Placenta Recipes

[VeganEmma]

I am planning on consuming my placenta, either through encapsulation or some other way. I would love some recipes if anyone has one?

Also, is it necessary to boil/steam the placenta first? Or would it be okay to keep it raw and dehydrate it at a low temp to keep the enzymes alive?

[rainbow_mandala]

I plan on making a smoothie with some or all of my placenta...I like the fact that the other fruit and stuff you throw in will help mask the taste It also calls for raw placenta, which ensures that all the enzymes will remain alive.

Here's a great thread for smoothie recipes:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=935130

[VeganEmma]

Originally Posted by rainbow_mandala

I plan on making a smoothie with some or all of my placenta...I like the fact that the other fruit and stuff you throw in will help mask the taste It also calls for raw placenta, which ensures that all the enzymes will remain alive.

Here's a great thread for smoothie recipes:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=935130

I am weirded out by the thought of eating my placenta raw... because it is bloody meat and I have not eaten meat in 7 years But I think it is the best most effective way to get those hormones! Are you going to cut it up and freeze it or just put it in the fridge and use it daily? And thank you for the thread link, I am going to chick it out!

Also, you are due in March like me Are you having an UP?

[rainbow_mandala]

I'm a vegetarian, too, which is why I like the smoothie recipes I've heard from several people that they really help with masking the taste. I'm not sure how much I'm going to eat because I also would like to have a lotus birth (allowing the umbilical cord to dry up and fall off on its own) so that limits the amount I can cut off. I'll probably cut several good-sized chunks, use some of it right away in a smoothie then refrigerate the rest and make smoothies with them over the next couple of days.

Placenta is not the easiest thing to cut...my old housemate had a baby while I was living with her and none of her family members that were over wanted to cut pieces of the placenta off for her to eat (they were squeamish). She was very excited about trying it, so I was honored to do that for her. It's very rubbery, so you need a sharp knife and a little patience.

That's cool we're due around the same time! I'm having a UP as well although I did see a midwife once and did the initial lab work...I thought I wanted to go with a midwife this time, but I realized a few weeks ago that having another UP/UC feels the most resonant. Is this your first?

[VeganEmma]

Originally Posted by rainbow_mandala

I'm a vegetarian, too, which is why I like the smoothie recipes I've heard from several people that they really help with masking the taste. I'm not sure how much I'm going to eat because I also would like to have a lotus birth (allowing the umbilical cord to dry up and fall off on its own) so that limits the amount I can cut off. I'll probably cut several good-sized chunks, use some of it right away in a smoothie then refrigerate the rest and make smoothies with them over the next couple of days.

Placenta is not the easiest thing to cut...my old housemate had a baby while I was living with her and none of her family members that were over wanted to cut pieces of the placenta off for her to eat (they were squeamish). She was very excited about trying it, so I was honored to do that for her. It's very rubbery, so you need a sharp knife and a little patience.

That's cool we're due around the same time! I'm having a UP as well although I did see a midwife once and did the initial lab work...I thought I wanted to go with a midwife this time, but I realized a few weeks ago that having another UP/UC feels the most resonant. Is this your first?

hmm I would love to do a lotus birth but I didn't think it was possible if I wanted to consume the placenta. Also, we are doing diaper free and I think it would be difficult with the placenta attached? but probably not.

I may be a vegan, but I have an iron stomach and I think I'll be able to handle it, although I my SO may have a problem because he is a wuss. I'll probably have to prepare it myself.

This is my first UP and UC, but not my first birth. I went to a doctor for my pregnancy but planned a UC. I got to labor at home, but I got scared and went to the hospital. I made it to the hospital I was 8 cm! I wish I stayed home bc I pushed a couple times and out came my son... but my doctor was a monster and I had to yell at him for no pitocin and to not cut me. They made me feel like crap and called CPS on me, put a guard at my door. All because I refused all the things the wanted to do with my son.

This pregnancy is amazing (like my first). I love not going to the doctor and being touched by a stranger. This is the right decision and I know what to expect, I have researched and researched for the past couple of years and I am READY!

[gossamerwindweb]

I do have to say, eating it raw didn't bother me at all. When I decided it had been raw long enough (a few days in the fridge) and I should cook it, it DISGUSTED me and I didn't eat any more. I wish I had frozen it in raw pieces. I don't know why raw was ok and cooked wasn't... but of course other mammals don't cook their placentas LOL!

[VeganEmma]

o yuck to cooking it. I think I might freeze half and keep half raw... although I wish I could encapsulate some too. Oh well.

[Almi]

Glad you posted this, I think I've decided what I'm doing with mine for sure now. Will probably cut part of it off to use right away, then I'm going to have my partner slice and stick the rest in the food dehydrator. Once dehydrated, I'll grind and encapsulate it!

[lachingona1]

I kept mine raw. We have been into raw food for years so it only made sense to keep it raw for optimal nutrition. DH cut it into strips which was really tough, then dehydrated it at 110 for about 18 hours. If I were to have another baby, I would probably put the placenta into the vitamix and then dehydrate it.

[Nicole730]

I had a little in my morning smoothie and the rest dried and encapsulated. Next time I'm just doing smoothies. I tried a smoothie the first day, thinking I would taste it and gag, but I couldn't taste a thing. It was too late though because the rest of it was already drying out. I do like that I have some pills left now though, for when/if I need them in the future. Oh, I didn't cook/steam it first.

[rainbow_mandala]

Originally Posted by VeganEmma

o yuck to cooking it. I think I might freeze half and keep half raw... although I wish I could encapsulate some too. Oh well.

Some midwives and postpartum doulas will encapsulate it for you for a small fee...when I lived in Portland, OR, I'd heard of a few doulas who did this and I think one midwife (there were probably more that I didn't know about). Maybe check around in your area?

[VeganEmma]

Originally Posted by lachingona1

I kept mine raw. We have been into raw food for years so it only made sense to keep it raw for optimal nutrition. DH cut it into strips which was really tough, then dehydrated it at 110 for about 18 hours. If I were to have another baby, I would probably put the placenta into the vitamix and then dehydrate it.

I live in Nevada too and I am thinking of dehydrating some too, so was it hard to grind it down after it was dehydrated? I do not have a vitamix, just a cuisinart.

[VeganEmma]

Originally Posted by Nicole730

I had a little in my morning smoothie and the rest dried and encapsulated. Next time I'm just doing smoothies. I tried a smoothie the first day, thinking I would taste it and gag, but I couldn't taste a thing. It was too late though because the rest of it was already drying out. I do like that I have some pills left now though, for when/if I need them in the future. Oh, I didn't cook/steam it first.

How long did it last before it started to dry out in the fridge?

[VeganEmma]

Originally Posted by rainbow_mandala

Some midwives and postpartum doulas will encapsulate it for you for a small fee...when I lived in Portland, OR, I'd heard of a few doulas who did this and I think one midwife (there were probably more that I didn't know about). Maybe check around in your area?

Actually I think I know somebody who may do it for me, but I would want to know how they did it... I want to keep it raw- so no steaming/boiling and then use a dehydrator which would probably take 18-24 hours. It would be more time consuming... and I don't know how I would feel about other people touching my placenta. I also do not know how I feel about a stranger coming into my home either, I am a very shy person and not very open to letting people in my home

[Almi]

Originally Posted by VeganEmma

I so was it hard to grind it down after it was dehydrated?

I'm wondering this, too.

[TrishWSU]

I kept mine raw for smoothies the first 3 days, then dehydrated and encapsulated it. After you wash out all the blood it's more of a pink color (kind of like pork.) I blended my smoothies with yogurt (although now I'm vegan so for future births I'll use something else) and frozen strawberries, and just used a small piece of placenta. I couldn't taste teh placenta at all and I attributed the pink color to the strawberries (the whole reason I used them-totally a psychological thing, but it worked!)

After the third day I was worried that it would start going bad and I wanted to be able to keep taking it for a long time so I cut it into chunks and dehydrated it in my oven at a very low temp (I so want a dehydrator!) It was kind of hard to grind up because the chunks were fairly big (that thing is tough to cut) and very hard. I think blending it up before dehydrating would help. Before I encapsulated the placenta I mixed in some the loose leaf nursing tea blend I drink so I'd be getting extra milk production help too.

[lachingona1]

Originally Posted by VeganEmma

I live in Nevada too and I am thinking of dehydrating some too, so was it hard to grind it down after it was dehydrated? I do not have a vitamix, just a cuisinart.

We ground it in a coffee grinder which worked well, just make sure it is completely dehydrated.

[VeganEmma]

Originally Posted by TrishWSU

I kept mine raw for smoothies the first 3 days, then dehydrated and encapsulated it. After you wash out all the blood it's more of a pink color (kind of like pork.) I blended my smoothies with yogurt (although now I'm vegan so for future births I'll use something else) and frozen strawberries, and just used a small piece of placenta. I couldn't taste teh placenta at all and I attributed the pink color to the strawberries (the whole reason I used them-totally a psychological thing, but it worked!)

After the third day I was worried that it would start going bad and I wanted to be able to keep taking it for a long time so I cut it into chunks and dehydrated it in my oven at a very low temp (I so want a dehydrator!) It was kind of hard to grind up because the chunks were fairly big (that thing is tough to cut) and very hard. I think blending it up before dehydrating would help. Before I encapsulated the placenta I mixed in some the loose leaf nursing tea blend I drink so I'd be getting extra milk production help too.

wow strawberries great idea to mask the color! I would probably put some greens or E3 Live in there too

[VeganEmma]

Originally Posted by lachingona1

We ground it in a coffee grinder which worked well, just make sure it is completely dehydrated.

interesting, thank you!

[paxye]

I encapsulated mine... blend, dehydrate, ground in the food processor and then encapsulate... it was quite easy actually...

I blogged about the process here... http://paxye.com/blog/placental-encapulation/