PLACENTA ENCAPSULATION

If you are a hospital patient, please contact Jessica by email (midwifejessicastevenson@gmail.com) or text (352-278-1007).

Pricing options:

  • Placenta encapsulation $200 (includes placenta pick up and pill delivery within 24-48 hrs)

  • Placenta encapsulation and placenta print $225 (includes placenta pick up and pill, print delivery within 24-48 hrs)

  • Placenta encapsulation and tincture $250 (includes placenta pick up and pill delivery within 24-48 hrs plus tincture delivery at 6 weeks postpartum)

  • Placenta encapsulation, print, and tincture $275 (includes placenta pick up and pill, print delivery within 24-48 hrs plus tincture delivery at 6 weeks postpartum)

Payment: Checks, cash or payment by Venmo (Midwife Jessica or @midwifejessicastevenson), PayPal accepted.

If you plan to birth at home with the Midwives Cooperative, please reach out to Tracy for payment options.

BENEFITS

Placenta encapsulations the practice of ingesting the placenta after it has been dehydrated, ground, and placed into pills. In traditional medicine, placenta pills are consumed and believed to impart numerous health benefits. TInctures offer the same benefit but can be taken through the first 18 months, allowing continued benefits after placenta pills are consumed.

Although the scientific research is still in its infancy, there is a large body of emerging evidence on the relationship between placenta encapsulation and postpartum health. Holistic and traditional medical customs embrace a number of potential advantages to placental encapsulation.

  • STABILIZATION OF POSTPARTUM MOOD AND ANXIETY

  • QUICKER RETURN OF THE PELVIC ORGANS TO THEIR NON-PREGNANT STATE

  • INCREASE IN STRESS-REDUCTION HORMONE

  • IMPROVED MILK PRODUCTION

  • RESTORATION OF IRON-LEVELS FOLLOWING NORMAL POSTPARTUM BLEEDING

PLACENTA PILL DIRECTIONS

Keep in fridge, freezer or cool, dark place. Expires in 6 months

  • Week 1: Take 2 capsules 3 times per day

  • Week 2: Take 2 capsules 2 times per day

  • Week 3: Take 1 capsule 2 times per day

  • Week 4-6: Take 1 capsule 1 time per day

PLACENTA TINCTURE DIRECTIONS

Keep in fridge or cool, dark place. Expires in 18 months. The tincture form is meant to be taken after placenta pills are consumed.

  • Begin taking after week 6

  • Titrate to your needs. Some people take daily, others 1-2 times per week.

  • Dosage: 1/2-1 dropperful per dose

  • Can be taken up to 1-3 times per day