Placenta Care

Determining what to do with the afterbirth can be daunting for many mothers. We can go through the options with you and help you decide what you would like to do with your placenta. We offer many different placenta services, you can choose to divide your placenta if you would like more than one service or choose only one service for your entire placenta.

Placentas are an organ grown for the sole purpose of nourishing the fetus and keeping labor from starting until the fetus is ready to survive outside the womb. Placentas are full of all the nutrients and hormones the female body stores to ensure the baby is healthy. When the mother consumes the placenta, these nutrients and hormones are returned to her body. It is thought that consuming the placenta can help the mother in many ways including faster recovery time, increased bonding with baby, increased milk production, leveled out hormones and a decrease in postpartum mood disorders. Ingesting the placenta is not for every woman, however, as some have reported jitteriness, dizziness and nausea. We will work with you to determine the best dosage for your body.

Our complete placenta services include:

• Burial – we can help you choose a place to bury your placenta under a tree. Watch the tree grow with your baby!

• Tincturing – we can tincture a piece of your placenta for you to use when you need it in the postpartum period.

• Encapsulation – complete encapsulation with vegetarian capsules.

• Soup – we can make you a dinner that includes your placenta.

• Truffles – real chocolate truffles with nuts and coconut (or whatever you’d like)!

• Prints – a print made of your placenta, often called the ‘tree of life’.

• Lotus birth – leaving the placenta attached to the baby until it falls off naturally.