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Just came across this great article, Delayed Cord Clamping Explained!(Video) written by Christie Haskell, which includes a video of Penny Simkin explaining the physiological benefits of delayed cord clamping- very cool little video.  I have wanted to blog about delayed cord clamping for awhile, it is the first opportunity to honor the transition of both […]

Lisa Kestler has a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy with a focus in adult and neonatal intensive care and labor and delivery. She began to study and believe in a more natural approach to medicine and the body’s ability to heal itself while working in the hospital setting. Lisa’s motherhood journey (mama of 3!) […]

I realize that I haven’t been clear on our missions and goals as an organization. So I sat down to write everything out, because it doesn’t do much good sitting in my head. I am incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished in the last 5 years. Most of my time is spent working on projects […]

I was recently asked to come up with a list of my favorite herbal remedies for kids, so I decided to do one step better than just write out a list. I put together The Essential Mama Herbal Set on The Shop @ PBi, and took $15 off the price so you can stock up […]

Once again research is finding just how dynamic the placenta truly is. New research has found pituitary hormones from the placenta have ancestral origins in therian (live bearing) mammals.  “Placental expression of these pituitary hormones has clearly been conserved in marsupials as in eutherian (placental) mammals, suggesting an ancestral origin of the evolution of placental […]