Who's eaten their placenta?

[Guppy051708]

Sorry to sound naive but what does it mean when you say you will have it "encapsulated"?
The benefits sound great, and hats off to you for doing it. Not sure I could do it myself though

it means you put your placenta through a process to get it to fit into those tiny "plastic" capsules that some herbs/meds come in Then you just take some each day and dont have to stomach the thought of actually eating your placenta lol

Oh wow, I had no idea that was possible. I can understand why some people would do that. Must be costly though?

It depends on your area, how much you pay....and if you know how to do it yourself...if you hire someone its a couple hundred dollars, probably about $250-$350, but depends on the area.

 

[Guppy051708]

I encapsulated mine and will again for all future babies.

did you do it yourself or did you hire someone? if you did it yourself do you have link to learn? is it tough? how much does it cost? Sorry soo many questions lol.
...i heard you have to be very gentle with the placenta during birth (well after its birthed) because if you do anything to it, it can take alot of nutrients away, or something like that.

 

[heaven]

If you go under my threads, it is under the lotus birth(the one with 6 pages and from the natural birthing section) It is somewhere on page 4 ,I think . It should start with www.cafemom

I tried to copy and paste the link, but it wouldn't do it.
Hope that helps.
We are buying a dehydrator on Amazon for 60 and already have the capsules. We got ours from www.mountainroseherbs.com, and they are size 00.

 

[tripletsOMG]

I will be encapsulating because I have dealt with PPD in the past it is worth a shot in order to avoid medications that arent safe while breastfeeding. Have had 5 friends do it for PPD and milk production they swear it works.

 

[jillypoop]

Hey guys
Hope you can help, my OH wants to eat my placenta, and he's found loads of recipes online. How do you go about bringing it home from the hospital? I can't imagine our local NHS hospital just giving it to us in a freezer bag or anything lol but can't find any info online about it. We've got our 20wk scan next week, should I ask about it then?

x

 

[hot tea]

Yes, they will give it to you in a freezer bag, LOL! I would bring your own. It is a part of your body and absolutrly your right to take it home for whatever reason you have. Make sure the doctor and nurses delivering your baby know beforehand.

 

[Jtiki]

Here is a website with detailed instructions and photos on how to encapsulate yourself. https://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/1577334/Placenta_Encapsulation_Instructions_w_Pictures

 

[kosh]

does anyone know where you can get it encapsulated in the UK?

 

[labydird]

wow I am surprised at so many being rpo-eating placenta lol!

In my religion we bury the placenta soon after baby is born, as its seen as part of the baby.

 

[kosh]

wow I am surprised at so many being rpo-eating placenta lol!

In my religion we bury the placenta soon after baby is born, as its seen as part of the baby.

just out of curiosity - what's your religion?

 

[labydird]

sorry I should have said, I'm a Muslim, so religion: Islam

The placenta is seen as part of the baby, ideally any part of the person which is removed should be buried. Even things like hair that is cut off/ nails cut off ideally should be put into the ground, I guess its a 'dust to dust' type of thing- although I guess nowadays putting hair/ nails in the bin is the same thing as the rubbish is usually buried en-masse in the dump anyway!

If the placenta is left at the hospital they will incinirate it, so over here tyhey will just hand it to you in a bucket or something if you request at the time and you can just bury it in the back garden or something (we had to bury it quite deep as we have foxes and place a large stone on top to prevent any naimals digging up the area!)

 

[cranberry987]

What dehydrator are people using? I cant really find any for cheap as we dont really do jerky in the UK so I guess its a specialist market. Ive seen a kit for hire for £85 but that seems expensive to me and they only ship it a week before your EDD.

 

[madasa]

i really want to get it encapsulated unfortunatly we dont' have the extra funds sitting around
I know the benefits ARE great. And especially given my chronic low milk supply issue the last time (due to IGT and stupid hospital routines ), being anemic (had PICA), and post partum thyroiditis, i really think this would do me well! ....besides we are the only animals that DONT practise this...so you'd think we should

At first, I don't think I will charge clients for it. Maybe just cover my expenses/mileage... If you want to encapsulate it, there's bound to be an affordable way of doing it.... hope you do manage to, let us know how it goes!

 

[cranberry987]

Planning on doing this DIY. Have some 00 capsules but not sure if I need the machine thingy to help fill them. Can i just scoop the dried bits up into the capsules?

 

[modo]

My doulas partner doe thi so I will def have mine encapsulated

 

[sleepinbeauty]

I'd eat it if it wouldn't gross out my boyfriend so much! I'll get it encapsulated. That stir fry sounds great though!

It was either that for planting a tree with it...

 

[bassdesire]

We just got our capsules---so so so excited!!

 

[Sovereign]

So interesting. never heard of encapsulating it before x

 

[Jtiki]

I plan to do it myself. For those asking about dehydrators, I have a big fancy one because I dry lots of produce from the garden. But before I got it, I would use the oven on the lowest setting possible overnight. I use to that for beef jerky also, but when using meat I would steam it first to kill any bacteria.

 

[goddess25]

Wow i never knew that I could have it encapsulated. I couldn't stomach eating it after I saw it. I could not BF my first child as I had chronic low supply related to IGT and PCOS. This time I fed her ok until 6 weeks then I could not meet her needs.

Next time if there is one I would consider this.