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PBi is pleased to announce that Karen Holmes is now a PBi-trained Placenta Encapsulation Specialist®! She is thrilled to be serving several boroughs in the New York City area.   Karen’s professional career began with a BA in Music/Business and jobs in radio and publishing. In the early 90s, Karen was drawn to natural healing […]

Cynthia Mitchell, in her article The Afterlife of Afterbirth: Notes on eating human placenta, has a clever and humorous take on eating placenta. Apparently placenta was the hopeful entree for an Adventures in Dining group. Even though their plans were thwarted by formaldehyde, her curiosity is sparked and she decides to learn more about placentophagy. Including […]

A big congratulations to Rebecca Lischke, PBi’s newest professional Placenta Encapsulation Specialist® serving Greensboro, North Carolina!   Rebecca is a wife, mother of three, and expecting number four at the beginning of July 2010.  She’s a software development project manager with a degree in Political Science from James Madison University; she also has an immense […]

I had the privilege of speaking at the CAM conference this past weekend, held in Davis, CA on the campus of UC Davis. The California Association of Midwives has been working hard for mothers and midwives for years, and this conference has been their latest effort.   I presented Placenta for Postpartum Wellness, a presentation […]

I just received this press release from The Big Push for Midwives campaign.   I’m so shocked that the anti-home birth and anti-midwife spin machine is swinging into high gear now that we’re set to make some progress in protecting midwifery. ** sarcasm alert!**   International Expert Calls Study Deeply Flawed and Politically Motivated FOR […]