APPA just keeps turning out brilliant and talented graduates! Meet Jenny Thompson! Jenny is a birth doula, placenta encapsulator, lactation counselor, and childbirth educator, and has served the Acadiana, LA area for almost 10 years. Before birthwork became her life, Jenny worked on environmental and ocean policy, graduating from Louisiana State University in 1998 and the University of Washington in
APPA is thrilled to have another outstanding new graduate! Introducing, Sarah Toma! We asked Sarah to introduce herself and answer some questions about why she chose to certify through APPA… I’m the wife of an amazing and supportive man, the mom to a spunky and sharp little toddler, and am passionate about caring for women as they walk through the
Meet Bethany Leclerc – another amazing APPAC Bethany Leclerc CD(DONA) is a certified birth doula providing emotional and physical support, as well as evidenced-based information, to women through pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum in central Mass and throughout Boston. She also provides placenta encapsulation and in-home childbirth education catered to parents needs and availability. Bethany strives to help woman feel empowered
Samantha is a trained Placenta Specialist through the Association of Placenta Preparation Arts (APPA). Samantha has also been an accredited leader for an international breastfeeding organization, providing mother-to-mother support, for three years. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education in 2006. As a mother of four herself, Samantha understands the importance of the postpartum period and believes strongly
APPA is proud to introduce you to Sara Skiles! Sara Skiles is a certified doula and the owner of Wichita Doula, a full-service doula agency in the Wichita, KS area. Sara used to be skeptical of placenta encapsulation, but after certifying through APPA and experiencing the benefits firsthand after the birth of her second child, she now knows how
A Closer Look at Pilot Trials in Maternal Placenta Consumption Human placentophagy in the form of placenta encapsulation is a growing trend worldwide. Until now, the evidence for the practice among humans has been largely anecdotal and has not been well studied. Over the past few years, there has been an exciting increase in human placentophagy research. Researchers at the
Hello there! My name is Jamie Davison, owner of With Love Placenta Services, which services Central New Jersey, including Monmouth and Ocean Counties. I spent much of my adolescence lost and looking for my place in this world. I spent my time traveling, searching for anything that spoke to my soul. It wasn’t until I saw those two little pink
APPA would like to introduce you to Jill Schwartz from Minnesota! Jill Schwartz lives in rural Minnesota and is very excited to be the only APPA Certified Placenta Specialist in her area, serving 8 counties of the state. She has been a DONA certified birth doula since 2004 and has a true passion for helping others. Her business “Sweet
We’d like you to meet long-time APPA Certified Encapsulator Heather Meyer! Heather has been providing 5-star placenta encapsulation in the Philadelphia area for over 5 years. She has had the privilege of encapsulating over 600 placentas. Heather started out as independently trained but when APPA came on the scene they offered everything she was looking for in an organization! Learn more about
Anne Ferguson has been encapsulating placentas since 2011 and has been an APPAC since 2015. She has worked with well over 800 families as a birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator (Hypnobabies childbirth hypnosis classes) and Placenta Arts Specialist. Her interest in placenta encapsulation started in 2009 with the birth of her second child. She asked family members to encapsulate