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Calling all placenta-eaters! Here is an opportunity to contribute to research being done out of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). We need your input! This data is going to be very important in determining whether or not placentophagy is beneficial to postpartum women. Take the survey now The official recruitment letter: Greetings, This […]

Things have been busy here at PBi Headquarters lately! With getting new specialists started with their education and helping others become certified, the Midwifery Educators Conference in June, the California Midwives Association Conference in July, and the As They Grow Kids’ Consignment Event in September, the summer has just flown by!   It is high […]

Sarah Baker drew my attention to her recent article, describing her journey toward discovering the benefits of placenta for postpartum recovery. Sarah writes: After struggling through the depths of post-partum depression following the birth of my son 7 years ago, I was curious when I heard that there might actually be a way to prevent […]

I’ve been thinking about sex lately. Namely, pregnancy sex. I have friends who say the sex was incredible, amazing, toe-curlingly wonderful while they were pregnant. They (and thankfully, their partner) couldn’t get enough of their newly goddess-like features. Bigger breasts – yeah, most guys are down with that.   However, I also hear from a […]

This article originally published in Fun & Fit Life Magazine, March 2010   By Jodi Selander The placenta is generally referred to as “after birth”, as though it were merely a remnant of the pregnancy. In this view, it completes its role of supporting the newborn baby and is rendered useless upon its birth. Simultaneously, […]