my story

“Birth is not only about making babies.  Birth is about
making mothers – strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and
know their inner strength.”

-Barbara Katz Rothman

Welcome! 

My name is Lexi Shepetys.

I am mother to my 2 beautiful boys that challenge and inspire me daily.

They fill my heart and soul with more love than I ever thought possible.

I adore them, and I adore being their mom!

With our first son, Sawyer, we planned for a home birth, but due to my "failing to
progress" (What I contribute to a psychological block which manifested
itself physically) we were transferred to the Foothills hospital. We were
fortunate to be able to continue care with our lovely Midwives and Sawyer was
born naturally without further complications 3 hours later.

However, shortly after I began to feel the "baby blues" which lasted for weeks. I got
pretty good at masking how I was feeling to the outside world- but continued to
struggle silently (not something I would recommend). The blues did eventually
fade. 

I had heard of encapsulating your placenta, but it was not financially feasible at the time so
I did not look into it further. As well as feeling down, I was sluggish, impatient, easily irritated by the smallest things and bled for weeks and weeks after he was born. Not at all how I had envisioned my first few months with our new baby boy.

I thought this was just how it goes- why wouldn't I be a little sluggish, tired and short tempered when I'm getting minimal sleep and adjusting to life as a new mom?

Now, cut to two years later. With the help of the same lovely Midwife team we successfully birthed our second beautiful boy, Hendrix, in the comfort of our own home.

I was not about to take any chances this time. I'd read about all the wonderful benefits encapsulating the placenta had for both mom and baby. It was important to me for my health and our new baby's health that I make it a priority

I began taking the placenta caps 2 days after Hendrix was born. I felt and still feel energized during the day- months later. I slept and still sleep well at night (crazy, I know!), I bled for a normal amount of time and best of all, to this day am happy and able to focus on the overwhelming love I have for my little family

I contribute this positive postpartum experience whole heartedly to these amazing little caps filled with my baby's life source while he was inside me for those 9 months!

This is why I believe in what I do, and why I want to share it with as many women as possible!

Love and hugs,

Lexi

 

lexi@birthroot.net 

www.birthroots.net