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YOU WANT ME TO EAT MY PLACENTA?
Well, not really. I wouldn’ t call it eating....
I’ m sure by now you’ ve heard of Mad Men star, January Jones, who was recently in the spotlight for choosing to consume her own placenta capsules after the birth of her baby. Why? To beat the baby blues, heal faster after childbirth and to have a happier postpartum overall. Many women worldwide are turning to placenta encapsulation for its postpartum benefits for these exact reasons.
Placental encapsulation and ingestion has been used in Chinese Medicine for hundreds of years. The Traditional Chinese Method consists of steaming, dehydrating and grinding the placenta into powder form. The powder is then put into capsules and is to be taken on a schedule, much like a vitamin. There are a brave few out there who choose to consume the placenta raw by blending it up in a smoothie, or baking it in to their favorite casserole- but let’ s face it- that would make most people a tad squeamish. Swallowing
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While many of the benefits of placenta encapsulation are anecdotal, there is an increasing amount of research explaining why it works so well. The placenta plays an important role in endocrine functioning during pregnancy. The hormones contained within the placenta at the time of birth may still be beneficial to mothers during their postpartum recovery. Research has shown the placenta contains many hormones, vitamins and minerals such as progesterone, CHR, cortisol, estrogens, endorphins, vitamin B, iron and many more. Deficiencies in many of these listed have been linked to postpartum depression.
In addition to hormone balancing, placenta capsules have also been shown to:
• increase breast milk production
• lessen postnatal bleeding
• hasten uterus to pre-pregnancy state
• increase energy levels
• increase the‘ natural high’ feeling after giving birth
By re-introducing these nutrients back into the body, a woman has a better chance of avoiding the hormonal‘ crash’ or the‘ baby blues’ that is so common after childbirth. It is reported that 80 % of mothers suffer from the baby blues; 12-16 % of mothers are diagnosed with postpartum depression – that’ s about one in every seven mothers. Anyone who has suffered from postpartum depression knows that it is a very serious condition which may require medication. Your placenta has already been created perfectly for you and baby so there are essentially no side effects.
This service has helped thousands of women throughout North America and I can assure you this is not just for the crunchy folk out there!
Contributed by Karalyn Lockhart of Instinctive Birth.
10 2013 Okanagan4Kids. com Baby & Toddler Guide