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Jereka Hunt, PBi-Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist® and owner of Wombmart, based in Charlotte, NC, recently received a client testimonial that we felt deserved to be spread far and wide.  If you know an expecting mother who is on the fence about whether placenta encapsulation is for her, share this story.  This testimonial is the perfect […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]