Welcome to PBi Noelle! Noelle is a Seacoast native, DONA certified birth doula, yoga teacher, and mother of two. A graduate of The Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Noelle is the founder of Bodies in Bloom, a holistic hub for expecting women and mothers to connect, learn, and grow together in motherhood. Her practice provides support through birth […]
Read MoreThe oldest known remains of a mammalian placenta have been found inside the 48-million-year-old fossil of an early ancestor of a horse – with its unborn foal still inside. The remarkably well-preserved body of a horse-like species known as Eurohippus messelensism was discovered at the Messel Pit, a disused shale quarry in Darmstadt, Germany. […]
Read MoreHave you heard about the new Placenta Encapsulation Training courses that PBiU launched earlier this year? Here is what a couple of our recent students have said when we asked for anonymous feedback: “I have been doing placentas for a bit and learned from someone else which has been good, but now I feel way […]
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Scientists were hoping to create a vaccine against malaria that they could give to pregnant women. What they may have found instead is a weapon against cancer. Danish scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of British Columbia (UBC) discovered that the carbohydrate which the malaria parasite attaches itself to in […]
Read MoreDo you love photos of placentas? I certainly do! Monet Moutrie, a birth photographer in Colorado, published a series of 12 placenta photos on the Huffington Post blog. These are The Placenta Blog’s Favorite Five: Gorgeous!
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