journey of re-establishing her identity from the way she previous led it, more liberated and free to holding commitment for what her future was asking for. Jenn had to go through the process of figuring out who the father of her baby was and...
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57. I Knew I Could Do it!
This is a beautiful conversation that I have with Aaliyah. She speaks to me about how she bonded very deeply with her aunts baby and how she always knew that motherhood was in her future. When becoming pregnant with her first, Aaliyah chose to have hospital Midwifery care, but once she was...
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56. Preserving Traditional Postpartum Care
This is a very special and important conversation with Hadhee Jah who is one of the only Ayurvedic Postpartum Doulas and Traditional Birthkeepers in and from the Maldives. Hadhee Jah’s first birth experience was truly beautiful, but without having the knowledge of how to care for herself and be...
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55. It’s Divinely Designed
This is a really special episode for me to have recorded. When I spoke with Haniyyah, she was the first woman that I had interview for this movement in 1 year! So my excitement was palpable and it felt like a beautiful homecoming. But I have to say that I was so honoured to share space with...
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54. A Wealth of Integrated and Wise Knowledge
This is a very special story that I get to hear from Tracy and one you don’t want to miss out on. She is a birth worker and a healer that offers fertility, birth, postpartum, grief, lactation education and sleep consulting support. She is a woman with many skills and this conversation with Tracy...
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53. I Was On A Birth High for 3 Days!
This is such a fun conversation that I have today with Zakiya. Her energy is so vibrant and speaking with her brought such joy to my heart. Zakiya shares about her decision to birth with a Traditional Midwife, a truly Wise Woman, for her first baby and how she came to this very aligned and…
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52. The Energy was Light and Fun!
Today is Alia’s story. She begins speaking about her experience of getting pregnant at 17 years old and even though she was young in age she was very well supported by her family. Alia had a bit of awareness about hospital birthing but she didn’t have the understanding of what it meant to…
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51. Trust Your Baby and Lean into Your Own Intuition
Today I'm talking with Claire who speaks so genuinely to navigating difficult breastfeeding relationships. She previously held breastfeeding grief circles to bring to light the struggles that some women may be feeling in these experiences. Claire goes into her own trauma and hardships of...
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50. Birthing How I Lived
This is Regina’s story of how she trusted in herself and her deep knowledge to birth her second baby free of the system. Her first birth was at home and attended by a medical midwife, but Regina had felt that while the midwife was present all she wanted was to be saved. In her second birth she…
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We're back, Season 3 is HERE!
Welcome back to the Freebirthing in Color™ Movement! We're LIVE once again after a long hiatus ✦ Give a 5 STAR RATING and REVEIW on Apple Podcasts Give a 5 STAR RATING on Spotify - FOLLOW Freebirthing in Color ™ on Instagram @Freebirthing_inColor Reach out via email:...
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49. I Was Overwhelmed with Gratitude
This is such a wonderful interview that I have with Kiyana, who speaks to both of her birthing experiences. The conversation gets rolling right away with Kiyana’s beautiful understanding and gratitude for her first birth experience and how it shaped the way her second baby was brought into the...
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48. I Was Reborn!
My conversation today is with Kaelya. She’s a woman who chose to birth her first child free of the medical system in a Hotel. Unfortunately Kaeyla’s mothering journey began, not through a pregnancy, but at a very young age as a result of the sexual assault she experienced as a child. In this...
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47. Giving Birth to the Earth
Nadine is a mother who birthed her first baby free of the medical system. She’s also a triplet, which I thought was such a cool piece of information and had to mention it. Nadine grew up in Grew up in Ghana from the age of 5, so the values of community living and nurturing were very present in…
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46. Dancing in the Realms
Today, I’m here with Anjelika and at the timing of our talk, she was 1 month postpartum with her free-born baby! She speaks to me about many things, one of which, is how important it is for her to pass down Ancestral Traditions to her children in many different ways. In this very lovely and...
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45. The Womb is a Library
Today, I’m speaking with Brittney. She is a woman that is doing wonderful work in service to womb consciousness. She has such a gentle, yet powerful and expansive presence when she speaks to the work that she does and this conversation truly lit me up as I’m also so devoted to working with the...
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44. This Is My Time to Reclaim What Was Lost in my First Birth
Fina is a mother of twins! Another type of story that I love to share and wish to have more of as the women that are birthing multiples free of the medical system need to be heard, so I’m extremely grateful to have hosted Fina in the space. Throughout the conversation Fina speaks to: *Being...
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43. I Chose Truth Over Fear Every Step of the Way
Today, I’m speaking with Santhiya. Now, I must note that throughout this interview I had mispronounced her name. It is spelled and looks like “Santhiya”, but her name is Traditionally pronounced as, Sun-dhee-yah. Getting into this conversation with Santhiya was really lovely, she spoke to me of...
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42. It Was the Biggest Relief
Jenna is on the show today, another first time mother who made the choice to birth her baby free of the medical system and be supported by wise woman in her journey. It took some time for Jenna to come into the acceptance that she would be a mother, around the 4.5/5 month mark is when it really...
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41. Everything Within Me Got So Quiet
Today, I have the honor of speaking with my friend from afar, NinNeru’aEl. We’ve known each other for quite a few years now and I’ve watched as NinNeru’aEl has blossomed into the woman that she is today. In this talk that we share together, I was so excited to hear of the story of her pregnancy…
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40. Back to the Womb — Reclaiming Birth Sovereignty
I’m speaking with Alexandra and today’s conversation is about birth, but doesn’t involve her birth stories. We have a very compelling conversation about the work that Alexandra does in the world. We touch on: *How Alexandra is a mother first, and a social scientist who has been doing her research...
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39. I Was Sat There in A Bubble of Ecstasy
On today’s episode I’m speaking with Bria. We start off our conversation on a very heartbreaking tone as Bria explains to me that at the very young age of 11 years old, she made the choice to mother herself and give herself the love and care that she wasn’t receiving from her family. She had to...
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38. There Was A Lot of Letting Go
This is another one of my favourite types of conversations, I’m speaking with first time mother Jaden, who birthed her baby free of the medical system and knew right away that this was the right choice for her and her baby *Jaden speaks to me about the incredible connection that herself, her...
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37. It’s Safe For You To Be in Your Pleasure
Today’s episode is such a fun one. I’m speaking with Goddess Brittney King! She is a pleasure priestess and is doing such amazing work to raise the frequency of feminine energy on the planet. In this incredible chat we get into speaking about: *Her soul awakening where her body truly came alive…
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36. It Was Very Peaceful and Quite Lovely
Today in Lana’s stories she speaks to me about the births of all 4 of her children and how she began to realize that she absolutely could just birth her babies in the comfort of her own home with whomever she wanted present. Lana first speaks to the difficulty of trying to get pregnant with her...
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35. I’m Happy to be Imperfect
Today, I’m speaking with April, another woman who chose to birth free of the medical system with her first child. I absolutely love these stories and I mention it often because it goes to show that you do not have to have your first baby in the hospital “just in case” or so you can “know what…
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34. I Have No Regrets
Abby chose to birth her first baby in a birthing centre with medical midwives. Her prenatal visits were pretty run of the mill for that type of pregnancy surveying and Abby ended up having quite a straightforward birth. Things didn’t get messy until right after the birth of her daughter where she...
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33. 12 Years of Transformation
I hope you didn’t think that the Season 2 Trailer was the only episode that I’d be releasing today. I was originally going to wait until next week to release this beautiful piece of story medicine, but then thought, no, I have to get Amalya’s words out right away. So today, in the first birth…
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Welcome Back to Season 2!
In this Trailer episode, I speak to what's new in the Freebirthing in Color™ Movement, including the Freebirthing in Color™ Community! I also speak to all of the work that I've been doing over the past months in Costa Rica. I've been busy creating beautiful offerings like Portals of Wisdom…
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32. I Can Do Hard Things
This is the last episode in Season 1 of the Freebirthing in Color™ Movement and today I have a beautiful conversation with Veladya. We get into speaking about her first pregnancy that started off in the care of an OB and Medical Midwife, but after the first few routine appointments with the OB,...
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31. I Went From Being in So Much Pain to Laughing
In this episode, I speak with Aissatou. She’s a first time mother that knew having her baby free of the medical system was the best option. Aissatou started her journey of self reclamation in 2019 when she and her partner removed her IUD, just the two of them, in the comfort of their home. A few...
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30. I Know What I Did Was Right
Today I have a very beautiful conversation with Tressalyn. I reached out to her after seeing her birth video of her fourth child on instagram. It was amazing to see such a force of energy move through her body as her baby was being born, but I’ll let her tell that story. What I will say is,...
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29. The Birth of My Twins Happened Exactly as I Imagined it
Today, I have a beautiful conversation with Bibi. She’s the second mother that I’ve spoken with who has birthed twins free of the medical system! We’re coming to the end of Season1 for the Freebirthing in Color™ Movement and I couldn’t leave this amazing twin freebirth story until next season, so…
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28. It Was the Most Beautiful, Magical, Quick Experience of My Life!
Today, I’m talking with Nichollette, a mom who birthed outside of the medical system with her first child. She was very strong in her conviction to have her birth go the way she wanted, so Nichollette held very strong boundaries with friends and family. In order to protect her energy, Nicolette...
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27. This Is The Best Thing in The World!
Today, I have a beautiful conversation with Neala. This is a super special interview as Neala is the first mother that I’ve spoken with, so far, that has birthed her twin babies free of the medical system! Her mothering journey started at the age of 18 years old where she had her first three…
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26. I Am Responsible Enough
In this episode, I speak with Rae. We talk about how in Trinidad, first time mothers don’t actually have the choice to birth at home with a medical midwife, but have to birth in the hospital. Also most mothers that birth within the hospital system aren’t able to have their husbands/partners with...
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25. I’m Not Going to Betray Myself Anymore
Today, I’m speaking with Chantal. She speaks to me about her journey into motherhood while living in the Arab Gulf with her husband. With her first birth, Chantal stayed at home for as long as possible before entering into their system. After having her waters opened without her consent, Chantal...
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24. We’re Having A Baby By Ourselves
In this episode, I speak with Kyrah. She tells me of her journey into birthing her first child without having a medical professional present. While working in a birth centre while pregnant, Kyrah was seeing all the 1st time mothers being transferred to hospital and that started to get her wheels...
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23. My Birth was Peaceful, Therapeutic, Beautiful and Natural
Today, I’m speaking with Ashley. She tells me of the two different birth experiences she had while living in the GCC. Her first child was born in a hospital setting where Ashley had her waters ruptured without her consent which caused her birth to increase faster than she was ready for. Ashley…
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22. Her Emergence Was Amazing
Today I’m speaking with Karen. She tells me of the journey she took before she was pregnant. She started to heal her inner child, nourish her body through eating animal and traditional foods and really took this pre-conception time that she was about to go on very seriously. Through her…
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21. I’m Proof You Can Break Out of Systematic Conditioning
In this episode, I speak with Brianna. This is a very special episode because Brianna is a mother of 3 children and her first 2 babies we born via cesarean. With her third, Brianna took her power back and birthed that baby completely free of the medical system, to have an amazing and healing...
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20. My Cat Gave Me the Inspiration To Birth How I Wanted To
Today I speak with Simone. She talks to me about going down the free birthing rabbit hole and choosing to birth her first child completely free of the medical system. The straw that broke the camel’s back for Simone making her final decision to freebirth was when she witnessed her cat birth 7 of...
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19. Wow! I Want To Do That Again
In this episode, I speak with Davana. She has had 2 births outside of the medical system following a very unnecessary cesarean with her first child. Davana’s fist birth ended abruptly with an unnecessary cesarean for a baby, that during a non-stress test showed no heart tones. Without further...
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18. Trust Your Intuition. Trust Birth. Trust Women.
In this episode, I speak with Brielle. She started her birthwork journey, as most young women do, working within the medical model of industrialized birth. Over time, Brielle was able to align to the physiologic and natural way of birth and started stepping into the realm of birth work outside of...
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17. I Was Like a Wild Animal, Licking Her Head and Holding Her Close
Today, I talk to Fiona. Her story is truly an incredible one. Fiona has 2 children and the journey from her first birth to her second is quite the tale. Her first baby was diagnosed with omphalocele, that’s when some of the baby’s inner organs have stayed outside of the body while in utero. This...
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16. Everything Was So Simple
Today, I’m speaking with Danielle. We talk about her first birth within a birth centre. The experience ended with her son being unnecessarily pulled from her body by the medical midwife, causing tearing to her vulva. After having a friend mention to Danielle that what had happened to her, during...
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15. A Straight Forward, Efficient Birth
Today, I’m speaking with Claire. She talks about the struggles she faced with breastfeeding after her first baby and even going in to seek medical care, which resulted in a D+C after a lengthy time in hospital. With her second baby, Claire speaks of her choice to take this mothering journey solo....
About this show
Welcome to Freebirthing in Color™!This is a space to amplify and celebrate the voices from Women of Color and Indigenous Women all around the world who are sharing their stories and experiences of wild pregnancies and/or births outside of the medical system. Together we're creating a curated library that highlights the journeys of these women who’ve chosen to stand in their power throughout their pregnancy, birth and mothering journeys.
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