Placenta Preparation Services
Placentophagy is the term used to describe ingestion of the placenta after childbirth. This is not a new concept and in fact humans are one of the only mammals who don't routinely consume their placentas. It is common practice in many cultures throughout the world, especially in China and other parts of the Far East where Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners and herbalists have utilized placenta as a healing remedy for thousands of years. See bottom of page for order form.
Benefits of consuming your placenta:
Benefits of consuming your placenta:
- Help to balance your hormones
- Replenish depleted iron levels and Qi
- Assist the uterus to return to its pre-pregnancy state
- Reduce post-natal bleeding
- Increase milk production – this has been proven in a study
- Make for a happier, more enjoyable post-natal period
- Increase your energy levels
Placenta Encapsulation
One common way to ingest your placenta is to dehydrate it, grind it into a fine powder and place it in capsules. MammaGoddess Pregnancy & Birth Services offers 2 methods of encapsulation preparation. The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) method and the Raw Dehydrated method.
Steamed/Dehydrated Method
The placenta is gently steamed on a bed of lemon, ginger and hot pepper. It is then dehydrated, powdered and encapsulated. In the process of being steamed, a small amount of “broth” forms. This broth can also be ingested for the nutritional properties or given to house plants and or the garden to nourish. It can also be given to the Earth.
Fees for Steamed Method (optional tincture, broth, and prints)
Raw Dehydrated Method
The "Raw" method skips the steaming process and gets put directly into the dehydrator after it has been gently washed and sliced. Moms who have experienced this method report a noticeable boost of energy. The temperature at which it is dehydrated is at 145 - 165 degrees.
Fees for Raw Method (optional tincture, and prints)
Steamed/Dehydrated Method
The placenta is gently steamed on a bed of lemon, ginger and hot pepper. It is then dehydrated, powdered and encapsulated. In the process of being steamed, a small amount of “broth” forms. This broth can also be ingested for the nutritional properties or given to house plants and or the garden to nourish. It can also be given to the Earth.
Fees for Steamed Method (optional tincture, broth, and prints)
- $285 for non-doula clients
- $210 for doula clients
Raw Dehydrated Method
The "Raw" method skips the steaming process and gets put directly into the dehydrator after it has been gently washed and sliced. Moms who have experienced this method report a noticeable boost of energy. The temperature at which it is dehydrated is at 145 - 165 degrees.
Fees for Raw Method (optional tincture, and prints)
- $275 for non-doula clients
- $200 for doula clients
Other Placenta Services
Raw Placenta Cubes
This is the only truly raw method. The placenta is cut up into cubes and then placed in the freezer to use in
smoothies. Effects will be similar to Raw Dehydrated method.
Fees for Raw placenta cubes only
Placenta Tincture
A tincture is made by placing a small piece of the raw placenta in high grade alcohol and left to macerate for several weeks. This can increase the length and benefits of your placenta for both mother and child. The tincture can be used in any time of trauma, transition, emotional distress, menstrual difficulties and for mother later in life during menopause.
Fee for Tincture only (without encapsulation preparation)
Placenta Prints
The prints are done before any washing or preparing of the placenta occurs, as it is the natural placenta blood that creates the print, and the prints are done on acid-free artists paper. Some families frame and hang them, or can be kept for personal keepsakes
Fee for Placenta prints only (without encapsulation preparation)
*Discounts for a combination of services may apply please call.
This is the only truly raw method. The placenta is cut up into cubes and then placed in the freezer to use in
smoothies. Effects will be similar to Raw Dehydrated method.
Fees for Raw placenta cubes only
- $50 for doula clients
- $75 for non doula clients
Placenta Tincture
A tincture is made by placing a small piece of the raw placenta in high grade alcohol and left to macerate for several weeks. This can increase the length and benefits of your placenta for both mother and child. The tincture can be used in any time of trauma, transition, emotional distress, menstrual difficulties and for mother later in life during menopause.
Fee for Tincture only (without encapsulation preparation)
- $50 for doula clients
- $75 for non-doula clients
Placenta Prints
The prints are done before any washing or preparing of the placenta occurs, as it is the natural placenta blood that creates the print, and the prints are done on acid-free artists paper. Some families frame and hang them, or can be kept for personal keepsakes
Fee for Placenta prints only (without encapsulation preparation)
- $35 for doula clients
- $50 for non-doula clients
*Discounts for a combination of services may apply please call.
Payment Options
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MammaGoddess Pregnancy & Birth Support accepts payment for placenta services in one of two ways:
Alternative payment plans available upon request. All fees are non refundable. *A travel fee for services in excess of 25 miles from Centereach, N.Y. may apply. |
Click here to access the Placenta Services Order Form
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A Note About Some Hospitals
Long Island placenta service providers have been having trouble getting our momma’s placentas from some hospitals. It is very important for you as the consumer to understand that the hospitals have NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER to keep YOUR placenta. Your placenta and what happens to it is up to you just as much as your baby. Know your rights!
I will provide you with a placenta release form which you can give to your care provider to sign and take with you to your birth. Your care provider may at that point try to convince you that it is a waste of money, not medically proven to do anything, or worse even tell you it could be harmful. Just remember this same person will have no problem prescribing off label use of drugs to induce your birth if they deem it necessary and they know nothing about placentas or their proven benefits. The form releases the hospital from any responsibility for your placenta but also makes sure they give it to you without doing anything to it. This is very important. Whatever new excuse they come up with for wanting to take it, it is all nonsense and you must be firm. Common excuses are:
Being sent to pathology for: (once a placenta has been sent to pathology it can no longer safely be consumed)
They may claim it is hospital policy - not your problem.
They may claim it is a biohazard - no more than your baby is.
There are very few indications for when a placenta should not be consumed. Sadly the leading cause is the hospital sending it unnecessarily to pathology. Know your rights.
Best thing to do is find out from your care provider or the nurse manager at your chosen birth place what their protocol currently is (it frequently changes) and get names and keep dates of the conversations and in the end know that whatever argument they give - it is still YOUR placenta and they have no right to take it.
I will provide you with a placenta release form which you can give to your care provider to sign and take with you to your birth. Your care provider may at that point try to convince you that it is a waste of money, not medically proven to do anything, or worse even tell you it could be harmful. Just remember this same person will have no problem prescribing off label use of drugs to induce your birth if they deem it necessary and they know nothing about placentas or their proven benefits. The form releases the hospital from any responsibility for your placenta but also makes sure they give it to you without doing anything to it. This is very important. Whatever new excuse they come up with for wanting to take it, it is all nonsense and you must be firm. Common excuses are:
Being sent to pathology for: (once a placenta has been sent to pathology it can no longer safely be consumed)
- testing because of a C-section
- testing because of a prolonged birth
- testing for a big/small baby
- suspected infection based only on a mild fever during birth generally cause by an epidural
- You were already tested for this during your pregnancy
- They take blood from you at the hospital when you arrive to give birth if they need to test blood for Hep C AGAIN they can use that.
- Come prepared with a small cooler or insulated bag, there is always plenty of ice available on Maternity floors. Keep it cold and in your room until I get there to pick it up.
- Come prepared with a small cooler or insulated bag, there is always plenty of ice available on Maternity floors. Keep it cold and send it home with someone ASAP
- Come prepared with a small cooler or insulated bag, there is always plenty of ice available on Maternity floors. Keep it cold and in your room. I will arrange to meet you at the hospital when you are discharged or pick it up from your home.
They may claim it is hospital policy - not your problem.
They may claim it is a biohazard - no more than your baby is.
There are very few indications for when a placenta should not be consumed. Sadly the leading cause is the hospital sending it unnecessarily to pathology. Know your rights.
Best thing to do is find out from your care provider or the nurse manager at your chosen birth place what their protocol currently is (it frequently changes) and get names and keep dates of the conversations and in the end know that whatever argument they give - it is still YOUR placenta and they have no right to take it.
Disclaimer
Placenta preparation, as offered by MammaGoddess Pregnancy & Birth Services, is not clinical, pharmaceutical, or intended to diagnose or treat any condition. MammaGoddess Pregnancy & Birth Services, an independent placenta service provider, adheres to strict protocols in accordance with the OSHA Blood borne Pathogens Standard 29 CFR 1090.1030. I have completed my training and hold a certification of completion in Blood-borne pathogens & infection control for Doulas, Midwives and Placenta Encapsulationists. Placenta preparation is not meant to be a replacement for medical advice, medical care or medicine. Services and fees are for the preparation and encapsulation of your placenta and not for the sale of the pills. Families that choose to utilize the placenta preparation services take full responsibility of their own health and for researching and using placenta remedies. MammaGoddess Pregnancy & Birth Services does not make any guarantee as to the efficacy, but does guarantee the highest quality of service. Benefits of placentophagy are supported by ongoing research but have not been evaluated by the FDA.