Sending you Happy Postpartum Vibes with Placenta Pills, Tinctures & Salves!

Having a baby is a tremendous physical feat, however, birthing a placenta truly takes a toll on your hormones. Placenta encapsulation is an age-old tradition in many cultures used to help heal the birthing person’s wound, stabilize mood, reduce anxiety and some even report seeing an increase in their milk supply! Birthing B utilizes a method similar to that of Chinese Tradition by incorporating steam into the process prior to dehydration & grinding. These hormones were a part of your body for the 9 (ish) months that you grew your baby; by using its benefits as a supplement postpartum you are allowing for a more slow-release replenishment of nutrients for your fourth trimester journey.

What’s so special about the placenta and what’s it comprised of?

  • Hemoglobin: This replenishes your iron

  • Prostaglandins: Reduces Inflammation

  • Oxytocin: This is the “love hormone” that helps with bonding

  • Prolactin: This helps aids in production of milk

  • Gonadotrophin: the precursor to estrogen, progesterone and testosterone

  • Cortisone: combats stress and is energy boosting

…and so much more!

 

The postpartum period can be hard, especially when affected by depression and/or anxiety. How might placenta pills help?

  • Enhanced mood

  • Better restorative sleep

  • Some replenished iron reserves

  • Increased energy

  • Help stabilizing the steep decline in hormones adjusting to baby being on the outside

Freshly-born baby still attached to his placenta

The Minimalist

$250

Placenta pick-up at your place of birth

This package includes placenta pills and a special placenta print

Capsules are non-flavored vegan/vegetarian gelatin

Delivery to your doorstep

 

The Wildflower

$275

Placenta pick-up at your place of birth

Courier kit for transporting placenta sent to your home

Your choice of flavored or unflavored capsules

Special umbilical cord keepsake

Special Placenta Print

Organic Placenta-Infused Tincture

Delivered to your doorstep

 

The Queen Bee

$300

Everything mentioned in The Wildflower plus:

Organic Placenta Salve made from organic beeswax, olive oil, placenta powder and therapeutic-grade essential oils (great for helping heal your perineum!)

Customization of packages is available upon request. If there is a medical issue that arises that deems your placenta unsafe to encapsulate, you will be refunded. Placentas are processed individually and with the upmost regard for safety. Birthing B has completed OSHA Training, Bloodborne Pathogen Training and carries a Food Handler’s Safety Card.

Note: The information on this page has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The services offered are not clinical, pharmaceutical, nor intended to treat, diagnose, cure, or prevent any disease.

 

Delayed cord clamping

Delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord has tremendous benefits for your little newborn. Here is a picture of my third son, still connected to his umbilical cord and my amazing midwife checking to see if it is still pulsating. We delayed his clamping by just over an hour.

Sadly, most providers practicing in a hospital will consider “delaying” to be around 30-60 seconds after birth. This is something I help advocate for on your behalf by not only recommending you write a specific amount of time on your birth plan but when I see that not being honored in the moment, saying something like, “I believe her birth plan indicated wanting to delay the clamping until the cord has run completely white or 15 minutes. Can we wait until we’ve reached that?”.

“Physiologic studies in term infants have shown that a transfer from the placenta of approximately 80 mL of blood occurs by 1 minute after birth, reaching approximately 100 mL at 3 minutes after birth”.

“In term infants, delayed umbilical cord clamping increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores in the first several months of life, which may have a favorable effect on developmental outcomes.” - ACOG

My oldest son got to cut his brother’s cord (proud mama moment!)

Delayed umbilical cord clamping is associated with significant neonatal benefits in preterm infants, including improved transitional circulation, better establishment of red blood cell volume, decreased need for blood transfusion, and lower incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis and intraventricular hemorrhage.

Given the benefits to most newborns and concordant with other professional organizations, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recommends a delay in umbilical cord clamping in vigorous term and preterm infants for at least 30–60 seconds after birth.

There is a small increase in the incidence of jaundice that requires phototherapy in term infants undergoing delayed umbilical cord clamping. Consequently, obstetrician–gynecologists and other obstetric care providers adopting delayed umbilical cord clamping in term infants should ensure that mechanisms are in place to monitor and treat neonatal jaundice.

Delayed umbilical cord clamping does not increase the risk of postpartum hemorrhage.

Source: ACOG.COM

Image Credit: Lawren Rose Photography & Erin Beth Birth Photography