The PBi Network of Specialists would like to extend a very warm welcome to Erin Boedeker of Whitefish, MT. Erin serves her community as a licensed acupuncturist and owns Stillpoint Acupuncture also located in Whitefish. ” Much of my practice has been dedicated to supporting women from conception through pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum […]
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Tara Carpenter, Vermont’s Mentor CPES!
Congratulations to Tara Carpenter, proudly serving central Vermont and the upper valley, on becoming a PBi Mentor. Tara has always been pulled to postpartum women, even as a child. She would often help neighbors during the special time following the birth of their babies, and even participated in the home birth of her siblings. She […]
Las Vegas SUN Highlights UNLV Research
The Las Vegas Sun has published a series of articles highlighting our newest placentophagy research out of UNLV. In this first article, my client Lisa Stark describes her recent experience using placenta capsules for her postpartum recovery. Lisa gave birth to her second baby in January. She wanted to try placenta capsules to help […]
A Monkey as a Midwife
The art of midwifery has a deep, rich history dating back to The Old Testament, but what if it went back even further than that? Could midwifery be a practice that dates back to the origin of (wo)man? A new article addresses the idea that midwifery may not be an exclusively human role. Chinese […]
Can iTunes Boost Your Milk Supply?
Are you having trouble with milk supply? Could stress be to blame? Studies suggest relaxed mothers makes more milk than their stressed out, anxious counterparts. A 1989 study by Stephen Feher, published in the Cochrane Review, followed over 70 mothers with infants in the NICU. All the mothers in the study pumped breast milk […]
Welcome Joy Kraynak, now serving Mechanicsville, VA
PBi is pleased to announce that Placenta Encapsulation services are now being provided by our newest member, Joy Kraynak, in Mechanicsville, VA and the surrounding area (Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent, Richmond, Caroline). The birth of Joy’s daughter, a calm, unmedicated experience, was profound and enlightening, leaving her with the desire to help […]
