Placenta Encapsulation - Perth
Reported benefits
Having encapsulated close to 1,300 placentas for mothers across Perth, I consistently receive the following feedback about the benefits of taking their placenta capsules:
Increase in energy levels
Increase in sense of well-being and postpartum mood
No or lower experience of ‘baby blues’
No or lower experience of postpartum depression
No or lower experience of anxiety and overwhelm
Breastmilk came in quickly, or quicker than the previous time/s
Breastmilk supply was abundant, or better than the previous time/s
Postpartum blood loss finished quickly/quicker than the previous time/s
Post pregnancy iron stores replenished - confirmed with blood testing
Postpartum hair loss decreased
Postpartum recovery enhanced
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Understanding the placenta
To understand how placenta encapsulation may benefit a postpartum mother, it’s helpful to learn about the placenta itself.
The placenta functions as a powerful hormone-producing organ throughout pregnancy. It begins secreting essential hormones as early as 6-8 weeks gestation to help maintain and support the pregnancy. These hormone levels steadily rise as pregnancy progresses.
By the third trimester, oestrogen increases up to 30 times its baseline level, progesterone rises tenfold, and cortisol - the body’s stress-regulating hormone - triples. Oestrogen continues to climb and peaks in the final days before birth.
After the baby is born, the placenta is delivered. As a result, the mother loses this primary source of hormonal saturation.
Within just days after birth, hormone levels drop dramatically, plummeting back to preconception levels. This is the most intense hormonal crash a woman will experience in her lifetime - more sudden than puberty and more extreme than menopause. This rapid shift often coincides with what’s commonly known as the ‘Day 3 blues’ or ‘baby blues’.
The mother’s body needs to regulate to its new normal. Her body needs to begin producing her hormones now that the hormone factory (placenta) is gone. All while shifting gears into a ‘hormonal regime’ of breastfeeding. This is where the balancing properties of the placenta come into play.
The goal is not to simply return all of these lost placenta hormones to the mother, as her needs are now different.
The practice of placenta consumption helps buffer the intense hormonal transition to the postpartum state. It also helps provide the body with the elements for rebuilding and restoring after pregnancy and birth.
So many of these hormones affect a woman’s physical energy, stress response, mental clarity, anxiety levels, mood, and sense of well-being.
“I feel energetic, emotionally sound, and confident as I go about my day with very little anxiousness and mood swings. I will definitely do placenta encapsulation with my next baby!” ~ Nikki