Eating the placenta??

I’d recommend the evidence based birth podcast on placenta encapsulation. https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-on-placenta-encapsulation/

It could have very well been the placebo effect, but I swear, having my placenta put in capsule form and tincture was amazing. I think It helped with my mood and balancing my hormones out. And for me, your body didn't only just make a human, it also simultaneously grew a whole damn organ. So why not help your body with the beautiful shock of childbirth and put what you made back into you and baby. I also am convinced it helped with my milk supply. I was a damn cow. I never pumped once and would still get like at least 5 extra ounces of milk using a haaka during each feed.
I want to say it cost about $200 and the turn around was less than a week. Everywhere is different though I'm sure. The woman doing it actually came and picked up my placenta at the hospital and then delivered the final product to my house. It was great.
I'd suggest looking up midwives in your area and they will most likely be able to point you in the direction of someone who does this or knows someone who does. Do

I took them for all three of my kids and I swear by it.

I just contacted someone to encapsulate mine after birth and do a tincture. J think it’s $250? This is my first child so i can’t speak into experience. One of my mama friends has 4 kiddos and her last she had to wait longer to encapsulate and she said she definitely noticed postpartum depression coming on in a way she didn’t with the others and said it was because of the delay in her encapsulation

I did placenta encapsulation. My doula took it with her from the hospital and brought it to me like a week or so later at my postpartum check in with her. I definitely feel it helped me stay more even keel in my postpartum recovery. I think we paid maybe $250 for the service?

I looked into this heavily when I was pregnant and my conclusion was to not go ahead with it for three folkowjng reasons. There is no scientific evidence that consuming your own placenta has any benefits, all benefits reported are anecdotal, no proven benefits. One thing people used to say as a benefit was we are the only mammal not to eat our placenta, so I researched that as well. Other mammals eat their placentas to avoid their babies being detected and eaten by prey. As we are top of the food chain there is no need for us to consume ours. It’s not cheap and for me there wasn’t the evidence to justify the money. This is all just my research and opinion though, there are many women that swear by it!

Do it! It can lessen the chance of postpartum depression and helps balance hormones.

I agree with Izzy I also was considering it and did my research and not only did I found out the information above the placenta is something to filter out toxins so it is full of them. I think the reason ppl feel better off it is because it forces your body to produce antibodies to fight the poison your putting in there but I dont feel like it’s good for you or your liver.

How soon should request this ? Can you schedule it any time or do I have to wait til it’s closer for me to give birth?

Not personally for me. However a women at my work cooked her daughters placenta for her in a curry for her to eat 🤮🤮🤮 capsules seem like a great idea tho xx

I had my placenta in smoothies. Something about the raw form felt better for me. I had a home birth which may be why I was able to do this..idk..but this was first baby so I cant say if it helped. I was on cloud 9! Lol best thing is do some research on pros and cons and go with what resignates with you! Best wishes!

I’ve signed up to it in the UK and it’s costing around £250!

Personally I’d never. There’s no evidence that proves it’s beneficial at all either

No I wouldn't 😱😱