Reasons To Stop Thinking About My Experience Eating Placenta
My experience eating my placenta started with my first child. I had read about the benefit of consuming the placenta and wanted to experience it. So once my daughter was born I requested my placenta. I signed the paperwork given by the midwife, she explained the risks of taking a human waste organ. I didn’t intend to encapsulate the placenta. So I froze the placenta. I heard from friends and read about people cooking or making placenta smoothies.
Placenta Appearance.
Five days postpartum my milk had changed from colostrum to white milk and I was feeling a bit tired. I was not having enough sleep. My husband was studying and had little help as we didn’t have any family around. So I decided to cook half of my placenta. Firstly I had to wash it very thoroughly because it was really dirty. Let me take you back to the delivery suite. My daughter was born by emergency caesarean for fetal distress because I was in labour for 12 hours and there was fresh meconium stained. When the midwife gave me the placenta she just wrapped it in a container together with the meconium sticking on the membranes. Please get this, I am not blaming her.
Let’s Get Cooking
I was so determined I wanted to taste the placenta and get the nutrients to boost my energy. I cooked the placenta as simple as the liver. Put the placenta in my mouth was the longest moment I could remember. It tasted all right but I could stop visualizing the process that I had gone through. How I wished I had someone to cook for me. However, I just had to put the brave stance and consume the rest of the placenta.
Well, that was fast
Within 48 hours, I noticed was feeling more energized, sleeping a bit better and my milk supply got better. However, my daughter was getting a bit frustrated not latching properly. My breasts were becoming engorged. At first, I thought it was normal as according to the lactation consultation advise. I started expressing to make it easier for my baby to latch and feed well. Little did I know I was making it worse. My supply even got worse. I was leaking everywhere through sheets, bras and shirts.
Started having baby blues
Due to the frustration going I started having baby blues. I felt so mood and resentful of baby and husband. Sometimes I felt like just doing nothing. This was quite new to me. I have never had such an experience. I then decided to stop cooking and eating the placenta.
What a change
When I stopped eating the placenta a felt different after 2 days. The mood change and my supply adjusted. The baby started latching on.
My thoughts over Placentaphagy
My body did need what I got from the placenta. Obvious my experience wasn’t scientifically proven. Everyone is different. There are women out there who have had a great experience with eating their placenta or encapsulated.
Advice to other moms
My advice to moms who are interested in eating their placenta go for it with an open mind. I recommend watching for your symptoms. If you are energized, have good breast milk supply and more optimistic, then absolutely go for it. However, if you start feeling moody, have excessive breast milk supply and on placenta pills or raw placenta. Reconsider the rightful action to take.
Did you consume your placenta after childbirth?
Did you try eating your placenta after childbirth? How did it affect you? Share with us so we can learn from each other?