We never extricated ourselves from the system; we just didn’t go for check-ups or scansA free birth is one without medical assistance. I told her we didn’t want scans, and she told us all these scary things: you could die; your baby could die. As the birth approached, I took myself and Flynn to the darkness of the bathroom. Experience: I saved a stranger’s life Read moreWe waited two hours until the cord stopped pulsing, then Flynn cut it with a scalpel. We call it free birth, but other women just call it birth.

Source: The Guardian April 28, 2017 12:56 UTC