153. The Free Birth Society Scam: Emma's experience with the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute
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A glossy website, a “world's leading” tagline, and a $12,000 price point can make an online school feel vetted and legitimate.
Then the curtain lifts.
I sit down with Emma Moore, a fellow Mainer who grew up in Bangor and enrolled in the Free Birth Society’s Matribirth Midwifery Institute (MMI), to share what it felt like to walk in hopeful and leave alarmed, embarrassed, and determined to tell the truth.
We talk about the emotional setup that makes programs like this so compelling: the hunger for sisterhood, the desire to reclaim birth, and the promise of a “sovereign…
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