Big Fertility, Big Problems with Jennifer Lahl

This week I have return guest, filmmaker, and whistleblower, Jennifer Lahl. Jennifer was on the show a few seasons back tackling the harmful nature of surrogacy, and today we get into the shadow side of IVF that no one is talking about. We discuss the incredibly low success rates of IVF, the high risks to both the mother and the baby, and how much of this information is suppressed.  Watch this episode HERE Here’s what you’ll hear: What IVF is, and the various A.R.T. add-ons sold to people in the fertility industry The physical, mental, and financial harm that comes to women who chose IVF, and how these outcomes aren’t being properly studied or warned about The super low success rate of the IVF procedures and the high rate of birth defects, and genetic abnormalities of IVF babies How IVF pregnancies involve higher rates of complications and surgery How cancer rates are higher in women who have undergone IVF How women’s health is being compromised for huge profit by Big Fertility The questionable ethics of frozen embryos, and how parents can decide how they are stored, donated, or left to die The subjective nature of sperm, egg, and embryo “grading”, and using technology to bypass nature How Jennifer believes in keeping the sperm and egg within the body and helping couples make conception happen without artificial technology Listen to Jennifer's surrogacy episode on the podcast HERE Enrollment is open NOW for the Blood Mysteries School  - Learn how to properly initiate women and girls into their sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. We're *so close* to hitting our goal of videos for our Sovereign Birth collection on Youtube!  Help us get there by submitting your video here. Connect with Free Birth Society 👇 -Matriarch Rising Festival: Tickets are on sale NOW!  Apply here to be a work trade volunteer at this year's women-only festival in the Blue ridge Mountains. -The Podcast: Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway – whether it’s inspired you to freebirth or to dive deeper into sovereign living. Submit your own sovereign birth story here! Want your product or brand featured on a podcast with 5M+ downloads? Request to become a podcast sponsor by emailing us at [email protected] -COMPASS: a groundbreaking self-study program to help you anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system.  -The Complete Guide to Freebirth: a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. -The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat in May 2024 led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya for budding birthworkers to learn the skills of village midwifery from real experts. -Follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. -The Lighthouse: our exclusive membership for radical, curious, wild women. We only welcome new women to our private sanctuary a few times per year. -The Radical Birth Keeper School: the school that’s leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet, for women who know that birthwork is their calling, and want to do it with integrity. -Feature Emilee: If you want Emilee Saldaya, the trailblazer of the free birth movement with 20+ years of experience, on your podcast, send an invite to [email protected] -And, of course, we couldn’t do what we do without your support, so if you feel called to make a donation to the podcast, it would be greatly appreciated. Click here to donate.

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The Free Birth Society Podcast features honest, gripping, inspiring, and transformative freebirth stories hosted by the founder Emilee Saldaya in conversation with wild women worldwide. In the vast tapestry of childbirth experiences, a thread runs undisturbed, unmedicated, and true to its ancestral roots: freebirth. This differs from your usual home birth with doulas or midwives in attendance. Freebirth stands apart, where birthing is solely in the hands of the birthing woman, accompanied only by her intuition, rhythms of nature, witnessed by her family. The Free Birth Podcast invites you to a unique corner of the universe where we dive deep into the raw essence of birth, untamed and unassisted. Pushing against the tides of modern obstetrics and its violent approach, we venture into stories of women who've boldly chosen to claim this primal rite of passage. Here, we're not merely sharing tales; we're challenging the status quo and redefining the very narrative of childbirth. As we unravel discussions on rights in childbirth, dissect varied care models, and amplify the unfiltered voices of freebirthing women from around the planet, our purpose remains clear: to spotlight the distinction and significance of wild birth. This isn't an argument against the myriad ways women choose to birth, but rather an affirmation that freebirth has its revered space in the continuum of birth choices. Join us in celebrating a movement that underscores the powerful message and has changed the lives of thousands: Birth, in its purest form, is not a medical event but a profoundly personal journey. The Free Birth Society Podcast is your compass to navigate and rediscover that journey. *Freebirth = Birthing in the absence of any hired professionals, away from medical institutions or their agents. Also known as family birth, unassisted birth, wild birth. *Sovereign birth = Birthing outside of the medical paradigm, inclusive of births with authentic midwives and doulas. We include many stories on the show where women birthed outside of the medical system with doulas and radical birth keepers. While these births are not freebirths, they are certainly sovereign births!