Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 16 minutes ago
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 instagram.com/terezataus and you can find her on YouTube here: 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 on:
instagram.com/freebirthsociety/, youtube.com/@UCW5LVxPY3UnJ3iS5CAaD97A and the Free Birth Society website: freebirthsociety.com
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 instagram.com/terezataus and you can find her on YouTube here: 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 on:
instagram.com/freebirthsociety/, youtube.com/@UCW5LVxPY3UnJ3iS5CAaD97A and the Free Birth Society website: freebirthsociety.com




![From Fear-mongering Phlebotomist to Freebirther
What happens when you see behind the curtain of labor and delivery?
In this episode, I speak with Rylee, a young mother who chose to freebirth her first child after working inside the hospital system. From the vantage point of the “business of birth,” Rylee began to question everything she thought she knew about pregnancy. That unraveling brought her face-to-face with the deep dissonance between what she was told was “right” and what her body knew was true.
Carrying that knowing into her own pregnancy, she made the radical choice to step away from the system entirely. Rylee shares what it was like to work as a self-described “fearmongering phlebotomist,” to quit, and then to bring her baby earthside in her own power.
Her story is one of unlearning, reclaiming, and discovering the strength that emerges when a woman finally trusts herself.
What You’ll Hear:
- Why Rylee walked away from working in a hospital
- What it feels like to stand up to doctors and refuse routine procedures
- The hidden link between hospital “convenience” and high C-section rates
- Why even trusted OBs and familiar clinics can still feel wrong
- How she found her rhythm and delivered her baby in a birth pool at home
- The joy of her birth: laughing while pushing, with her mother and husband as witnesses
Timestamps:
[00:00] Introduction
[09:03] Starting to question the hospital method and learning about freebirth
[15:45] Climbing out of the system and trusting her instincts
[19:57] Defying the doctors and reclaiming her sovereignty
[28:15] Realizing that the hospital is a business
[36:37] Choosing who she wanted at her freebirth
[38:14] The psychedelic moment before labor began
[45:40] Moving into the second day of labour, feeling tired, and calling her Mom
[48:47] Exhausted, in a trance, and roaring through the portal of labor
[51:32] Finding her rhythm and bringing her baby earth side in the pool
[58:19] Getting out of the pool, the first cuddles, and delivering the placenta
If you want to connect more with Rylee, follow her on https://www.instagram.com/ryleesutfin/.
Watch Rylee’s birth video here: https://bit.ly/46qt7VG
Find more from Emilee on:
https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety/, https://www.youtube.com/@UCW5LVxPY3UnJ3iS5CAaD97A and the Free Birth Society website: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ From Fear-mongering Phlebotomist to Freebirther](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9Mx-XpB0D_Q/mqdefault.jpg)


![Burn It Down to Build It Right: Our Third 40-Week Wrap Up
What do you do when youre in the middle of your third pregnancy and a hate group forms to threaten your life?
In this episode, I sit down with my husband—and third-time guest—Jonny, for a raw and real 40-week wrap-up.
We share honestly about what this year has demanded: deep growth, hard decisions, and the very real emotional weight of being publicly attacked while stewarding this freebirth movement.
We talk openly about our major fails in business and community building, our shift towards the private sector, and how we’re preparing to welcome our third baby at home while holding our family steady.
You’ll Learn:
• What it feels like to navigate a pregnancy marked by nausea, migraines, and total slowdown
• The story behind Jonny quitting his 6-figure job and choosing to stay home to live as an intact family
• Why their attempt to build a private school in rural North Carolina failed despite major investment
• The surprising link between moving during COVID and outgrowing their super rural life five years later
• What happens when you face a smear campaign and community fallout while running a business
• How pregnancy became a catalyst for burning down what no longer fit their family and business
• How Emilee chooses to question her inherited stories around scarcity and overwhelm in motherhood and walk a new path
Timestamps:
[00:00] Introduction
[09:38] Pregnancy as a catalyst for change, growth, and burning down what no longer serves
[29:22] Shifting from conventional jobs to a home-based family life for balance and connection
[50:14] Starting and ultimately closing a private school in rural North Carolina after major investment and challenges
[01:03:03] Realizing rural life no longer fits their family and beginning to reassess their future
[01:14:29] Facing a hate group and smear campaign while pregnant and running a business
[02:00:26] Preparing for a third freebirth and Jonny’s role in supporting birth and postpartum
Resources Mentioned:
The 40 Week Wrap Up: Host Emilee & Her Husband Share Their Journey | https://bit.ly/40WWUonSpotify or https://apple.co/4fk1ssk
The 40-Week Wild Pregnancy Wrap Up with Emilee & Jonny (Round 2) | https://bit.ly/40WWPonSpotify or https://apple.co/4fk1JeQ
A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas | https://bit.ly/acotar-books
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas | https://bit.ly/togs-books
MatriBirth Mentor Institute (MMI) | https://www.freebirthsociety.com/mmi
The Lighthouse Membership Group | https://bit.ly/fbs-tlmg
The Complete Guide to Freebirth | https://bit.ly/fbs-cgtf
Free Birth Society YouTube Channel | https://www.youtube.com/@UCW5LVxPY3UnJ3iS5CAaD97A
Find more from Emilee on:
https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety/, https://www.youtube.com/@UCW5LVxPY3UnJ3iS5CAaD97A and the Free Birth Society website: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ Burn It Down to Build It Right: Our Third 40-Week Wrap Up](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9iqWf5rlS8g/mqdefault.jpg)


