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Journey Moon
7/7/202635 min
When Lorren Holliday got pregnant in 2018, she joined Emilee Saldaya’s Facebook group and quickly became hooked on the Free Birth Society podcasts. It was a decision that led to tragedy. This is episode three of a year-long investigation by Guardian journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne
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First 90 secondsEmily Saldea· Soundbite0:00
This is The Guardian.
Lucy Osborne· Host0:01
Hi, I'm Shirin Kale. And I'm Lucy Osborne. You're listening to The Birth Peepers, a new six-part series from The Guardian Investigates. Just before we start, this series contains references to baby loss and maternal harm. It's 2013. Lauren is an actor, and Chris is a session musician in a band. For some reason, today, he's dressed as a pirate. I was cast in his best friend's music video.
Chris· Guest0:46
We met at a video shoot, very typical LA thing.
Lauren· Guest0:50
And I look over and he walks in and I thought, oh my gosh, that sexy pirate right there is my guy. And I was dressed as a cat. They had dressed me as like kind of a sexy kitty. And so he said later that he saw me and he was like, that sexy kitty is mine. So we're both kind of thinking the same thing.
Chris· Guest1:08
Something with her and I just, I don't know, it just worked. It clicked.
Lauren· Guest1:13
And it went from a little coffee date to spending every single day together to starting businesses together. And 12 years later, here we are.
Lucy Osborne· Host1:20
Not long after they met, they realised they were both tired of LA,