PLACENTA ENCAPSULATION

What is Placenta Encapsulation and What are the Potential Benefits?

We invite you to pull up a seat and open your mind to the idea of placenta encapsulation for the purpose of ingestion.

The placenta, the organ your body grows to support your baby, is responsible for the management of your hormones during pregnancy. It produces the steroid hormones, oestrogen and progesterone. Additionally, it releases protein hormones like human chorionic gonadotrophin, human placentallactogen, placental growth hormone, relaxin and kisseptin.

 Shortly after you give birth, your body releases your placenta, and, the hormones that it produced. Welcome to the 6 week postpartum period. On average, that is about how long it takes your body to master the art of hormone management post birth.

In many cultures, the placenta is used for healing and restoring the body. The placenta’s that the people of those cultures deliver, are no different than yours. Yours holds as much power as theirs!

By encapsulating and ingesting your placenta, you are essentially reintroducing those hormones to your body and contributing to your post birth recovery.

 While there is not much evidence based information available regarding placenta encapsulation for ingestion, the anecdotal evidence is outstanding. Those who have personally benefited from consuming their encapsulated placentas report the following:

If the idea of this service appeals to you, you are not alone! So many of our clients at Appalachian Doulas hire us to encapsulate their placentas. I’m not sure they tell their family or friends about it, (lol) but they are always so pleased with the outcome.

When contracting with us for this service, you can expect the following:

• We will provide you with a clean, single-use cooler bag to collect your placenta

• All equipment necessary for the process will be sanitized and brought to your home by the specialist

• The specialist will clean, steam, and dehydrate your placenta

• The dried placenta will be crushed into powder form

• The placenta powder will be placed into gel capsules for your consumption

• Placentas come in different sizes and the size of your placenta will determine the number of capsules it yields. (You can expect anywhere from 80-175 capsules)

• Dosage suggestions will be offered to you by your placenta encapsulation specialist, however, the amount of capsules you consume and the time frame you use them in, is entirely up to you.

Contact Appalachian Doulas to discuss your postpartum recovery, and how the consumption of your placenta can elevate your experience!