Today in Focus The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one
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Dec 13, 2025 
Nicole Garrison, a New Jersey mother, shares her harrowing experience with the Free Birth Society, a community advocating for radical birth practices. She describes being drawn to their empowering message but later confronting the dire consequences of ignoring medical care. As she recounts her prolonged labor and eventual near-fatal hemorrhage, the discussion highlights the dangers of unchecked belief systems and the emotional weight of motherhood. Listeners are left questioning the balance between empowerment and safety in childbirth.
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Power Through Rejecting Medical Care
- The Free Birth Society sold a message that women could exit medical care and reclaim power through free birthing.
- That message combined empowerment with discouragement of ultrasounds, doctors and midwives, framing them as harmful.
Base Birth Choices On Facts
- Choices about birth should be based on accurate information and real facts, not solely ideology.
- Seek balanced, evidence-informed guidance before rejecting standard prenatal care or providers.
Hooked By A Podcast Host
- Nicole Garrison discovered FBS via algorithm recommendations and became hooked within minutes of hearing Emily speak.
- She consumed the podcast obsessively and felt she'd found her tribe and answers for birth autonomy.