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Yes you can keep your placenta! Yes it is your right! Yes it is your organ! Yes! Yes! Yes! • The placenta is an organ that mama created. • You kept your baby safe and healthy with this organ so allow this same organ to give you back what you poured in. • DM if you would like to know more about placenta encapsulation and how it can be of service to you. Love yal💛💚 • #birthyourpurpose #placentaencapsulation #hireadoula #birthdoula #ittakesavillage

✨ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ Something sacred has been born… and I am so excited to finally share it with you all. The Sacred Birth Wisdom Academy is now LIVE inside my Skool community! One of the very first courses available is The Art & Science of Placenta Encapsulation — a transformational course rooted in both wisdom and practical knowledge of sacred postpartum care. This course will teach you how to safely, ethically, and confidently prepare the placenta to support healing and nourishment after birth. Inside you will learn: • Step-by-step placenta encapsulation preparation • Safety and sanitation standards • Contraindications and important red flags • Foundations for offering this service professionally This course was created for: Doulas Birthworkers Midwives Healers New and soon-to-be parents And anyone who feels called to sacred postpartum care. Birth is sacred. Postpartum care is sacred. And the placenta holds powerful wisdom that deserves to be honored. Enrollment is now open inside the Sacred Birth Wisdom Academy. ✨ The link to enroll is in my Linktree. If you feel called to learn this work… Comment “PLACENTA” below and I’ll make sure you get the details. 🌿 #SacredBirth #PlacentaEncapsulation #BirthworkerTraining #SacredPostpartum #DoulaEducation SacredBeginnings

Comment “SPECIALIST” to get the details!! Something exciting is coming very soon…!!! I’m currently creating my Online Placenta Encapsulation Training through Shiloh Birth, and I cannot wait to share it with you 🤍 This training will be perfect for doulas, birth workers, or anyone wanting to learn how to safely and confidently offer placenta services, including: • The Gentle encapsulation method • Placenta prints, tinctures, and salves • Safety, sanitation, and contraindications • Real-life business practices + client care The course is still in the works, but it will be launching soon 👀 If you want to be the first to know when enrollment opens (and get early access 👏), Comment “SPECIALIST” to get the detail or send me a message and I’ll make sure you get on the list for more details!! I’m so excited for this next step and to train more women in this beautiful work 🤍 – Raelene

Let me explain the slogan that I created, "DON'T BIRTH WITHOUT A DOULA." A doula is a non-medical professional who supports families before, during, and after childbirth. The exact role would depend on the needs of the families. Doulas can attend natural and medicated births. Yes, this can include c-sections. No matter how alert you may be, Mama, you aren't aware of everything that is happening. You need a doula who is properly trained and experienced to be another set of eyes and ears that can help you. A doula can provide you with information and physical assistance along your journey. In my doula trainings, we cover natural fertility to lactation; which is extremely important. Statistics prove that doulas help create better birth outcomes, so don't give birth without the help of a doula. Reach out if you have any questions. #dontbirthwithoutadoula #thepregnanttopostpartumevent #doulatraining #thedarkwombredemption #doula

It’s pretty cool what placentas can be used for beyond pregnancy & birth. 👉🏾The placenta is the only organ a woman will build from scratch and give birth to 👉🏾It gives baby the nutrient they need, oxygen & filters out any toxins and waste for mom to flush out. 👉🏾It is the organ that sustains the life of the foetus #placenta #birth #hospitalbirth #nycdoula #njdoula

Ever wondered what all you can do with your placenta ? Here’s a list of 8 different possibilities. #doulalife #birthworker #doula #fyp #placenta

✨ Enrollment is OPEN ✨ The Sacred Art of Placenta Encapsulation Course is now available inside the Sacred Birth Wisdom Academy — and for a limited time it’s being offered with a $50 discount. The placenta is more than an organ. In many traditions it is known as the baby’s twin, a sacred companion that nourishes and protects life throughout pregnancy. It has also been called the Hidden Chakra, holding powerful energetic and physical medicine that supports postpartum healing. As a BIRTHWORKER, expanding your offerings with services like placenta encapsulation is essential. It not only deepens the care you provide to families, but also creates sustainability in your work and helps prevent burnout. Learn how to safely, ethically, and confidently prepare the placenta while honoring the sacred traditions surrounding this powerful medicine. ✨ Enrollment is now open 🔗 Link in Linktree in bio #PlacentaEncapsulation #SacredBirth #BirthworkerTraining #SacredPostpartum #DoulaLife SacredBeginnings BirthKeeper PostpartumHealing PlacentaMedicine DoulaEducation

Your placenta isn’t “waste”! It’s a powerful, temporary organ that your body creates during pregnancy to nourish and support your baby. It delivers oxygen and nutrients, produces essential hormones, and works in harmony with your body for months. After birth, some mothers choose to honor that connection through encapsulation as part of their postpartum recovery. It’s a deeply personal choice that’s rooted in tradition and innate care for the healing process. The Light House is the premier encapsulation service in Buffalo and WNY, and our encapsulator Alex has processed hundreds of placentas. She brings lived experience, intention, and respect to every family served. We know that to some, this service seems “out there”. Not every path looks the same, but every mother deserves to feel informed, supported, and respected in hers. You can read some FAQ’s and book your service right at thelighthousebirth.com ✨

What does science say about having a doula at birth? A large Cochrane systematic review involving over 15,000 women across 26 studies evaluated the impact of continuous support during labor. The results show that when a woman has someone dedicated solely to her support — like a doula — several outcomes improve. Key associations found: • ≈25% fewer cesareans • Lower use of pharmacological pain relief • Shorter labor • Lower chance of low Apgar scores for the baby • Higher satisfaction with the birth experience A doula does not replace medical staff. She provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support, something that is often hard to guarantee in the hospital setting. Evidence suggests that having continuous support can truly impact both the birth experience and outcomes. 📚 Evidence: Cochrane systematic review on continuous support during labor. Save this post or share it with someone preparing for birth. 🤍 Evidence • Care • Tradition #doulaweek

Do you plan on taking your placenta home ? Here are some tips ! #doulalife #birthworker #doulasupport #placenta

There’s something powerful about honoring your body after birth. Placenta encapsulation is one of the ways I support moms in replenishing, restoring, and easing into the postpartum season with intention. From helping balance hormones to supporting energy and milk supply, this is care that continues long after baby arrives. If you’ve been curious about adding this to your postpartum plan, I’d love to walk you through it. Your healing matters too. — Helping Hands Doula Services #atlantadoula #doula #helpinghands #doshathedoula #maternalhealth

Some moments in birthwork hit your heart in a way that words can barely hold. Encapsulating the placenta of my own grandson was one of those moments. For over 11 years I have served as a birthworker and placenta encapsulation specialist, preparing placentas with deep reverence for the life they carried. I have always honored this work… but this time it felt different. This was my daughter’s placenta. The organ that nourished my grandson for nine beautiful months. The sacred bridge that connected them. To prepare it with my own hands… as his Yaya and a birthworker… was such a powerful moment for me. It felt like love, legacy, and sacred postpartum care all moving through my hands at the same time. The placenta is so much more than something to discard. In many traditions it is known as the baby’s twin and even called a hidden chakra because of the life force and intelligence it holds. Supporting mothers through placenta medicine is something I take very seriously and hold with deep respect. And after more than a decade of walking this path… I feel called to share this wisdom. My course The Art & Science of Placenta Encapsulation is now inside my Sacred Birth Wisdom Academy on the Skool app. If you are a doula, birthworker, healer, or even a parent who wants to understand this sacred postpartum practice, this course was created with love and intention. ✨ The academy community is FREE to join and the link is in my Linktree. Come learn. Come grow. Come honor the sacred wisdom of birth with me. #SacredBirthWisdom #PlacentaEncapsulation #BirthWorkerLife #SacredBeginnings #PlacentaMedicine PostpartumHealing BirthWorkIsSacred BlackBirthWorker DoulaCommunity GrandMothership SacredBirth BirthEducation