The USA Today article was printed on Wednesday, after the verdict for Swanson vs. Sunrise Hospital was announced on Tuesday last week. I am glad that placentophagy and placenta encapsulation is being discussed in the mainstream press, but the article had a definite negative bent to it. I have a couple of specific issues with […]
Swanson vs. Sunrise Hospital
David Lee, the attorney representing Anne Swanson, started the proceedings by saying there is no law on the points of this case, that it instead had to be decided on common sense. John Bailey, the attorney for Sunrise Hospital, said they based their decision to refuse to release the placenta on the fact that a […]
We won!
Judge Susan Johnson decided to grant Anne Swanson’s request for possession of her baby’s placenta! We are both thrilled at this outcome. The judge only had to rule today whether the injunction was granted, which would stop the hospital from destroying the placenta. She went one step further and issued that Anne should be […]
Injunction hearing tomorrow
The hearing for the injunction that Anne Swanson filed against Sunrise Hospital is tomorrow morning at the Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Avenue. I am going to be there to support Anne, and am very interested in what the judge will have to say regarding the hospital holding her baby’s placenta for the past three […]
USA Today interview
Thank you for the overwhelming response to my post requesting interviews for the news article. I heard from several sources that Mr. Freiss had spoken to enough women from around the country to finish his story for USA Today. I hope that he writes a fair and balanced piece about placenta encapsulation specifically, and placentophagy […]
Urgent – USA Today wants interviews!
USA Today wants to do a story on placentophagy and the case of Anne Swanson vs. Sunrise Hospital over possession of her placenta. The reporter, Steve Freiss, has already interviewed Anne and myself at length. He wants to talk to women from around the country who have consumed their baby’s placenta – in capsule […]
