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Placenta Encapsulation, What You Should Know

Shannon Shepherd, APPAC Are we allowing cultural bias to affect our health decisions? Shannon Shepherd, Certified Placenta Arts Specialist, provides some valuable information in this episode. She explains the benefits of placenta encapsulation, or consuming the placenta, for new mothers.

Parental Expectations

When we find out we are about to become a parent, we often expect a great deal of ourselves, sometimes overwhelmingly so. I was expecting to become some flawless being who always had everything in control and met my child’s