Sunrise Hospital has once again refused to give a young couple their baby’s placenta. The parents were told they have two weeks to produce the court order or the hospital will be tossing it into a big bin with all the other placentas to await its inevitable incineration. This is a living organ, one that […]

Today is the Vernal Equinox for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, when day and night are once again equal. I am glad to be at this part of the year where the sun shines a bit longer each day. Bring on the sunshine!
Easter is always the first Sunday after the Equinox, which means […]

Telemundo Network, which is the Spanish affiliate for NBC, was here today for an interview. I thought they were just going to do a quick piece on placentophagy, but they were here for nearly four hours. They wanted to know everything about the benefits of placenta, the encapsulation process, and the current trend toward placenta […]

I was invited by the Hormones & Diseases Research and Resource Group to give a “brown bag lecture” on placentophagy at UNLV today (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). It went really well - I was told that they had their best turnout ever. It was standing room only, and I ran out of handouts (sorry […]

Nicole D from the Bellies & Babies blog publishes a positive post about placenta. Thanks for helping to spread the placenta love!
“It started with the lentil soup. I looked into the bowl, the light orange swirls of legumes had bits and flecks of ham and mushroom and smoky black beans, and it was sprinkled with […]

“Blood stem cells, which later differentiate into all types of blood cells, originate and are nurtured in the placenta, a U.S. study finds.”  [full story]
This is great news, but I am honestly not at all surprised. Given that the placenta contains large stores of stem cells, and its amazing contribution toward nurturing human life as […]

Ernesa Beganović is from the Zenica, Bosnia area. She is 24 years old, and is not technically a Kiva Mama, since the profile doesn’t mention that she has children. She’s married and does stitching and knitting to help contribute to their family income. Check out her artwork! She needed a loan to invest in knitting […]