Wild & Free Birth Wellness

Wild & Free Birth Wellness Walking with women through the refining fire of sovereign birth, reclaiming what God designed.

03/15/2026

👁️ Did you ever wonder why the baby’s taken across the room? Why the cord is clamped fast, the mother left shaking, the lights so bright it feels like judgment?

Did you ever feel the stillness—the eerie quiet when the father’s hands are empty, the grandmother’s not in the room, and the newborn is nowhere near a breast?

It’s not just medicine.
It’s not just policy.
It’s a ritual.
And it’s not ours.

🧬 They inject pig-derived Pitocin to mimic the hormone God designed to flood a woman’s brain in labor. But it doesn’t reach the brain. It only contracts the body.
The love doesn’t flow.
The imprint doesn’t land.
The bonding doesn’t seal.
Just pressure. Just force.

💉 Synthetic love.
⚡ Counterfeit release.
🧠 Neurological silence.

And while the woman is watched but not touched, while the baby is wiped but not suckled, while the father is praised for being “supportive” but not leading—
they cut the thread.

👶 The mother-baby dyad was made to reflect divine intimacy. To pass down trust, peace, protection.
But when it’s broken—
the body remembers.
The child stores the grief.
The mother learns disconnection.
The father fades from view.

That’s how it starts. But it doesn’t end there.

Then come the bottles.
The cribs.
The high chairs.
The eight-hour separations called school.
The praise of independence that is really just early detachment.
The lie that the nuclear family is enough. That Mom runs the home. That Dad is just for weekends. That children are safest raised by strangers in buildings funded by gods they do not know.

🕳️ We are not looking at broken systems.
We are looking at precision-engineered fragmentation.

And you feel it. You’ve felt it all along.
That something was taken before you could name it.
That someone was missing even while you were being told you had “everything you need.”

But listen: the lie only wins if we let it.
And we won’t.
We are pulling the babies back to the breast.
We are restoring the mother's voice in the birth room.
We are putting grandmothers back at the table.
We are praying over the placenta.
We are keeping them close at night.
We are burning the counterfeit and walking in the design.
This is not soft work.
It is a holy war

March 14, 2025 at 8:18am41+3After checking out the Blood Moon, I was tucked into bed with the peanut ball. Waves had nea...
03/14/2026

March 14, 2025 at 8:18am
41+3

After checking out the Blood Moon, I was tucked into bed with the peanut ball. Waves had nearly ceased… again. It was nearly 3am.

An hour of sleep and I was woken by sharp waves again. I did my best to quietly breathe and move through them in an attempt to allow Badrick and Norman to continue sleeping… but eventually the intensity required I move.

I got out of bed around 5am to discover Brooke and Mallory were awake. We chatted, we ate breakfast, I did some squats and walking… I felt a trickle of fluid and at one point, it felt like baby rotated, unhooked from my pelvis and finally engaged.

I decided to try pumping again, it was around 7am… made it about 3 minutes. My waves were so much more intense than the night before. 2 minutes apart, 90 seconds long.

I muttered “water, I need my water, I need my water” as I ripped off my robe trying to get to my birth tub. When I reached to see if I could check dilation, all I could feel was baby’s head!

At 8:18am, Baby Wild emerged!

Looking back, a year later, I can see God’s hands and how He so intricately planned out this birth moment to moment, starting at 39 weeks. It was the most stretching, frustrating, mystifying, interesting labor I had ever experienced.

I share all about her birth story in a few places:
Holy Wild Birth Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/holy-wild-birth/id1632340260?i=1000750308970

The Wild & Free Blog
https://www.wildandfreebirth.com/blog/39-earthside-blythes-story

My YouTube Channel
Birth Vlog:
https://youtu.be/EF2wOAt1I-M?si=er_e0vF0IV-k89KI

Birth Film by Brooke Collier of SisterBirth
Sister Birth :: Holistic, Faith-Filled Home Birth
{also all birth photography photos creds}
https://youtu.be/aNIL1nnRRC4?si=BjxqWGVyMC9cWFfH

March 13, 2025Norman called me around 7am. Every few minutes I had to focus and breathe through a wave but I was at that...
03/14/2026

March 13, 2025
Norman called me around 7am. Every few minutes I had to focus and breathe through a wave but I was at that point of frustration. It had been weeks of analyzing every twinge. Two rounds of prodromal labor… and 2 days of labor already.

A good friend of mine called me this morning. On the second birthday of her sweet baby boy born asleep. I felt so incredibly guilty and asked for her forgiveness.

I was in and out of the bath… in and out of my head space… lots of emotional releases.

Just before 5, after a few hours of intense waves, I called the birth team forth. Everyone was here by 7pm.

There was a lot of walking, laughing, talking, some crying… eventually I tried to pump and after 7 minutes, my waves were so intense and so close together, we surely thought baby was near.

📸 Sister Birth :: Holistic, Faith-Filled Home Birth

March 12, 2025 :: 41+1Up on and off throughout the night… woke up early with sharper waves, so I got up to make a hearty...
03/12/2026

March 12, 2025 :: 41+1
Up on and off throughout the night… woke up early with sharper waves, so I got up to make a hearty breakfast.

Naturally, younger children just know sometimes… Badrick woke up with me and never wanted to leave my side the entire day.

We walked together, ate Groaning Cake together, did some “curb walking” together, spent the day outside.

I also rested while doing The Miles Circuit during quiet time. Eventually, as I neared 24 hours of these come and go contractions that would get intense and then taper off… I eventually took myself out to lunch at Arms & Embers and had the best burger and fries I’d had in my entire life!

As I ate, contractions intensified… I was hopeful we’d have a baby in the night. But as nightfall came upon us, things slowed, once again, and gave me a 13 hour break until day break.

March 10, 2025My second time experiencing “prodromal labor” with 12 hours of contractions exactly 10 minutes apart. The ...
03/12/2026

March 10, 2025
My second time experiencing “prodromal labor” with 12 hours of contractions exactly 10 minutes apart. The first time was at 39 weeks with 14 hours of contractions that steadily increased in intensity until they completely fizzled out. Beautiful prayer warriors in my corner met up with us at the park to laugh, walk, and pray.

March 11, 2025
Hit 41 weeks. Baby Wild was truly living up to {her} name before even being born. For someone who’s always had baby’s between 39+1 and 39+3… hitting 40 weeks was shocking, let alone 41! Baby and I were beautifully healthy. She had beautiful heart tones, never deviated her movement pattern, my BP was perfect. All we had to do was wait.

Labor began at 3:21pm on March 11, 2025.

03/10/2026

In case you missed it… hormonal birth control has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen.

Which means it sits in the same category as things we know increase cancer risk.

Yet for decades it has been handed out to teenage girls like it’s harmless.
Heavy periods? Birth control.
Acne? Birth control.
Irregular cycles? Birth control.
You’re 15 and not sexually active? Still birth control.

No real conversation about long term effects.
No discussion about what it does to a developing body.
No education about understanding your cycle.

Just take the pill.

And now we’re watching infertility skyrocket while the IVF industry has grown into a $50+ billion industry.

Don’t take my word for it… go watch The Business of Birth Control 🤯

But sure.
I’m sure that’s all just a coincidence.

Nothing to question.
Nothing to look deeper into. 🫠

OPEN ENROLLMENT for Hearthmother Journey is open until March 16!Extended labors are a normal, physiological part of birt...
03/06/2026

OPEN ENROLLMENT for Hearthmother Journey is open until March 16!

Extended labors are a normal, physiological part of birth.

But there are two major things that can disrupt an undisturbed, lengthy labor: energy and mindset.

First — your energy reserves matter deeply.
Birth is endurance work. During a long labor, your body needs steady nourishment. Eating small snacks regularly, staying hydrated, and sipping caloric drinks helps sustain the strength required to continue opening, softening, and bringing your baby earthside.

Second — mindset can make or break a long labor.

We live in a culture that expects birth to be fast, predictable, and efficient. The medical model often places time limits on labor, and even some homebirth spaces unintentionally carry this urgency. So when a birth lasts 15… 24… even 30+ hours, many women begin to doubt themselves.

But here’s the truth:
Sometimes birth simply takes time.

This is especially common for first-time mothers, VBAC mamas, or when babies are finding their optimal positioning.

Early labor itself can last days — which is why rest in the beginning is sacred. Eat. Sleep. Hydrate. Stay quiet. Conserve your energy for the deeper work ahead.

And this is exactly why the preparation and learning we do inside Hearthmother Journey matters so much.

Because long labors don’t just require physical stamina — they require emotional steadiness, spiritual grounding, and a birth team that knows how to hold the long, slow unfolding without panic or interference.

In Hearthmother Journey, we, as students, learn how to:

✨ Understand the normal rhythms of long, physiological birth
✨ Regulate their nervous systems during extended intensity
✨ Stay rooted in trust when time expectations begin to creep in
✨ Hold sacred, calm space without rushing the process
✨ Recognize when a labor needs patience rather than intervention

Because the truth is…

Long labors are not emergencies.
They are often sacred seasons of deep opening.

And when a mother feels safe, supported, nourished, and unhurried — her body knows exactly how to bring her baby home. 🤍

Something I wish every new mother knew…You are not meant to bounce back.You are meant to be rebuilt.Motherhood — especia...
03/05/2026

Something I wish every new mother knew…

You are not meant to bounce back.

You are meant to be rebuilt.

Motherhood — especially in those early months and years — is not just about caring for a new baby. It is a complete transformation of your body, your mind, your identity, your priorities, and even your nervous system.

And yet, so many mothers enter this season believing they should quickly return to who they were before.

But the truth is… you were never meant to go back.

You were meant to grow into someone new.

It is normal to feel stretched.
It is normal to feel overwhelmed at times.
It is normal to need more rest, more support, and more time than you expected.

Your body is healing from pregnancy and birth.
Your hormones are shifting dramatically.
Your brain is literally being rewired for motherhood.
Your heart is expanding in ways that can feel both beautiful and heavy at the same time.

Nothing about this season is small.

So if you feel slower… softer… more sensitive… more in need of support than you used to be — that is not weakness.

That is transformation.

You are not failing.

You are becoming.

After having a baby, your hormones don’t just “snap back.”In fact, postpartum is one of the biggest hormonal shifts a wo...
03/05/2026

After having a baby, your hormones don’t just “snap back.”

In fact, postpartum is one of the biggest hormonal shifts a woman will ever experience… a rapid drop in pregnancy hormones, ongoing demands from breastfeeding, sleep disruption, nervous system stress, and the massive nutrient cost of growing and birthing a baby.

If you feel unlike yourself for a while, that doesn’t mean something is wrong.

It means your body is asking for support.

Here are 5 gentle, foundational ways to support hormone balance postpartum:

1️⃣ Prioritize nourishment over restriction
Postpartum is not the time for dieting or cutting calories. Your body needs trust-building nutrients to recover and regulate hormones. Focus on protein, healthy fats, mineral-rich foods, and warm, easy-to-digest meals that truly replenish you.

2️⃣ Support your mineral stores
Pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding are incredibly depleting to key minerals like iron, magnesium, sodium, and potassium. Many postpartum symptoms — fatigue, anxiety, dizziness, irregular cycles — are often tied to mineral depletion more than anything else.

3️⃣ Protect your nervous system
Hormones and the nervous system are deeply connected. Chronic stress signals tell the body it is not safe to prioritize healing or fertility. Gentle rhythms, rest, sunlight, quiet moments, and reducing overstimulation can make a huge difference in hormonal recovery.

4️⃣ Honor sleep and rest whenever possible
Sleep deprivation alone can significantly disrupt cortisol, blood sugar regulation, thyroid function, and reproductive hormones. Even small pockets of rest during the day help signal safety and support hormonal stability.

5️⃣ Allow time for true postpartum healing
Hormonal balance is not meant to happen in weeks — it unfolds over months and even years. Irregular cycles, emotional sensitivity, and fluctuating energy can be normal parts of this rebuilding season as your body gradually restores itself.

Postpartum healing is not about forcing your body back into balance.

It’s about creating the conditions where balance can naturally return.

Your body is not broken.

It is recovering, recalibrating, and asking to be deeply supported.

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