Late last year a lactation consultant published an article connecting low milk supply and the consumption of placenta medicine. She found that “the sooner a woman stops taking her placenta capsules, the sooner her milk supply will begin to increase.” This correlation is in opposition to what so many of us have been told: placenta […]
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In the summer of 2017, the CDC published a case study about an Oregon mother who may have reinfected her newborn with GBS (the baby already had GBS at birth). Though the source of the infection isn’t known (family members and food can also be sources) the mother did ingest placenta capsules that tested positive
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1 Your placenta is the most personal and customized supplement you can ever ingest. 2. Placenta medicine contains all your own natural hormones and has the added benefit of slowing down estrogen decline, resulting in a more gradual postpartum hormonal shift. 3. Ingesting your placenta can help replenish red blood cells lost during childbirth. 4.
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Handling and Storing your Placenta Many families are interested in using their placentas medicinally because of the increasing knowledge and research around how placentas can facilitate women’s postpartum recovery and mental health. The placenta contains a plethora of vitamins, minerals, and hormones that a woman’s body needs to heal from birth. Simply discarding it can
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During pregnancy, the placenta transports vital vitamins and minerals to your baby and produces and regulates hormones for you and your babe. Regardless of how you give birth (vaginal or cesarean, natural or medicated) your placenta retains many of those nutrients and hormones. When ingested, your placenta has the potential to offer your recovering body
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