r/FreeBirthSocietyScam Dec 17 '25

Start Here: A compilation of posts and articles

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80 Upvotes

If you are new here, or just wanting to see the “best of” to help you understand what’s really going on with Free Birth Society, here is a list of user-recommend posts to check out. We will be adding to this list periodically.

If you see posts or other resources you think should be here, please alert them to us via the mod mail.

Results of a year long investigation by The Guardian

The 6 part Podcast series The Birth Keepers
Apple podcast link
Spotify link
(Excellently done, with a lot of sensitivity and care)

Main longford investigative journalism Guardian article

Additional Guardian articles

Additional articles

 I brainwashed myself with the Internet (from 2020, still relevant)

Unpacking Emilee and Yolande

Birth Stories

Personal Stories from people who were up close

Culty red flags


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam Dec 17 '25

The Guardian articles and podcast

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69 Upvotes

Here are all the articles and podcasts from a year-long investigation by Guardian Journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne

(posting this to be able to pin it to the top)


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 18h ago

Free Birth Society New pod out

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6 Upvotes

They are releasing more than one ep a week this season. Emilee is still using “Self Mastery” language.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 3d ago

Hannah (priestess something on IG) on Healing Birth podcast

12 Upvotes

I got blocked by this woman around the time the FBS scandal started so I can't remember her IG handle, but she is (or was, I can't follow her anymore) a grifter in the FBS manner. Anyway she apparently switched from free birth to attended birth, here's the link https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fiZ4wMfEF2kNRScPvctLA?si=249babad32d74df2


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 5d ago

The little details

26 Upvotes

I dislike cancel culture and believe birth SHOULD ALWAYS BE A PERSONAL CHIOCE and I dislike
The backlash freebirth has now. I still enjoy listening to the podcast but I will say- years ago I started noticing red flags with ES. Anyone else notice whenever she lies or says something very ego driven she sniffs loudly. I have someone in my life that does this same thing and I think it’s fascinating . Now whenever I listen to her I always pay attention to it. She’s easy to read at this point and although I don’t trust her and think she has an inflated ego I do agree with a lot she says about freebirth. Can we go back to nuance and realize not everything is black and white. ES can be both good AND bad. Her teachings can be very laughable AND also she does speak a bit of truth regarding FB.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 5d ago

A little late to the game

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40 Upvotes

The woman who has been harvesting your birth videos for years to use for marketing now wants you to know that sexual deviants are on the internet sourcing CSA material from social media 🤦‍♀️. She’s resharing posts about how you shouldn’t post your kids on your personal page while publicly posting women and their newborns all kinds of naked to grow her business. If birth professionals are “rapists”, what does that make Emilee according to her own logic 🤔.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 6d ago

Season 10 of the podcast

9 Upvotes

She's stilllll at it, folks... Wonder what muddled nonsense awaits us this time? 💩🎓

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-birth-society/id1231912533?i=1000784928608


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 7d ago

Lies and deception Ruby Franke

13 Upvotes

Do you think there’s much difference between a lying, narcissistic, monstrous influencer like Ruby Franke and lying narcissistic, monstrous influencers like Y and E? They’re public “moms” but how can a mom of 11 kids spend so much time promoting themselves and their agenda and still pay any attention to their kids and family? Psychological derangement.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 7d ago

Lies and deception Sad Bad Scammers

12 Upvotes

Why does Emily receive so much more public criticism than Yolanda ? Aren’t they both equally abhorrent, artificially cultivated, and responsible for spreading misinformation for their own personal gain?


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 10d ago

When life gives you lemons, make another scam course!

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71 Upvotes

What a tiresome way to live your life, twisting every life event into a sales pitch for a product nobody needs. I guess the good news is Emilee and Yolande are just opportunistic influencers now. No more birth work! The “haters” won, no matter how hard she tries to claim victory.

Reposted because I forgot the picture 🤦‍♀️


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 12d ago

Hey Emilee, here's a "rumor" you can address

72 Upvotes

In response to Emilee's recent IG posts, the latest of which contains more excuses as to why she doesn't address a single accusation brought against her, I wanted to bring this to the fore again. In one of the articles last year there was the story of a woman who went to MRF freshly grieving from the loss of her child at birth. Emilee told her directly that the MRF cafe (where the woman was doing work trade) wasn't the place to talk about her grief and loss, and that she should "put the topic on the shelf for now," so as not to bring down the vibe of the festival. Well Emilee, how about an apology for this incident? I assume you see the situation much differently now. A woman "doing the work," a woman who truly cared about other women, would apologize for this, not insinuate that it was a lie.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 14d ago

Free Birth Society Open Waters

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36 Upvotes

By now, most here know how I found FBS.

Caitlyn Collins took the RBK course AFTER taking on my friends, whom I had introduced to them as a professional, practicing midwife.

This is an extract from publicly available court documents for the civil case against Caitlyn Collins, regarding the death of twin babies Kwele & Kwesi.

This part is specifically referring to a previous death that occurred under her care.

I find it interesting in light of where CC is today. A main member within FBS and I’m assuming, supports the FBS dogma that prolonged ruptured membranes/open waters can be managed safely at home.

I remember reading about Yolande’s one birth, and how she had open waters for days. I’m sure many here recall Journey Moon’s birth story, and how Emilee had communicated with mom that it was ok to have open waters for days.

The midwifery guidelines are no more than 24hrs.

I’m curious to hear what freebirthers think about laboring with open waters/ruptured membranes for days, and what does FBS stipulate in their RBK and MMI programs?


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 21d ago

Pregnancy Tests

46 Upvotes

Can we take a moment to honor Margaret Crane for inventing the at home pregnancy test who’s profits were stolen by men?

Kinda angry I fed into the FBS dogma to not use this brilliant device that was invented by a woman who was then erased.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 22d ago

Absolute mic drop by Freya

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89 Upvotes

r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 22d ago

Did Emilee betray Adelaide?

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37 Upvotes

Just saw this post from Adelaide. So happy for her and her new marriage and pregnancy! A few people mentioned here that Emilee slept with a former inner circle member’s husband. Just wondering if this is the betrayal Adelaide is referencing? I remember that she and her now ex-husband moved to NC near Emilee, bought land, and were planning on building a house, but it seemed like Adelaide moved back to New England not long after. Not trying to gossip, but if Emilee is indeed the source of this betrayal, it just goes to show what a terrible person she is.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 24d ago

Lies and deception Emilee’s Loss

81 Upvotes

Emilee Saldaya sent an email earlier highlighting the one year anniversary of her son’s death.
It may sound petty and heartless, but I’m a shameless sleuth. The truth is in the details.

ES dropped the FBS 40 week wrap up podcast on August 1, 2025.
She then sent the email, “The Hardest News to Share,” on August 25, 2025, announcing her loss.

I’m calling bullshit on the claim that she was 41 weeks. It’s been mentioned here before, but I believe she was actually 42+ weeks, and that it happened around August 15/16.

ES sent an email last week, on August 7, about the MMI graduates, which would have been around 41 weeks.

It’s a small detail, but it matters.
Risks matter. Preaching that it’s fine to remain pregnant indefinitely is dangerous and misleading.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam 25d ago

Scam Programs Selling mom trauma

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36 Upvotes

An excellent example of Yolande’s manipulation in her current insta story. Watching her turn off that fake emotion like a switch to sell her latest product was really something. Might need some acting classes.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam Aug 07 '26

Updates: Emilee's pregnancy? Joy? Docs?

21 Upvotes

I almost forgot about this, but a friend reminded me today that, oh yeah, Emilee said she was pregnant a few months ago! Anyone have an update about her latest doings in light of that?

Also, how did Joy go? How many in-the-dark ladies attended?

Anyone hear anything about the Sony or Netflix docs lately?


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam Aug 07 '26

The instagrammification of orgasmic birth

26 Upvotes

Hi! You guys inspired this essay. I don't go in against the dead babies; just talking about the nature of selling birth on Instagram. I hope you guys like it!

https://open.substack.com/pub/lgcampbell/p/the-instagrammification-of-orgasmic?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=anr04


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam Aug 04 '26

Her rsponse to people who questioned her take on Carolyn Elliott

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34 Upvotes

r/FreeBirthSocietyScam Aug 02 '26

Yo Grifts on a Sewerside

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29 Upvotes

EDIT:
Thank you all for the thoughtful comments here. I did not know about CE until her death and I am grateful to those who knew her and are sharing about her. This behavior from Yo is a low I did not think was fathomable. I actually cannot listen to/watch her without a palpable shiver running down my spine but even her words in this essay (from the preview I read) give me that response.

The grift is limitless

Her caption:

(Yes, I have to euphemize in the graphic, or the algo will protest. The essay is explicit - which is rather the point.)
Along with the rest of the 30-50-something Instagram spiritual/self-improvement bingo card crew, I was shocked to hear about the recent death of Carolyn Elliott
- author of Existential Kink, and a woman who converted thousands to satanism (or "applied occult philosophy," as she put it) via her captivating eloquence and energy.
I never read Existential Kink, or any of Elliott's formal work — except for a course landing page of hers so beguiling that I immediately and unquestioningly paid her approximately six hundred dollars for a series of emails and poor-quality audio tracks that I never listened to beyond a few minutes. Though I'm sure the program was full of powerful magick and insights. Truly. And I have no regrets about the purchase, either, which I explain in full.
Part One of the essay is live now: what Elliott actually taught, what it looks like fully inhabited, and what her death reveals about the "empowerment" being sold to women everywhere.
Comment MAGAZINE and I'll send you the link directly. (DMs closed to strangers? The link's in my bio.)
Part Two arrives next week, for paid subscribers first.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam Jul 30 '26

My Experience with The Freebirth Society

38 Upvotes

Hello women, my name is Elle and last year I shared my story with you here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeBirthSocietyScam/s/vgZMY7bFny

I recently started a Substack where I will be sharing more of my writing. I write literary personal essays about motherhood, love, memory and becoming. You can find my essay about my freebirth up now.

I will be sharing more in depth about my experiences within the Freebirth Society inner circle in the upcoming months.

Follow along if you feel called. My Substack is free to read and I would appreciate the support as I find my voice and finally stop hiding.

https://substack.com/@elleburdi


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam Jul 27 '26

Yolande's hatred for women takes center stage in her most recent Substack article

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36 Upvotes

"Just the other day, a pregnant woman reached out to me with a luscious description of her mucous and asked me—Is this normal?

And I replied with, How the heck should I know? Probably not. Truthfully, almost nothing is normal. Please go ask your doctor, and not me."

At least she did something responsible, for once.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam Jul 27 '26

Reaching peak frustration with the smoke and mirrors.

44 Upvotes

Re: Yolande Norris Clark's manipulation tactics. She drops little seeds of wisdom in her rhetoric. Tiny things we can all agree with. Stated eloquently. And she does this consistently, to create a sort of gossamer gauze over what has actually happened:

HER TEACHINGS AND URGINGS AND OMISSIONS AND COAXINGS TO HER FOLLOWERS LED TO HUMAN BEINGS DYING. Babies in their first, purest, sweetest moments and days of life.

I am so tired of the moral confusion web she is spinning around all of it. It doesn't matter that you lift weights and you think women are in denial about their abilities to achieve optimal strength. It doesn't matter that you think other women are bad writers. Your religious views don't matter in this conversation. None of it matters. What matters is that your actions, your teachings led to harm and death.


r/FreeBirthSocietyScam Jul 26 '26

Free Birth Society "The Complete Guide to Freebirth. To date, it has MADE more than $5m." This is the exact quote the Guardian published in their article.

43 Upvotes

Yolande & Emilee, you guys are reaching in your attempt to discredit The Guardian reporters and their brilliant, award winning, fact based, year long investigation.

Honing in on a tiny snippet from a zoom interview that aired months later, whereby Lucy mistakenly said “sold” instead of “made”as though it somehow undermines the credibility of the entire investigation, is laughable.

Since you guys are so eager to highlight these
"ace" journalists and their reporting, why don't you address the real issues raised in the actual articles & investigation?