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Eat your Placenta

Placenta Encapsulation

Placenta encapsulation is the process where the placenta is turned into a powder form and put into pill capsules to be ingested postpartum.

Placenta Tincture

Placenta tincture is made using dehydrated placenta powder and steeping it in a high proof alcohol for 6 weeks. Alcohol helps extract the nutrients and hormones present in the powder and can preserve it for many years. We recommend using your tincture when you begin to get your period back and feel like you need some hormone support or are worried about a drop in milk supply. It may also be used during times of trauma, transition, emotional stress, future periods or menopause.

Placenta Salve

Your placenta salve is not only infused with placenta but also herbs that are traditionally used for healing skin tissue. Placenta has long been used in skincare for its healing and restorative properties. There are a number of expensive anti-aging lotions and creams containing “sheep placenta extract” as the secret ingredient. Your own placenta is much more potent and completely safe to use topically when properly prepared.

Placenta Art Print

Placenta art is a beautiful way to remember your placenta and the life it gave to your baby. This one of a kind art print is made with your placenta using food-grade dye and set on high-quality watercolor paper. We can make it just about any color of the rainbow. Since food-grade dye was used during the process, you can add this on to any placenta preparation services.

Cord Keepsake

Your baby’s umbilical cord, shaped into a heart and dehydrated to preserve it. Once its done, I seal it and dip it in gold!

Cord Keepsake Necklace

A beautiful 20” necklace of your babies umbilical cord and/or placenta preserved as a timeless, classic keepsake. 


Placenta Packages

Capsules Only $250

deluxe Package Placenta Encapsulation $350

Capsules Only $250

PLACENTA ENCAPSULATION 


  • Placenta Encapsulation- your choice of traditional or Raw


Basic package $300

deluxe Package Placenta Encapsulation $350

Capsules Only $250

BASIC PLACENTA ENCAPSULATION 

  • Placenta Encapsulation- your choice of traditional or Raw
  • Cord Keepsake 
  • Placenta Print​ 

(Necklace add on $50)

deluxe Package Placenta Encapsulation $350

deluxe Package Placenta Encapsulation $350

deluxe Package Placenta Encapsulation $350

DELUXE PLACENTA ENCAPSULATION

  • Placenta Encapsulation-your choice of traditional or raw
  • 4oz Placenta Tincture
  • 4 oz Placenta Salve
  • Cord Keepsake
  • Placenta Art print

(Necklace add on $50)

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Keepsakes

Umbilical cord keepsake necklace $60

deluxe Package Placenta Encapsulation $350

Cord Keepsake $50

  • Umbilical cord keepsake, gold or natural
  • Custom shapes available (Love, Initial, heart, butterfly, swirl)


Placenta Art Print, and Cord Keepsake $75 

  • Umbilical cord keepsake
  • Natural Placenta Print
  • Water Color Placenta Print


Art Print, Cord Keepsake, and necklace $150

  • Pick up and delivery

Umbilical cord keepsake necklace $60

Umbilical cord keepsake necklace $60

Umbilical cord keepsake necklace $60

Umbilical Cord Keepsake Necklace $60

A beautiful 20” necklace of your babies umbilical cord and/or placenta preserved as a timeless, classic keepsake. 

Customizable with your babies initial, Shimmer, gold, silver, and rose gold flakes available. 


Art Print, Cord Keepsake, and necklace $150


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Placenta Soil Inclusions $200

Umbilical cord keepsake necklace $60

Umbilical cord keepsake necklace $60

Placenta Soil Inclusion 

Do you want to honor the placenta that grew your baby, but don’t want to consume it? Many cultures have Placenta planting ceremonies.

Placenta’s are thought to be one of the purest forms of organic fertilizer you can use. It is nutrient dense, and enriches the soil.

Placenta Soil Inclusions are incorporated with ready to plant soil, and your placenta.  

  • Soil Inclusion 
  • Cord Keepsake 
  • Placenta Print​ 

(Necklace add on $50)

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The Postpartum period is hard. Every woman is at risk.

Postpartum fatigue effects up to 70% of women and:

Iron deficiency effects more than 50% of women of reproductive age and has a negative impact on:

Iron deficiency effects more than 50% of women of reproductive age and has a negative impact on:

Contributes to poor health, irritability and inability to concentrate

  • Is linked to iron deficiency, anemia, inflammation and thyroid dysfunction

Iron deficiency effects more than 50% of women of reproductive age and has a negative impact on:

Iron deficiency effects more than 50% of women of reproductive age and has a negative impact on:

Iron deficiency effects more than 50% of women of reproductive age and has a negative impact on:

  • Mother baby interactions
  • Your ability to handle stress
  • Energy levels, fitness ability, endurance capacity and cognition
  • Baby’s brain and behavioral function long after the period of iron deficiency. Baby’s brain function is fundamentally altered

Significant risk factors in developing Postpartum Depression are:

Iron deficiency effects more than 50% of women of reproductive age and has a negative impact on:

Significant risk factors in developing Postpartum Depression are:

  • Fatigue
  • Anemia
  • Iron deficiency
  • Birth interventions
  • Thyroid dysfunction
  • High body mass index
  • Low levels of hormones
  • Personal or family history of depression

After birth, due to the sharp drop in:

After birth, due to the sharp drop in:

Significant risk factors in developing Postpartum Depression are:

  • Iron,
  • Blood,
  • Nutrients and
  • Hormones

It’s totally normal to feel:

After birth, due to the sharp drop in:

It’s totally normal to feel:

  • Pain,
  • Sadness,
  • Stress,
  • Fatigue,
  • Depressed,
  • Sleep deprived,
  • Unbalanced, unsure and
  • Nervous about breastfeeding


Placenta benefits can be the solution!

Why does it work?

Nutrients that replenish bodily stores for a healthy functioning of mother and baby are:

Research shows that Iron Therapy significantly improves:

  • The placenta is full of bioavailable Iron, nutrients and hormones.
  • Iron is necessary for energy and brain function.

Research shows that Iron Therapy significantly improves:

Nutrients that replenish bodily stores for a healthy functioning of mother and baby are:

Research shows that Iron Therapy significantly improves:

  • Fatigue levels, stress, and symptoms of depression.
  • Fitness levels, oxygen intake, and respiratory function.
  • Mood, apathy, ability to concentrate and work efficiency.

Nutrients that replenish bodily stores for a healthy functioning of mother and baby are:

Nutrients that replenish bodily stores for a healthy functioning of mother and baby are:

Nutrients that replenish bodily stores for a healthy functioning of mother and baby are:

Calcium, Copper, Fiber, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Protein, Vitamin B6 and Zinc.


With placenta encapsulation, these benefits are possible:

  • Faster healing
  • Increased energy
  • After birth pain relief
  • Plentiful milk production
  • Reduced postnatal bleeding
  • Improved mother-baby bonding
  • A balanced feeling of overall wellness
  • Improved infant awareness and development
  • Improved brain function for mother and baby
  • An easy transition for mother and baby with less stress
  • Improved mood and emotions throughout your postpartum period
  • Improvements in fitness ability, endurance capacity and work efficiency


References:

  1. Postpartum fatigue and evidence=based interventions. Elizabeth j corwin phd rn cnp and megan arbour ms cnm. Vol 32 No 4. July/august 2007.
  2. Maternal iron deficiency anemia affects pp emotions and cognition! Nutritional epidemiology. The journal of nutrition. Copyright 2005 american society for nutritional sciences. Initial review completed 10 sept 2004 by john l beard, Michael k Hendricks, eva m perez, laura e murray-kolls, arstrid berg, lynne Vernon-fagans, james irlam, washiefa issacs, alan sive and mark Tomlinson, dept of nutritional sciences. The Pennsylvania state univ
  3. Review article. Have we forgotten the significance of pp iron deficiency? American journal of obstetrics and gynecology (2005). 93. ajog.org. copyright 2005 el sevier inc. lisa m bodnar phd mph rd. mary e cogswell, dr ph rn, that mcdonald, md. Revised and accepted on 12/6/2004.
  4. Powered by Bnet.com Copyright 1995 Discover. Copyright 2004 Gale Group Baby Blues – ppd attributed to low levels of corticotropia releasing hormones after placenta is gone – Brief article. Website location?
  5. Review article. Hormonal changes in the postpartum and implications for postpartum depression. Vol 39 No 2. Mar-april 1998. Copyright 1998 the academy of psychosomatic medicine. From the ucla neuropsychiatric institute and hospital and w la veterans affairs med center : victoria hendrick, md. Lori l. a lt shuler md. Rita suri md.
  6. Participation of placental opioid-enhancing factor in opioid-modulated events at parturition. Inabis 1998. Website? Author?
  7. Placenta as a lactagogon. By eva soykova-pachnerova, vlastimil brutar, berta 1950-1969. Golova, eva zvolska. From the first obstetric clinic, Charles univ, prague. Gynaecologia; international monthly review of obstetrics and gynaecology. Volume 138 No 61954 pgs 617-27
  8. Clinical practice. Does eating placenta offer pp health benefits? Michelle beacock. Edge hill univ. copyright british journal of midwifery. July 2012 vol 20 No 7. P 464-. MarkAllen Publishing Ltd.
  9. Primary care. Iron supplementation for unexplained fatigue in non-anemic women: double blind randomized placebo controlled trial. Copyright 2003 bmj publishing group ltd.
  10. Enhancement of opiod-mediated analgesia: a solution to the enigma of placentaophagia. Mark b Kristal mb. Dept of psychology, state univ of new york. Neurosci. Biobehav rev 15(3) 425-435, 1991.
  11. Placentophagia: a biobehavioral enigma. Mark b Kristal. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. Vol 4. Pp 141-150. Dept of psychology, state univ of ny at buffalo. Feb 2 1980.
  12. Nutrients and hormones. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10932499
  13. (Robin Lim, 172, A study by The Center for Neurobehavioral Development at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine)
  14. Researchers at the national institute of health (nih) has found evidence new mothers have lower than normal levels of crh (4)
  15. Article online about epidurals and postpartum depression
  16. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/springer/clac/2015/00000006/00000003/art00002 Recent Study
  17. Estrogen therapy study: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00059228
  18. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0010694/ Prostaglandins reduce hemorrhaging


How it works

Within 24-hours of baby being born, I pick up your placenta for processing. Your placenta is then prepared, dehydrated, ground into a fine powder, and then encapsulated in organic, vegan capsules.


Heated method of Encapsulation Vs. Simple

HEATED METHOD

HEATED METHOD

HEATED METHOD

General Information:

 Most commonly used method of placenta encapsulation.

Traditional Chinese Medicine theorizes that birthing the placenta leaves an empty space within the mother, which makes the cold (yin) empty space and the practice of steaming the placenta to be consumed balances the body by creating a warm energy (yang).

According to several Chinese philosophical principals done for over 5000 years. Popularized starting in 1984 in America. Provides the freshest/higher hormonal/nutrient benefits as the TCM/Heated method lessens vital enzymes, hormones, and nutrients.

Process:

 Rinsed, steamed, cooled, cut into thin strips, dehydrated for 8 – 12 hours. 


Capsule #: 

Approximately 100-150 size 0 capsules depending on size of placenta and choices of other products.

Benefits: 

 Creates a more balanced experience. Great for overall longer term recovery, nourishing the body as it recovers, increased breastmilk supply, decreased PPD/PPA symptoms.

Notes: 

Steaming helps kill surface bacteria, therefore recommended for placentas where surface bacterial may be present, such as: exposure to meconium, prolonged exposure to afterbirth water with waterbirths, etc.

Hormones and most vitamins, iron, and selenium remain after steaming, however vitamin A, thymine, vitamin D, and some B vitamins are affected by the heating process.

Can be steamed with added herbs, lemon, pepper, ginger, frankincense, myrrh, garlic, turmeric, oils, etc. As a standard, I prepare without additions, please let me know if you’d like add additions.

SIMPLE METHOD

HEATED METHOD

HEATED METHOD

General Information: 

Provides the freshest/higher hormonal/nutrient benefits as the TCM/Heated method lessens vital enzymes, hormones, and nutrients.


 Some clients do not like that the placenta is prepared RAW.



Process: 

It is often thought that the raw method of encapsulation means that raw pieces of the placenta are somehow placed within capsules – this is not the way it works! It is instead a way of consuming the placenta without it first being steamed; some believe the nutrients may be destroyed by the heat.


Rinsed, NOT steamed, cut raw into thin strips, dehydrated for 18-24 hours.



Capsule #:

 Approximately 125-175 size 0 capsules depending on size of placenta and choices of other products.



Benefits:

Women who are looking to increase their energy levels after birth are likely to benefit from raw capsules.


 Great for immediate shorter term recovery, blood building and returning iron levels. 


 More immediate mood/energy increases, sometimes reported as too strong.


Notes: 

Not recommended if infection was present during late pregnancy/labor/birth or for women with history of mental illness, insomnia, anxiety, sensitive to caffeine, current/past thyroid issues, STD/STIs, pregnancy induces hypertension, pregnancy-induces toxemia, preclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP syndrome.


  Test sensitivity to RAW capsules before beginning a strong dosage schedule. Do NOT take after 5pm to ensure good sleep


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