Mejalbeth Faustina Lazo Cosme makes custom furniture in Huancayo, Peru. She is the mother of three small children, and needed a small loan to buy new tools and refurbish her workshop.
Happy to support her creative and entrepreneurial efforts!
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I have updated the Research & Articles section of the PlacentaBenefits.info website. I’ve added some interesting articles under Scientific Research that explore the link between iron deficiency and fatigue, iron deficiency and postpartum depression, and fatigue and postpartum depression. It is not a hard leap to then assume that since placenta capsules are (presumably) loaded [...]

If anyone is from Oklahoma, has ingested their placenta as capsules or intends to, please contact me as soon as possible. A television station in Oklahoma City wants to explore the concept of placenta encapsulation, but they need someone from the state to give it a local angle. Please help spread the word to women [...]

We made it back to Las Vegas. 2500 miles round-trip. Whoa. This from a woman who rarely drives more than an hour or so at a time - I’m not a big fan of driving. But it was worth it!
I stayed two nights in beautiful Ashland, OR. I am in love with that city. I [...]

The girls and I left Portland this morning to begin our long trek back to Las Vegas. We made it all the way through the state, just over 300 miles, and are in Ashland, OR tonight (10.4). My aunt has a house here where she has graciously offered to let us spend a couple of [...]

I had a wonderful time at the Expo. So many months of planning went into it that it’s hard to believe it is already over. I had a pretty good reaction, considering this was the first time most people had ever heard about placenta encapsulation. If I could get them to listen for just a [...]

What an amazing first day. I talked to so many people truly excited that I’m trying to bring the concept of utilizing placenta for postpartum wellness out of the underground and into the mainstream. The energy was wonderful.
I got to meet Dr. Sarah Buckley, whose work and insight I greatly respect. She stopped by to [...]

We made it to Portland last night. Another 465 miles put our trip at around 1200 miles total. I think we were all ready to get out of the car.
Portland is a gorgeous city. I had forgotten how beautiful it is up here. Tall trees, green everywhere, fresh air. It is incredibly refreshing to be [...]

We are in Redding, CA tonight. We have covered 750 miles since leaving Las Vegas Sunday morning. (Will now have Sheryl Crow singing Leaving Las Vegas in my head for the rest of the night.) Anyway, we hope to make it to Portland sometime tomorrow night.
Trip has been going well - the kids are doing [...]

My beautiful daughter, whose birth was the impetus for everything I am doing now, turned 2 years old today, 9.21.07.
My pregnancy with Rayne was fabulous, and completely natural. I had an amazing natural waterbirth at home, and I wanted to have a natural postpartum experience as well. But I was worried how I would cope [...]