Lindsey Roberts in Austin, TX has completed her training through PBi and is ready to start helping women with their postpartum recovery in her community and surrounding area.
I was introduced to Lindsey during her own pregnancy, when she was told by her hospital that she would not be able to take the placenta home after the delivery. Through research, hard work and determination, she was successful in changing their minds (with a little help from a court order). Lindsey has since helped one of her clients get her placenta from an Austin hospital as well.
I look forward to working with Lindsey to make permanent changes in the hospital system in Austin, so women are able to freely take healthy placentas home from the hospitals with their newborn babies.
Thank you, Lindsey, for being such a fabulous advocate for women in your community! It’s great to have you as part of our growing network.
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December 4th, 2009 - 6:41 pm
Why would the hospital NOT allow a woman to take home her own placenta? The only thing I can think of is that they won’t make money off of selling it for their own gain. But really, was it theirs to begin with?
December 7th, 2009 - 2:05 pm
Some hospitals refuse to release placentas, citing hospital policy. They say these policies are in effect because placentas are biohazard waste, and a threat to public health. However, we are talking about HEALTHY placentas being released to healthy mothers, which causes no biohazard or bloodborne pathogen-related threat.
State laws are written in such a way that placenta does not usually fall under their guidelines prohibiting their release from hospital custody.
This is an important issue that we need to address to make sure mothers do not need to fight the hospital for the right to take the placenta home. I had to work for a while in Las Vegas to make these changes, but now all hospitals here will release placentas upon request. Additional advocacy needs to be done in other states as well. Stay tuned to this blog for additional information as it happens.
Thanks for your support!
January 13th, 2010 - 8:14 am
Hello. My wife and I are 38 weeks along with our first child. We wrote into our birthplan that we would like to take our placenta home following our hospital birth. To our surprise, our midwife told us after reading our plan that hospital policy disallows us to take the placenta. Our midwife has discussed the issue with multiple hospital officials since then and is urging us to write a letter to the hospital’s legal adviser, with whom she met last week.
As I’ve tried to start writing the letter, I’ve been left wondering about the best approach for such a letter. Do we get personal regarding our reasons for requesting the placenta? Do we base the letter on the legal justification? What examples are there of such reversals from other communities?
I would greatly appreciate any input you have from successful placenta rescues.
Cheers,
Brian
January 15th, 2010 - 1:31 pm
Since I wrote my comment above, my wife and I received a call from our midwife telling us that after two months, she was able to convince the hospital to allow us to keep our placenta following birth, if we sign the required waivers! We’re so happy!
Brian
January 18th, 2010 - 11:43 am
Wonderful news, Brian! Please let me know your midwife’s name, I would love to talk to her about the situation in Austin.
Congratulations to you and your wife, and I’m glad you are planning to use the placenta for her postpartum recovery.
Blessings,
Jodi