Placenta encapsulation is becoming a mainstream practice as mamas find out about the multitude of benefits for both mom and baby!

Lisa Kestler, owner of Hill Country Placentas, shares with us why she’s passionate about this work and how she makes it convenient for her clients.

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Truths on Encapsulating Your Placenta

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Encapsulating your placenta is a safe and healthy way to help your body transition through your postpartum period. It is a fabulous way to help avoid the baby blues and treat symptoms of postpartum depression. Research has proven that the placenta is rich in minerals, vitamins, and nutrients. Your body needs these to help it recover. Your placenta is created by you and contains your own natural hormones. The placenta retains these hormones following birth and reintroducing them to your system is believed to ease postpartum hormonal fluctuations.

Benefits of ingesting your encapsulated placenta include:

  • Replenishing your iron.
  • Increasing your energy.
  • Lessening postnatal bleeding.
  • Increasing milk production.
  • Balancing your hormones.
  • Helping uterus return to the pre-pregnancy state quicker.

Description of the placenta:

  • The placenta is an endocrine organ which produces hormones.
  • It helps nourish the baby and sustain the pregnancy.
  • The placenta retains the hormones following birth.
  • Hormones are made by the woman’s body, making them perfectly suited for her unique system.
  • Ingestion of these hormones and other nutrients found in the placenta is believed to help balance the postpartum hormonal fluctuations and restore energy levels.

80% percent of women experience some degree of mood instability after giving birth. “Baby Blues” is so common that doctors do not even consider it a disorder.

 Symptoms of the baby blues:

  • Mood instability.
  • Weepiness.
  • Sadness.
  • Anxiety.
  • Lack of concentration.
  • Feelings of dependency.

Women are typically left without support or treatment and are told that this will pass. This often leaves women spending the first few weeks of their new baby’s life struggling with negative emotions. Baby Blues is most often caused by the fluctuation of hormones following childbirth. The placenta is rich in hormones and ingestion of the placenta helps stabilize the hormones so women are able to function better.

Causes of the Baby Blues:

  • Rapid hormonal changes.
  • Fatigue.
  • Sleep deprivation.
  • Physical and emotional stress of the pregnancy and birth.

The following are found in the placenta:

  • Placenta is incredible source of natural iron.PlacentaCapsules

 

 

 

  • Women are iron deficient following childbirth.

o   Iron deficiency is linked to postpartum depression.

o   Iron deficiency causes fatigue which is also linked to postpartum depression.

o   By increasing iron stores this will help ease postpartum depression symptoms.

o   Natural iron that is made by you is more effectively used by the body.

  • Protein.
  • Vitamin B6.
  • Minerals.
  • Hormones.

 Following pregnancy and birth, the body is depleted of many of the above items. By restoring these items the new mother will feel better and is able to cope better through this life transition. The placenta helps to stabilize the body.

There is currently a human study going on to prove that women taking the encapsulated placenta have better postpartum periods than women who do not. Currently there is a lot of anecdotal evidence to prove this theory. The majority of women taking the placenta capsules report the following:

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  • Increase in energy!
  • Mood enhancement!
  • Milk supply increase!
  • Feelings of elation!
  • Resolved anemia symptoms!
  • Lessened postnatal bleeding!
  • Lessened feelings of anxiety!
  • Less crying spells!
  • Uterus returning to normal size more quickly!
  • Increase in libido!
  • Feeling “normal”!

Women who take the placenta capsules have fewer emotional issues and enjoy a faster, more pleasant postpartum recovery. Families and husbands also notice a marked improvement in overall feelings of happiness and well-being when the new mother is taking the capsules.

Doctors will often prescribe anti-depressant medication to help treat postpartum depression symptoms. Most of these medications are contraindicated in breastfeeding so the new mother then has to make the difficult choice between the best nutrition for her baby and her own mental health. The encapsulated placenta is not contraindicated and very often will help the mother enough so that she does not have to take antidepressant medication.

As a trained encapsulator, Lisa was trained in the Traditional Chinese method. This method involves steaming the placenta, dehydration follows and then it is ground into a powder and placed into capsules. However, some women need an extra boost and the placenta can be prepared from the raw state, which seems to give an extra boost. Typically these women have experienced the following with previous births:

  • Insufficient lactation.
  • Depression.
  • Very low energy.

Women that choose the raw method may also be expecting twins or will be tandem nursing and need to produce a bigger milk supply which the raw method seems to accomplish. Lisa has experience preparing the placenta in either form.

Lisa trained as an encapsulator almost three years ago and in that time have encapsulated almost 350 placentas. Her Bachelor’s degree is in Respiratory Therapy and she worked in intensive care during her career. As the years went by Lisa began to study how the body helps to heal itself and natural alternatives to pharmaceutical drugs. Lisa had her fifth baby last year and then encapsulated her own placenta. Without a doubt she felt 100 times better than she had following the births of her other children. It’s an amazing experience and every woman should have the opportunity to have their placenta encapsulated!

Please visit Hill Country Placenta’s website for more information on encapsulation. www.hillcountryplacentas.com. Lisa can also be reached via phone at (512) 517-9017.

Lisa Kestler
BS Degree Respiratory Therapy/ Former NICU Respiratory Therapist
Placenta Encapsulation Specialist

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