Congratulations to Carmen Calvo on becoming a Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist®. Carmen lives in Baltimore, MD with her husband and two sons and is serving the Baltimore, Annapolis, and Eastern Shore communities in Maryland. After experiencing pregnancy and birth, Carmen became extremely passionate about birth and out-of-hospital birth options. However, it wasn’t until her […]
Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist®
Congratulations to Heather Holm, CPES!
The PBi Network of Specialists would like to congratulate Heather Holm on becoming a Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist®. Heather is the mother of two boys. With a background in finance, after her empowering birth experiences, Heather developed a strong desire to work with pregnant women and their families. She works as a birth doula in […]
Placenta Drama – A NYT Blog Rebuttal
A couple of days ago, there was a negative blog post in the New York Times regarding placenta encapsulation, entitled “I Regret Eating My Placenta”. The post was written by Nancy Redd, author of “Body Drama” and “Diet Drama”. She’d had her placenta encapsulated and was unhappy with her experience. The author states that […]
Congratulations Joanne Fortuna, PBi-Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist® Mentor
The PBi network of specialists would like to congratulate Joanne Fortuna on becoming a Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist® Mentor. Joanne is serving the Chicagoland community, ensuring the women there have access to quality birth services. She believes in a holistic approach to healing and is quite passionate about placenta encapsulation. “I am a strong believer […]
Congratulation to Katherine Scalf, CPES
Katherine Scalf, serving Louisville, KY, has recently completed her work to become a Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist® through PBi. Katherine is the mother of two children and became interested in natural childbirth after the birth of her son in 2009. This interest ultimately led to her becoming a trained childbirth educator and doula through CAPPA. […]
Congratulations to Sarah Skinner, CPES
We would like to congratulate Sarah Skinner, PBi’s newest Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist® (CPES). To become certified, a Placenta Encapsulation Specialist® (PES) must complete the PBi training, including reading research and writing response papers. The PES must complete three placentas using PBi’s method of placenta encapsulation and take a food safety and preparation course to […]
