New research from Yale University suggests an often deadly pregnancy disease, pre-eclampsia, stems from a battle in the womb between a father’s biological goal to make the biggest, healthiest baby possible, and the mother’s need to survive giving birth. Nature has it’s wisdom of making a baby big enough to thrive yet small enough to […]
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The Essential Herbal Arsenal
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 […]
Healthy Fats for Growing Babies & Placentas… & Mamas too
On June 4, 2011 WWW.TOPNEWS.US published an article by Jason Ramsey, “Food and Nutrition Care-For-Mothers-To-Be” about a recent study that reviews the importance of food and nutrition during pregnancy, with emphasis going to the placenta. In this particular study, a high-fat and oily diet was found to decrease blood flow of the mother to the […]
Placenta capsules help with D-MER?
I had a woman contact me with her story about D-MER, or Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex. According to the D-MER website: Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex is a newly recognized condition affecting lactating women that is characterized by an abrupt dysphoria, or negative emotions that occur just before milk release and continuing not more then a […]
Postpartum Depression for Dads?
Postpartum Depression has only recently started garnering the proper attention it deserves. Now, after studying it, researchers are finding that mothers are not the only ones who suffer from it; dads get it too. While women have a major hormonal fluctuation after giving birth, which frequently triggers the Baby Blues (moodiness, irritability, weepiness, anxiety), her […]
Certification for placenta encapsulation. Why bother?
Practitioners Why bother paying money to get certified in placenta encapsulation services? “After all, the process is not rocket science.” and “It’s all over the internet! Why should I pay you for it?” While placenta encapsulation, and utilizing the placenta for postpartum recovery is a beautiful thing to be shared, the process itself […]
