The PBi Network of Specialists is delighted to announce that Kylie Plattnaik is the newest PBi-certified mentor. Kylie, a birth doula since 2007 has a wealth of experience and knowledge as it relates to pregnancy and childbirth. She has attended workshops and trained with some very prominent professionals in the birth arena such as Michael […]
Where Is Your Placenta Buried?
There was a very interesting slideshow, titled Vanishing Voices, in this month’s National Geographic. According to the magazine, as many as half of the languages spoken in the world today will be forgotten and disappear in the next 100 years. So much cultural identity and significance is rooted within language. It’s not only how we […]
Placenta in Demand, Creating a Black Market in China
Placentophagy, the act of eating one’s placenta, is an age-old practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The practice, dating back 2,000 years, is still common in China and is thought to have anti-aging qualities. Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of a unified China, is said to have designated placenta as having health properties some 2200 […]
Debate Over Placenta Release Policy in Ohio
A new policy at Miami Valley Hospital’s Berry Birthing Center in Ohio is requiring new mothers to wait 72 hours before their baby’s placenta will be released. The new policy was established by request of the pathology department as a precaution in case the placenta needs to be studied in response to illness of the […]
Ashley Ortelli Joins the PBi Network of Specialists
Ashley Ortelli, now serving Stamford, CT, is a certified doula (DONA) and is now offering placenta encapsulation services to the women in her community. Ashley is a new mother and suffered from low milk production. She wished she would have known about the benefits of placenta encapsulation after her birth and is looking forward to […]
Becoming a Father: Paternal Postnatal Depression
When we discuss postpartum depression or hear about it in the media, it is always in reference to a mother’s mood disorder. Because of this, when fathers have a hard time dealing with the challenges of becoming a father and become depressed, it is often undiagnosed and left untreated. All too often, new dads feel […]
