Meet APPA Certified Encapsulator Jennifer Wakefield, another shining star out there serving postpartum moms! Jen is a DONA International Certified birth doula, APPA Certified Placenta Arts Specialist and a birth + newborn photographer serving clients in the Baton Rouge area. She began working as a birth photographer in 2010, and in 2013 was encouraged to take doula certification training. She
Another amazing APPAC, Jane Stanley, has renewed here certification. Jane serves the Perth area of Australia. Jane was born and bred in the north of England and her passion for “all things birth” began when she home-birthed her two daughters in 1995 and 1998. Over the next few years she and her family moved to Texas, USA and whilst raising
Meet APPAC Vanessa Crookes! She’s been serving the families of Florida since 2016. She serves the areas of South Florida, Palm Beach County and Southern Martin County. You can learn more about Vanessa at her website: jupiterplacenta.com Follow her on instagram at @jupiterplacenta Find her on Facebook at Jupiter Placenta
We’re pleased to introduce you to Nikki Williams, APPAC since 2017, and birth professional. Nikki Williams is a birth professional recently joining the Central Maryland community to provide birth doula, birth photography, certified lactation counseling, birth pool rental, and placenta encapsulation services to the birthing families there as “Bedheadbirth.” Nikki is also an out-of-hospital midwifery student at the National Midwifery
APPA has so many brilliant people in our network out there doing amazing, careful, and safe placenta encapsulation, and we’d like to introduce you to another one of our superstar placenta professionals: Kate Tyo, APPAC Kate Tyo has been encapsulating placentas sine 2014 and has worked with over 120 women to support their postpartum recovery. Located in Evanston, IL, Kate
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