Anne Swanson, owner of Hypnobirthing Las Vegas, filed an injunction today to stop Sunrise Hospital from destroying her baby’s placenta against her wishes.
The mother who was rudely denied access to her baby’s placenta (yet promptly billed for the cost of delivering at North Vista Hospital) has decided not to file an injunction, as her placenta [...]

Another Las Vegas hospital has decided to align itself with Sunrise Hospital against mothers. North Vista Hospital today denied a mother’s request for her placenta, citing health concerns. She told them she would be willing to sign whatever forms they wanted her to sign that would absolve them of liability should they release it to [...]

The article on the situation regarding Anne’s placenta came out in the Review-Journal today, in the Sunday paper. I am so grateful to see that Ms. Annette Wells portrayed us as normal folks with a valid issue. I’m not too keen on a placenta being called a "nutrient-filled sac", but you can’t have everything. Give [...]

The lawyer we are working with on this case has said that we need an MD who is willing to testify that releasing a placenta to the mother does not pose a health risk. The hospital will have their legal team working with a variety of doctors who will testify that it does pose a [...]

A friend and colleague of mine, Anne Swanson, teaches hypnobirthing courses here in Las Vegas. She was laboring peacefully at home when her midwife discovered the baby had turned and was presenting as a double footling breech. Anne continued to labor, but the surges grew longer, and the baby’s heartrate started to drop with [...]