Ingesting your placenta can have many benefits for a womyn postpartum. It can be used for hormonal regulation which can help combat postpartum depression, also known as "baby blues" and may even increase your milk supply and your energy! You may also be interested in the fact your placenta is a natural source of vitamins, minerals and protein which can restore you more quickly.
The placenta is also used in homeopathic medicine as a remedy. Original research into the placental remedy, Placenta humanum, has indicated its benefit in the treatment of conditions where the child's immune system has failed to respond effectively to a challenge or illness. If the remedy is prepared from the child's own placenta, it provides an added individualized boost to overcome the child's own particular inherited tendencies. It is a remedy to use at times of illness, shock, teething, transition or change and when you intuitively feel to. Mama can use this as well.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the placenta is known as a great life force (or Zi He Che) and has been used to cure ills such as infertility, impotence, asthma and menopause. It is given to correct an imbalance in the body and is considered a blood builder and a qi builder.
According to your needs, I can dehydrate your placenta and put it into capsules for you, freeze it into into portions so you can ingest it in smoothies, tincture it or make it into a meal. I also accept special requests of preparation. Another service I offer is making the cord into a keepsake or teething ring for your baby to use later on, and making membrane art or placenta prints for you to enjoy for years to come. The entire process is finished in about 24 hours.
The full encapsulation process is $250. I mainly do a raw, dehydrated encapsulation, but will do the Traditional Chinese Medicine method if you prefer which is steaming the placenta with ginger before dehydrating. I can also just put pieces of completely raw placenta into capsules that you can keep in your freezer.
The Mother Essence (placenta tincture) is $30, and may be added on to encapsulation, or just prepared on its own. This is essentially like having a homeopathic placenta remedy. This takes a very
small piece of the placenta, and can be kept indefinitely. It is for baby's use at times of illness, shock, teething, transition or change and when you intuitively feel the need for it. Mama can use this as well.
For processing and freezing small pieces of the placenta only (great for smoothies!), it is $150. For half encapsulated, half frozen, the price is $200.
Placenta prints and membrane art are each $20, while a cord teething ring/keepsake is now free upon request.
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I offer discounts and sliding scale. If you are interested in buying this service as a baby shower gift for some lucky mama, please contact me for a gift certificate. I take cash only, and would be happy to work out a payment plan that would be completed by the date of encapsulation. I am also more than happy to work in trade! Just contact me, we can work something out!
Love,
Andrea
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