Monday, March 8, 2010

Placentophagy Resources

When I was pregnant with Sophie I researched as much as I could about placentophagy (consuming placenta). It's hard to find resources on this because there really hasn't been many studies done so most of what's out there is personal experience.

I decided to do up a list and a bunch of links to resources I found useful in learning about placentophagy and encapsulation and share it! Hopefully you all find it useful as well and it helps you decide that using your placenta for postpartem healing is the way to go!

http://placentabenefits.info/index.asp (I really like the information on this site but as someone who is learning to process placenta I'm a bit disappointed with the business side of things. When I inquired about taking the training through them, I got a recorded interview to listen to before calling them for my own interview. In the taped interview, the owner of PBi explained how it would work once training is completed and it left a bad taste in my mouth. Basically, you pay PBi a certain amount from each time you are hired to encapsulate placenta and you have to get a certain number of clients each month. This felt like I was applying for a carsales position and I was not interested at all and have decided to learn myself through experience. But ignoring that, they do have great information on their site)

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1908194,00.html (a humorous article on a father's experience with encapsulation)

http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/eatplcnt.html (GREAT resource with LOTS of information)

http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=912886 (Mothering.com is one of my favourite resources for all things natural. This has a link to the process in encapsulating placenta.

http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=944092 (another link to a discussion on Mothering.com)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22087790/

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/After_Birth_May_be_Key_to_Bouncing_Back_After_Birth_Bay_Area.html (video clip)

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