Placenta Encapsulation Services Jacksonville NC

Placenta encapsulation is a traditional postpartum practice many families choose to support recovery after birth.

Potential benefits may include:

Increased postpartum energy

Mood support

Replenishment after birth

Support during postpartum recovery

Milk supply support

(Please note: benefits are based on personal experiences and are not guaranteed medical outcomes.)

​All circumstances below are fine for placenta consumption:

Delayed Cord Clamping/Cutting

Having an Epidural

Having a C-section

Having a Waterbirth

Meconium in sack​

Group B Strep Positive

Cord Banking

Pre-eclampsia unless sent to pathology

Placenta Previa

Gestational Diabetes 

Frozen placenta that's been in the freezer up to 6 months

Premature birth

Having multiples

•  Your provider wants to send your placenta to lab testing: In some cases your placenta will get sent off to pathology for testing and the reasons may be suspected substance abuse, suspected maternal or neonatal infection, neonatal neurological concerns, and placenta abnormalities among others. Please note that you may ask them to take a piece of your placenta and not the whole placenta. It is illegal for your provider to deny you being able to take home your placenta. In this case either your support person can take it home to freeze or if I am requested to still pick up for possible encapsulation after you receive results, I will come pick it up and place in the freezer

• Signs of a Chorioamnionitis infection during the labor process and birth: This is an inflammation of the fetal membranes of the placenta, associated with a bacterial infection. Ways to tell are by the mom having a fever of 100.4 or higher during labor or the baby has a fever at birth and unpleasant smell of discharge or fluid is also a good telling sign of a present infection.

• Improper handled placenta: Placentas have to be placed on ice or refrigerated within 4 hours right after birth. If you take home your placenta yourself, it can be refrigerated up to 5 days but needs to be placed in the freezer if the encapsulation process hasn't started yet. You can leave it in the freezer for up to 6 months. Any time past 6 months may not be very beneficial for encapsulation. To thaw, it should be placed in the refrigerator for no more than 72 hours. If proper protocol wasn't followed then it is deemed unsafe for encapsulation. 

• Exposure to heavy toxins: Even though the placenta filters a lot of things out, if the pregnant person is intaking alcohol, tobacco, or drugs or constantly exposed to it, then we assume the placenta is not safe to consume with risking it being toxic.

• Having a Lotus Birth: This is when the umbilical cord falls off naturally, which can take between 5 to 15 days. This process makes it unsafe for consumption.

• choriocarcinoma: This is cancer of the placenta  

Please note if you are unable to consume your placenta, you can always take it home to plant or I can do some keepsakes for you. 

 For umbilical cord keepsakes, ensure the cord is long enough before cutting to give more design options.

Pricing 

• Encapsulation only $250

• Encapsulation + Keepsakes $260 

• Encapsulation + Tincture $350

• Keepsakes + Tincture $120

• Keepsakes only $50

• Tincture + Powdered Placenta $200

• Powder Only $150

(Keepsakes include a cord design and placenta print)

How it works? - Contact me once you're in labor. Once you've had the baby, I'll come pick it up, do the requested service, then drop off when done. If you live in the Jacksonville, NC area but are birthing in Wilmington, I will travel to pick up your placenta and will deliver to your home. If you are not in the Jacksonville area, I will do the shipping process of your placenta unless you live close enough to meet.