It's becoming well known that ingesting your placenta has many benefits and is well worth the "You're kidding right?" moment.
The placenta is composed of a combination of hormone and healing components.
To date the known ingredients that give the placenta its healing properties are:
Gonadotrophin: the precursor to estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.
Prolactin: promotes lactation.
Oxytocin: for pain, bonding; produced during breastfeeding to facilitate bonding of mother and infant. In pharmaceutical form this is a very addictive drug because it promotes a feeling of connectedness with others.
Thyroid stimulating hormone: boosts energy and helps recover from stressful events.
Cortisone: combats stress and unlocks energy stores.
Interferon: stimulates the immune system to protect against infections.
Prostaglandisn: anti-inflammatory.
Hemoglobin: replenishes iron deficiency and anemia (which can contribute to postpartum depression).
Urokinase inhibiting fact and factor XIII: stops bleeding and enhances and speeds wound healing.
Gammaglobulin: immune booster that helps protect against postpartum infections.
It is a combination of several of these factors that helps eliminate postpartum depression.
As more research is done, I feel certain that even more components will be found that are beneficial to the healing and energizing affects for the new mom.
So, as you can see, the placenta is full of feel-good hormones and healing components, making the first few months with your baby the happiest of your life!
Placenta ingestion can be done either by encapsulation (so you just take a gel cap pill if you just can't get over the ick factor), or raw ingestion which can be just putting 2-3 thumbnail size pieces of raw placenta in a smoothie
I prepare placenta at a cost of:
Placenta encapsulation - $175 + tax
Raw placenta preparation - $100 + tax
There is a $25 pick up fee if you need me to pick up your placenta and deliver the capsules after preparation.
If you hire me as your doula, you get a discounted price on placenta preparation.
The placenta is composed of a combination of hormone and healing components.
To date the known ingredients that give the placenta its healing properties are:
Gonadotrophin: the precursor to estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.
Prolactin: promotes lactation.
Oxytocin: for pain, bonding; produced during breastfeeding to facilitate bonding of mother and infant. In pharmaceutical form this is a very addictive drug because it promotes a feeling of connectedness with others.
Thyroid stimulating hormone: boosts energy and helps recover from stressful events.
Cortisone: combats stress and unlocks energy stores.
Interferon: stimulates the immune system to protect against infections.
Prostaglandisn: anti-inflammatory.
Hemoglobin: replenishes iron deficiency and anemia (which can contribute to postpartum depression).
Urokinase inhibiting fact and factor XIII: stops bleeding and enhances and speeds wound healing.
Gammaglobulin: immune booster that helps protect against postpartum infections.
It is a combination of several of these factors that helps eliminate postpartum depression.
As more research is done, I feel certain that even more components will be found that are beneficial to the healing and energizing affects for the new mom.
So, as you can see, the placenta is full of feel-good hormones and healing components, making the first few months with your baby the happiest of your life!
Placenta ingestion can be done either by encapsulation (so you just take a gel cap pill if you just can't get over the ick factor), or raw ingestion which can be just putting 2-3 thumbnail size pieces of raw placenta in a smoothie
I prepare placenta at a cost of:
Placenta encapsulation - $175 + tax
Raw placenta preparation - $100 + tax
There is a $25 pick up fee if you need me to pick up your placenta and deliver the capsules after preparation.
If you hire me as your doula, you get a discounted price on placenta preparation.