Dr. Ralph Conti, a well-known pediatrician in the Henderson and Las Vegas area, has been indicted for fraud. These charges stem from his (alleged) association with Dr. Sapse, who claimed to have pioneered a revolutionary new cure for diseases such as MS from placental stem cells. Dr. Sapse was allegedly getting the placentas from Sunrise [...]

Nursing student Doyle Byrnes got kicked out of her community college nursing program in Kansas City, Kansas last month after she posted a picture of herself posing with a placenta on her Facebook profile. This month she decided to sue Johnson County Community College to be reinstated as a student, as well as actual and [...]

Practitioners
Why bother paying money to get certified in placenta encapsulation services?
“After all, the process is not rocket science.” and “It’s all over the internet! Why should I pay you for it?”
While placenta encapsulation, and utilizing the placenta for postpartum recovery is a beautiful thing to be shared, the process itself is something that must [...]

Why pay more to have a PBi Placenta Encapsulation Specialist prepare your baby’s placenta for you when someone who is NOT certified can do it for $100 less? When deciding who to trust with your postpartum wellness, you have two choices:
a) A PBi-Trained Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
~or~
b) A self-taught placenta encapsulator
Why choose a PBi Placenta [...]

Lynn M. Paltrow, founder and Executive Director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (”NAPW”), gave a talk at the Controversies in Childbirth conference on how anti-abortion policies and legislation are being used against women who want to make choices in their birth experiences.
Women are being forced into surgeries against their will, sheriffs show up [...]

There was a recent story on MSNBC on home birth and the midwifery model of care. It is still astonishing to me that the obstetrical and hospital model of care has so completely taken over childbirth in such a short period of time (since the 1950’s), to such a degree that midwifery is actually illegal [...]

This story is disturbing to me, both on a professional and personal level. Assuming these allegations are true, then there has been a serious breach of trust. Trust is the one thing that birthing women need in order to feel safe and birth their babies in the way Nature intended. This has shaken the natural [...]

The Miami Maternity Center is responding to the situation, and saying that there are many false allegations in the original press release.
This statement from Shari Daniels was passed on to me, so I wanted to post it here:

“…I would like to thank all my friends in midwifery who have called, stopped by and/or [...]

Update 1.3.09:
I am not saying the allegations leveled at this birth center are true. I received the press release, and IF the things stated are true, then it is a very grievous situation and breach of trust. I will continue to post updates to this situation as news comes in.
Original Post 1.1.09:
On Christmas Eve, [...]

A couple in New Zealand had their Subaru stolen with their newborn daughter’s placenta inside. Fortunately, the car was recovered in good condition, and baby Ella’s placenta was unharmed. The family is “ecstatic”, as they can now bury her placenta alongside 19 other family placentas on her great-grandparents’ property.
Imagine, a family burial plot for placentas, [...]