What is Placenta Encapsulation?

The placenta delivers nutrients and oxygen to a developing baby and is full of vitamins, minerals, and hormones. After delivery, your hormone levels start to change rapidly. The drop in Progesterone and Estrogen creates a deficiency which can lead to a host of symptoms including mood swings, fatigue, changes in skin and hair, baby blues, and postpartum depression. The mood changes are due to the fact that these hormones usually support neurotransmitter levels in the brain associated with mood.

Data in a small study demonstrated that following the preparation process, hormones do remain present in placentas. Therefore, the idea behind consuming the placenta, is to reintroduce the hormones back into your body as soon as possible and wean off of them with the hope of bypassing the negatives that come with a deficiency. Anecdotal evidence on placenta consumption in human beings is overwhelmingly positive.

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Are there reasons you can't do it?

 

If you spike a fever at any point during delivery, that is an indication of an infection and therefore makes your placenta unsafe to consume.

There are misconceptions that you can't encapsulate with things like meconium, cholestasis, GBS+, preeclampsia, but you can! These situations and others will be discussed if they come up in your pregnancy/delivery, so you are informed.

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Reported benefits of consumption:

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• Reduction in postpartum depression (hormone stabilization which effects mood)

• Reduction in postpartum bleeding

• Faster healing (helps uterus return to its original size)

• Increased Oxytocin (hormone responsible for postpartum mood stabilization, helping uterus return to its original size after childbirth; and facilitates bonding between mother and child)

• Decrease in stress

• Replenished iron levels

• Increase in energy

• Increase in milk supply

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