Hayden is a birth photographer as well as a doula and loves all things birth. Here are a few words from her that describe her passion for giving families physical reminders of the first monents with their new baby. "There is nothing more precious or more memory- inducing to me than the photos I have documenting my own birth. I had such an overflow of emotion and gratitude for my photographer, I knew that I wanted to be able to provide the same for other families. I’ve since fallen in love with everything birth and capturing the true essence of your being and dynamic. Now I have this humbling opportunity to be able to capture the most intimate of all moments. I can’t express how thankful I am to each and every one of my clients for trusting me to be a part of their birth space. Trusting me with capturing you at your most vulnerable. Your child’s first breath of earth's air. Your first gentle touch of their tiny features. Soaking all of it in."
The custom of consuming the placenta, often done as placental encapsulation, is centuries old, practiced most often in Chinese medicine. Tradition and holistic medical customs embrace a number of potential advantages which come from ingesting the placenta. Among these possible benefits are: Increased release of the hormone oxytocin, which helps the uterus return to normal size and encourages bonding with the infant. Increase in CRH, a stress-reducing hormone. Decrease in post-partum depression levels. Restoration of iron levels in the blood, and increase in milk production.
Sam Magpi of Magpi Midwifery offers placenta encapsulation services, fertility counseling, and wellbody services in addition to homebirth midwifery.