Char Sheuermann is a wife and homebirthing mama of 4. After the birth of her 4th child, when Char’s bleeding was beginning to become a concern for her midwives, she consumed 2 small pieces of placenta. To her surprise, the bleeding subsided just like her midwife said it would! Char is a believer in the […]
Long-Term Adult Behavior Linked To Placenta Function
The development of a growing fetus is undoubtedly a complicated and intricate process. Insulin-like growth factor-2, a hormone that plays a major role in fetal and placental development, can have an impact on behavior long after birth if the hormone is disrupted. Scientists at Cardiff & Cambridge Universities recently studied adult mice with an imbalance […]
Cheaters won’t win with PBi
I’m writing this because I’m extremely disappointed to discover that there have been a small number of students who decided that copying and pasting from another source would be a good way to get through the PBi Training Course. I want everyone to know that cheating goes against everything that PBi stands for. Our […]
Breastmilk & Big, Smart Baby Brains
It’s World Breatfeeding Week and what better way to celebrate than to talk about the impact breastfeeding has on a baby’s brain. It’s not a new concept that breastfeeding helps with brain development. Studies have shown before that cognitive function in adolescents and adults is better if they were breastfed, but now a new study […]
What do smoking pot, the munchies & breastfeeding have in common?
We’ve all heard (or maybe even experienced) how smoking marijuana can stimulate your appetite or give you the “munchies”. Well, several studies support the idea that breast milk has a similar effect on infants! That’s right, breastmilk gives babies the munchies. Within each of us lies cannabinoid receptors, found in the brain and immune […]
Who is Wharton, and What’s Up With His Jelly?
We often hear that we should delay the clamping of the baby’s umbilical cord until it stops pulsing after birth. We know that the placenta has 1/3 of the baby’s blood volume and by delaying clamping, we are giving our baby the oxygen-rich blood needed to thrive. But what if I were to tell you […]
