Who's consuming their placenta?

[organicpapayamama]

I know there's a few ways to consume it... I encapsulated mine. I noticed everytime I have some (typically 2 pills once a day) I break out like crazy on my chin. I get about a dozen new pimples overnight. Anyone else have this happen? Is it the hormones? Should inkeep taking them? The break outs are annoying. The pills seem to help me when I get irritable with my 2 yr old. Thoughts?

[Avani]

I encapsulated or had in tea. My thoughts are that our placenta absorbs things throughout our pregnancy (horomones, toxins, emotions) and then we are putting it back into our bodies. I kept having more intense anxiety when i would take my placenta. I also had a very stressful pregnancy. I have no clue if there is anything to it but those are my thoughts!

[brooklyn_warbler]

i encapsulated. unlike the previous poster, if i forget to take my pills for a day or two i notice i am WAY more prone to anxiety and the weepies. i loooooooooooooove my placenta pills -- best money i ever spent to get that done.

[NatalieRose3]

How do you have it encapsulated?

[Violetmama]

I will be - my MW just wrote a book about it. Instead of encapsulating I've decided to have her cut it and freeze it because it is free. She promised that if I just put a piece in a smoothie I won't know the diff. I'm a bit dubious about the whole thing BUT I did have some PPD issues last time and would really like to avoid that so I'm willing to try.
Avani - your point is very interesting - maybe we can keep each other posted on how its going!

[sweet_tart_vt]

I am planning to.

I plan to do a small piece "between the cheek and gum" right after it has come out to ward off any PPH. I've never had a problem with bleeding before, but I have been very anemic throughout this pregnancy, and I know that can predispose to bleeding. I'd rather eat some and not need it than need some and not have it.
As for afterward I would like to cut it in small pieces and freeze it to use in smoothies. I really wanted to encapsulate, but there is no way that DH would take on the "prep duty", and Im not sure I would be up to doing it all myself. I dont know of anyone in my area that could do it for me either. This will be my 1st time consuming it, but my 7th baby. Before we always froze them and planted them in the spring/summer with a special bush/tree. Since being diagnosed with severe PTSD last year I do have some worries about PPD this time around so I would like to do everything in my power to ward that off.

Before I can do any of that good stuff I need a baby to arrive! (41+4 today) LOL. *hint hint* little lady.....

[KSDoulaMama]

I cut mine up, froze the pieces in ice cube trays, and I'm using it in smoothies every day. I notice that if I miss it or have it too late in the day, I am much more easily upset, teary, and anxious. I wanted to encapsulate it because honestly, it's a little hard for me to swallow that smoothie! However, in my area there is no one to do that and I was really not up for that job immediately postpartum. That being said, the smoothies help me immensely, even if I have to chug it down while trying not to think about it, haha!

[Kontessa]

Smoothies here as well, not everyday though, just when I am feeling a bit blue DH will make one for me. I think the smoothies have a slight steak aftertaste. I had a piece that did not blend well and it was chewy.... thinking about eating any kind of meat raw is gross. Thinking about eating something I think of as my babies "friend" is gross but alas, thinking about how natural consuming it is and how we are the only mammals that don't helps a lot. Logic wins out in my case as I do not want PPD again. So far so good.

I am not seeing any issues, I have gotten some white heads, in odd places, like my chest. They look like the few my baby has on her face. Not connected to my smoothies I am thinking though. I could be wrong!

I really think my smoothies help me.

[OrchideZ]

I have been taking my capsules (prepared for me by a certified chinese herbalist) every day for about 2 weeks now.
She suggests to take 3 caps 3x a day but I have been doing 3 caps 2x a day to stretch them out further.
When I get to 1 month pp, I will save the rest of the caps for times of high stress like periods, feeling extra down, etc.
I did this before for my son's birth and its definitely worth it.

[starkyld]

I'm having mine in smoothies. My husband used way too much for the first one (I want them to last), but it still tasted fine.

[KSDoulaMama]

Discovered the best placenta smoothie recipe... So good that I forget I'm eating my placenta.

4-5 frozen strawberries
3 scoops orange sherbet
1/2 cup milk
splash of orange-pineapple juice
placenta (cut into teensy bits before blending so it blends completely!)

[mamalovesbaby]

I had mine encapsulated, I got them 5 days PP, and from day 3 through to day 6 I was VERY weepy, I am on day 7 now, and started taking the pills very late in the evening (about 10pm) on day 5, and by mid day day 6 was feeling pretty amazing. The difference has been like night and day for me, and I truely believe I would be heading to PPD if it wasn't for the placenta pills.

I have been recommended to take 1 at a time, a maximum of 3 x a day for the first 6 weeks, then as needed after this time. I have also been recommended to take the pill with a small glass of white wine once in a while as this enhances its effect.

[attached2ethan]

I encapsulated mine. I too was weepy and irritable from day 3-8, I got the pills back on day 8 and took them right away. Day 9 I was a whole new person! I had more energy, stopped crying, and felt emotionally whole again.

I'm now 3 weeks postpartum and still taking them (2 pills per day)- I still feel emotional on and off but it's MUCH better than last time when I headed into pretty bad PPD with baby #2.

I find now that my weepiness comes when I'm just too exhausted- if I sleep, I feel fine!

Jessica

[mamaspirit]

I am so sad about this, especially since the baby blues are hitting me already. I had planned on encapsulating my placenta like I did last time. It worked so well last time. But this time my placenta was so infected they wouldn't even let me take it home to plant a tree on it. I feel like crying just thinking about it.