Dr. Rixa Freeze has a PhD in American Studies from the University of Iowa. Her doctoral studies focused on the history of healthcare and medicine with specialization in pregnancy, childbirth, and maternity care. Her dissertation examined why women in North America choose unassisted home births. She worked as a visiting assistant professor for 9 years at Wabash college. She has published two articles about home birth: “Staying Home to Give Birth: Why Women in the United States Choose Home Birth” (JMWH 2009) and “Attitudes Towards Home Birth in the USA” (Expert Review of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2010). She recently published the article “Breech birth at home: Outcomes of 60 breech and 109 cephalic planned home and birth center births” with BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. In 2019 she published an article about outcomes of breech at home, birth centers, and hospitals (Midwifery Today) and a book chapter “Freebirth in the United States” in the 2020 book Canary in the Coal Mine. She is the founder and president of Breech Without Borders, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to breech training, education, and advocacy.

What three things does Rixa Freeze want the world to know about caring for women?

- Be intentional with your birth plan

- Spend time w/ the “other”

- There’s freedom to knowing less (especially in birth)

Connect with Rixa:

When Your Lawyer is Your Doula, essay by Hermine Hayes-Klein

Rixa’s sample birth plans

Rixa’s biodynamism essay

Rixa’s blog

Breech Without Borders

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#2 - 3Things with Rixa Freeze: Homebirthing PhD