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Questions to ask yourself before Freebirthing…

Freebirthing: To birth unassisted usually at home or in nature, without any medical or trained professionals in attendance. So really just Birth.

• Can I take full responsibility for my experience, no matter the outcome?

• Why do I want to freebirth? What are my motivations, reasons and preferences to choosing freebirth?

• Am I doing this from a place of ego?

• Am I able to face and sit with the mystery of birth?

• Am I okay with death, grief and the possibility of that outcome?

• Do I have genuine support systems in place that trust me and back my decisions?

• Do I trust myself? How have I cultivated self trust overtime?

• Do I trust birth?

• Have I fertilised the skill of self trust, and the ability to listen to my body?

• Have I nurtured and strengthen my intuition over the years to hold this experience?

• Do I have the resources to hold, face and surrender into this experience?

• Are there certain outcomes I want to educate myself on, and create plans for if they were to arise?

• What does listening to my body feel, taste, sound and look like?

• What is my baby communicating to me about how they want to be born? Have they sent me a friend, doula, or midwife into my reality? What messages are my baby sending me?

• Is there a freebirth community local to me?

• Have I practiced freebleeding? How did that feel? Do you feel a correlation to how you bled to how you desire to birth?

• What was my birth imprint?

If any of these questions really trigger or ignite something in you I invite you to sit on it a little longer. For further reading I recommend Sacred Birthing by Sunni Karll.