"I Chose This": How a Free Birth Almost Killed Me
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A group called the Free Birth Society promotes a radical idea to pregnant women: leave the medical system and "take back your power" through "free birth."
But one woman says that ideology nearly cost her life.
Nicole Garrison's story is part of a major new investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne. Their year-long series examines the rise of the free birth movement.
The first episode is available now.