13. Claiming It All: Celia’s Story of Birth, Power, and Simplicity

This week, I am joined by Celia from the Bay Area, California, who shares her journey from birthing with medical midwives and working as a doula, to stepping fully into sovereign birth work and choosing freebirth with her fourth child.

Born at home herself, Celia’s path was forever changed when she read Portal and began to unravel everything she thought she knew about birth. As a graduate of the Radical Birth Keeper School, she now carries this work forward in her own community.

Celia reflects on her four births, including the painful memory of her midwife pulling out her placentas. She shares how, in her fourth and most recent birth, allowing her placenta to be born in her own way and her own time became her favorite part of the entire experience.

In this conversation, Celia names what it means to let birth be simple, to trust herself, and to claim it all.

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If you want to connect with Celia, follow her on Instagram here and find her website here. Celia has studied with Sister MorningStar on the art of facilitating village prenatals and has now hosted monthly village prenatals since January of 2025. For more information, contact Celia.

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