Placenta Encapsulation

I have meticulous safety protocols that come first.  A checklist is followed every single time, so nothing is forgotten.  Your single-use cooler kit will come labeled with your name on the outside & inside.  Before I prepare, I confirm your choices.  Your label follows your placenta thru the whole process all the way to your labeled & sealed capsules bottle.  The protocols checklist has multiple stops to confirm label with placenta & preparation choices and ensures a 100% absolute guarantee that you will only receive your own placenta pills back.  The cooler is placed in the first day’s proper disposal bag & is never used again.

Yes, in almost every scenario: home birth, birth center, hospital birth, premature birth, induction, epidural, cesarean, gbs+, delayed cord clamping, cord blood banking.. all of these are ok to proceed with placenta encapsulation.  I provide instructions for proper care before I arrive.  *If your placenta must go to pathology, please request that only a small sample is taken, and proceed to safely store it, so that we may still encapsulate once cleared.  A hospital will not release the placenta if there have been signs of fever during labor.

The simple answer is that Yes, it is safe to encapsulate when there are no signs or symptoms of infection in the mother or newborn.  When the placenta is properly prepared, using food-safe methods, GBS bacteria is eliminated from placental tissues.  So many of us register as GBS+ before birth, which simply means that Group B Strep bacteria are present at the time of testing, which is completely normal.  It is not an infection, and does not mean that you, your placenta, or baby has an infection.

Possible signs or symptoms of infection in a newborn or mother during labor or in the first 48 hours after birth are fever, newborn or postpartum fever, foul smelling postpartum discharge, or labored breathing in a newborn.  When these signs are not present, it is safe to proceed.

Yes! There are no contraindications for consuming your placenta. It is completely safe and can help rebalance all the hormone madness that's probably been going on for you. To explain a little... During Gestational Diabetes, the hormones related to insulin spikes in the body have a lot more to do with the placenta mixing signals in the body of when 'this or that' is enough or not enough, and a tired and over-worked pancreas that responds slowly.  It requires a living placenta reacting to hormonal surges actively going on in the body.  Whereas ingesting a dehydrated placenta will not have the same bodily effect on the pancreas and liver that cause the insulin and hormone imbalances of Gestational Diabetes.  Also, you will not be consuming the entire placenta in one sitting. It's more like very small amounts over a few months. Many women who have had GD, have consumed their pills, and then have gone on to pass the 6 week postpartum blood test with no issue.

Depending on the preparation method you choose and size the size of the placenta, you could estimate between 120-200 size 0 capsules.  The pills are meant to be taken daily until gone, so you could estimate them lasting a couple of months or so.  The most pills I have given a client was 302!!!

Animal research is proven to accurately determine human anatomy and functions, and the animal research supports the benefits of Placentophagy (the consumption of the placenta). Not to mention, the personal testimonies of the placenta’s healing powers from women and midwives come from all around the world. There are also many medical accounts of mothers’ lives saved from hemorrhaging by ingesting a piece of placenta immediately after birth, as it stops internal bleeding. The most recent research has proven the placenta does retain nutrients after dehydration and is in no way harmful to Mother and Baby, from mother ingesting and then breastfeeding.  It is the only complete source of hormones & nutrients, that have been lost at birth.  The placenta is used in the medical world for its super stem cells, healing and regenerating skin for burn victims and much more.  When the placenta is not taken home from birth in a hospital, it is most likely NOT disposed of.

The placenta is widely accepted as the vegetarian-friendly meat because even our herbivorous animals, like the cow, consume their own placenta for the many benefits. It is the only source of protein we receive from a birth and not a death. There are no beings harmed in the process.

Dehydrating is an ancient preservation method. It does not cause any change in iron or fiber content and retains high nutritional and hormone levels in dehydrated foods.

Possible benefits include pain relief, increased energy, improved brain function, plentiful milk production, faster healing, reduced bleeding, improved mother-baby bonding, improved mood & emotions, and a balanced feeling of overall wellness.

I do not use any herbs. Feel free to take any herbs and supplements you would like separately.