Lisa Kestler has a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy with a focus in adult and neonatal intensive care and labor and delivery. She began to study and believe in a more natural approach to medicine and the body’s ability to heal itself while working in the hospital setting. Lisa’s motherhood [...]

Once again research is finding just how dynamic the placenta truly is. New research has found pituitary hormones from the placenta have ancestral origins in therian (live bearing) mammals.  “Placental expression of these pituitary hormones has clearly been conserved in marsupials as in eutherian (placental) mammals, suggesting an ancestral origin [...]

Mari Stewart is PBi’s very own Placenta Encapsulation Specialist in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mari has the love of birth in her blood, as her maternal grandfather had a private obstetrical practice in Hawaii  delivering over 15,000 babies before he passed. She has always known that she would follow her grandfather’s footsteps [...]

Check out Polly Wood, Placenta Encapsulation Specialist with PBi, in an article by Aaron Munzer in the IthacaJournal.com. Polly serves women in Ithaca, NY,  and surrounding counties and the Finger Lakes region.  The article spotlights on Polly Wood and describes the wonderful services of Placenta Encapsulation (I know, I am a [...]

PBi is happy to announce that Jereka Hunt is PBi’s Newest Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist and Mentor!
Certification takes commitment and hard work. To become certified, a Placenta Encapsulation Specialist must have completed scientific research and written response papers, acquired experience in placenta encapsulation services by preparing three placentas using PBi’s Method of Placenta Encapsulation, [...]

Michaela Evanow is a self described “DONA certified doula, placenta encapsulation specialist, wife, foodie and female nomad!”. Michaela’s studies in birth began with her travels to India and Egypt as a volunteer birth attendant. Her calling to be in the birth world has deepened since, with commitment to education and advocacy. [...]

At the mother website of Placenta Benefits there has been a lovely addition, it is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page. All I have to say is- YES! There is nothing like clarity, especially when working with our dear placentas. Already such questions as Encapsulation Timeline, Lotus Birth, Raw vs. TCM [...]

Welcome to Andrea Shuman!
We love the diversity that our placenta encapsulation specialists offer. And Andrea exemplifies this, she is an Ayurvedic Health Practioner and Licensed Massage Therapist. Currently, she is focusing her energies on Ayurvedic Pregnancy and Postpartum care and is in the process of becoming a DONA certified [...]

Kylie Pattnaik has been supporting women during the childbearing year as a birth doula since 2007. She also has a background as a Holistic Practitioner and as a Registered Health Professional in both the UK and Australia. She became interested in placentophagy when she assisted a client in making a [...]

K.C. Loveland decided to become a Placenta Encapsulation Specialist (PES) when pregnant with her first child and realized no PES was in her area to encapsulate her placenta. Inspired by her own belief in natural remedies and a desire to have her own placenta encapsulated, she decided to begin her [...]