Grace is a professionally Certified Labour Doula, a trained Postpartum Doula and Childbirth Educator and an Association of Placenta Preparation Arts (APPA) Certified Placenta Specialist. She is a member in good standing of CAPPA Canada, APPA and the Ontario Professional Doula Association. Grace has her Lactation Management Certification through the world-renowned INFACT Canada, based on the WHO / UNICEF Guidelines.
Kirrah Holborn holds a Bachelor Degree in Clinical Science but after witnessing her first homebirth in 2007, she found her true passion lay in birth work. She is now an experienced doula, pregnancy masseuse, childbirth educator and placenta encapsulation specialist. Being a self confessed ‘placenta nerd’ she was thrilled at the opportunity to further her education with the Association of
Kate Jaggard Tyo first encountered placenta encapsulation while researching voraciously during her parallel doula studies and first pregnancy. Living abroad in Sweden, she couldn’t find anyone who knew a thing about placenta encapsulation so she figured she’d do it herself after her son was born in 2009. Six months later, after being coached by a kind and knowledgeable stateside encapsulation
Cliodhna Griffin, HBCE, APPAC, began her career in childbirth education and placenta arts services after the birth of her second child. After having 2 very different births and postpartum recoveries she felt an incredible desire to help other new mothers achieve a birth and postpartum that left them feeling empowered and strong. Once successfully completing training in childbirth education she
In 2015 Natalie drove 11,206 kilometres to hospital and back, wore 618 pairs of gloves, ran her dehydrator for 1,236 hours, filled 14,790 capsules, made up 14,843 litres of bleach solution and completed her training and certification with APPA, all for the love of placentas. It began in 2009, when she had her first child and she tried to consume the little
Caitlen is a wife and mother of two. After the birth of her second baby, she felt extremely blessed by the benefits of placenta encapsulation. Through her experience, she became passionate about postpartum health with a desire to support women on their journeys into motherhood. She strongly believes new mothers need and deserve all the support possible during the postpartum
Heather Meyer lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband and 6 kids. After the birth of her 3rd child she experienced severe Postpartum OCD and anxiety. Knowing she wanted more children she search for something that may help her during postpartum, that led her to Placenta Encapsulation. In 2006, she had baby #4 and with that her first personal experience
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We listened to your feedback and made some changes to our module structure. We have re-designed the order and content of the modules in a strategic way. The APPA program now begins with our “Placenta Anatomy & Physiology” module, to introduce you to the placenta and all of it’s fascinating features and variations. This also gives you time to order