Today was our first day exploring Zion. We did the short hike up to Weeping Rock, which was amazing. The girls loved seeing the water raining down. There’s even an overhang you can walk under and the water falls down in front of you. Then we had a picnic down by the stream before doing [...]

This morning we got packed and headed out to Red Rock Canyon for a hike with my Diva/Mamas group. It was awesome to get out into some fresh air, and the weather was absolutely perfect. Most of us are displaced from more nature-friendly parts of the country - the group today consisted of Oregonians, a [...]

I gave a presentation at a local Birth Year Network meeting tonight. The BYN is a group of local professionals presenting natural birth option to area mothers. I, of course, talked about placenta encapsulation and its benefits for women during their postpartum recovery. I hope I was convincing enough for the pregnant mamas present to [...]

Just back from a meeting with some local birth professionals. I think we’re all fed up and frustrated with the situation here in Las Vegas. The good thing is that we are frustrated enough to DO something about it. I am more motivated than ever to start doing my part to manifest change.
The topic of [...]

I received some bad news involving a fabulous midwife here in Las Vegas.
In August, Certified Nurse Midwife April Kermani performed an emergency D&C on a postpartum mom who was hemorrhaging. She asked the nurse to page the back-up doctor. The bleeding was heavy and persistent and reached the point where she felt that waiting any [...]

I love getting happy little posts in my inbox - this is from one of my clients. It was accompanied by a picture of an adorable baby girl.
“I have been meaning to send you an email for WEEKS to thank you for doing my placenta encapsulation! I loved it! I had no mood [...]

I am a bit relieved to find that nursing for over four years combined total (and still going strong…) is not the culprit for my saggy breasts. It turns out that it was having the kids in the first place! I also discovered that my personally coined term, Saggy Breast Syndrome (or just Saggies, for [...]

I started a Yahoo group called the Diva/Mamas, where naturally-minded mamas in Las Vegas can network and help our kids develop an appreciation and love for Mother Nature. In the desert, it can sometimes feel like a major effort to appreciate the beauty that surrounds us.
On Saturday, November 3, Kimberly Chapman (a Diva/Mama) organized an [...]

First of all, I moved this blog from Wordpress.com to the Wordpress version hosted on my own server. This gives me additional functionality and customization capabilities. I was then able to edit the design to match my website that this blog is linked to, namely PlacentaBenefits.info. Hopefully this transition will be seamless to anyone reading, [...]

Sunrise Hospital is doing it again. They have denied a woman her placenta, and said they would not release it to her without a court order. This is exactly what they did to Anne Swanson, and the court ruled in her favor, forcing the hospital to release her baby’s placenta to her. Furthermore, the judge [...]