Placenta Encapsulation

chizekgeena

Anyone else planning on doing it? I honestly don't think I would have the stomach to eat my placenta or make a placenta smoothie but I am totally going to encapsulate it. I suffered from depression in the past and my mother had PPD so I am taking all the precautions I can to avoid the baby blues.

terri_doula2010

I am! I wish I had with DS but I definitely need all the help I can get this time around.

I have a doula friend who is training in it this summer, so she is even going to do the encapsulation for free to get more experience!

cmiller0623

can someone enlighten me on what encapsulation is?

Mrs.Huey

What? Eat your placenta? Explain

daymisty84

cmiller0623:

can someone enlighten me on what encapsulation is?

Diddo

TAGSL710

I considered it but sometimes I feel like MH thinks I take the hippy train a little too far and when I mentioned it to him he thought I was a total wacko. Well see how I feel after this pregnancy and if I think it'll help the second time around I'll do it. Hell want me to if I get ppd. 

MSC03

I'm not a fan of this organization, but they have a lot of links to news articles about the benefits of placenta encapsulation:

https://placentabenefits.info/PBi_news.asp

JessAndTrav

I'm saying this in the nicest way possible...absolutely not. 

ilovelife

I would love to do this but I read that it costs $200 ish to do so.

cautionwillburneyes

Nope, to me it has too much of the "ewww" factor.

BabySeaTurtles

cautionwillburneyes:

Nope, to me it has too much of the "ewww" factor.

Ditto to the "ewww"

Tarta

As of right now, I am actually planning on doing it. It weirded me out a little at first, but there are a few reasons I really want to try it. The year after I had DD was the roughest year of my entire life. My health (both mental and physical) failed in nearly every way. If encapsulated placenta can possibly help my body recover without such a traumatic time, without the scary side effect of drugs I had to take to get through that time, I'll take it.

I don't expect anyone else to think it's not gross or weird so I'm keeping it pretty mum in my family. Even my dh doesn't realize how serious I am about it I don't think. He'll realize it quickly when we bring home a little cooler with it from the hospital for the encapsulation doulas. LOL 

terri_doula2010

I have yet to see any scientific evidence either way, but I've read enough anecdotal evidence to think it is worth a shot. I actually developed ppd when DS was about 6 months out (winter in WI is hard on me anyway...Winter with a newborn and no friends was miserable). I plan on taking half the pills when DD is a newborn and then save some for in case I need it later.

Just the baby blues were bad enough for me. That first week DH was with me, then a friend was with me for a week. That next week I couldn't drive and I was so overwhelmed I spent a lot of time crying. This time I will have DS with me, and in some ways that will likely help, but in other wise it will likely hinder.

amanda31H

In a MILLION years I never thought I'd say this......but I considered it. 

I had a really, really hard time when my girls were born.  I had my doctor's appointment today and I talked to her about it.  She said was PP did -  that there's not any scientific evidence to support it, so in her opinion she thinks it's a waste of my money.  But she said she'd support me if I chose to do so, and then we also discussed other options for me if I battle the same thing with this new baby.

So I'm not doing it

 

jbBeans

ilovelife:

I would love to do this but I read that it costs $200 ish to do so.

A friend of mine actually did it herself--she bought an encapsulation "machine" (I don't really know how it works/what it is) for about $30 she said and dehydrated the placenta. She sort of just shrugged when we talked about it and said she obviously couldn't directly attribute her lack of PPD to eating the placenta, but who knows.

I am mildly considering it but wouldn't spend a ton of money to do it. I'm a little concerned about PPD but the evidence I've seen is definitely completely inconclusive.  

Tarta

terri_doula2010:

I have yet to see any scientific evidence either way, but I've read enough anecdotal evidence to think it is worth a shot. I actually developed ppd when DS was about 6 months out (winter in WI is hard on me anyway...Winter with a newborn and no friends was miserable). I plan on taking half the pills when DD is a newborn and then save some for in case I need it later.

Just the baby blues were bad enough for me. That first week DH was with me, then a friend was with me for a week. That next week I couldn't drive and I was so overwhelmed I spent a lot of time crying. This time I will have DS with me, and in some ways that will likely help, but in other wise it will likely hinder.

Yes ditto to that whole first paragraph. 

Holly_1007

I've thought about it.  I have suffered from depression in the past, and weaned off my anti- depressants while pregnant with DS.  I had some mild-moderate ppd with DS, but never went back on medication. 

I will be delivering at a hospital with an OB and I really think it would be such a pain in the butt to take my placenta home, the hassle won't be worth it, IMO

catdwg83

I'm pretty sure I'm going to try it. I can use all the help I can get with 2u2 so far away from friends & family. I'll be on my own when DH deploys & really can't afford to struggle with PPD if I can help it. The gross factor is gone when I think of it being encapsulated instead of like liver & onions style on a big, bloody plate.

MrsAB1316

If my hospital will let me take the placenta, I will have it encapsulated.  I went through a year of therapy and medication due to depression and anxiety a couple of years ago. It was the hardest year of my life.   I have nothing against therapy and meds (obviously...I needed them to get through it) but if I can get the same result in a natural form...I'll do it.   Not to mention, from what I've read, it gives you energy as well.  I'm sure I'll need some of that. 

pai314

I wish I could!  Its not offered anywhere near me though and I definitely couldn't make smoothies from it... noway.