Placenta Encapsulation: The Evidence on the Risks and Benefits

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The thought of eating your placenta might gross you out at first, but once you hear about some of the fantastic benefits women claim it has, you might be willing to consider it. This is not another podcast solely focused on all the wonderful things placenta encapsulation does. This episode dives into this practice's possible benefits, examines the scientific evidence to support the claims, and explores the risks. After listening to this episode, you will understand placenta encapsulation and all the pros, cons, evidence, and options to decide whether you want to encapsulate your placenta.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:07.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode we are talking
0:16.7	about placenta encapsulation and the thought of eating your placenta might gross you out at first. It certainly did the first time I had
0:25.1	ever heard about it. But once you hear about some of the fantastic benefits that Mother's
0:30.6	claim that it has, you might be willing to consider it.
0:34.5	And this podcast, we're not just going to focus on all of the wonderful things that Placenta
0:39.3	encapsulation does.
0:41.1	We're actually going to examine all of the pros, cons, evidence, and studies and
0:46.0	talk about your options.
0:47.8	So after hearing this episode, you're going to understand exactly what Placenta encapsulation is and have all of the information you need to decide
0:55.9	if it's something you want to consider.
0:58.5	You can find the complete article in all of the resources that accompany this episode at pregnancy podcast.com
1:06.4	slash Placenta. Right now you can get a free copy of the Your Birth Plan book
1:11.9	and try pregnancy podcast premium for free for seven days.
1:16.8	There are over 200 episodes that are exclusively available to premium members in the private
1:22.0	podcast feed.
1:23.0	All of the premium content is ad free and you're going to get access to the entire back catalog.
1:29.0	Try pregnancy podcast premium for free for seven days and get a copy of the your
1:35.0	birth plan book at pregnancy podcast.com slash trial.
1:40.0	Let's start with a basic understanding of the placenta. After a fertilized egg
1:46.0	implants in your uterus part of those cells develops into your placenta and
1:50.8	in mammals placentas go back around 150 million to 200 million years ago.
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