Placenta encapsulation- was it worth it?

[Summerloving17]

Hi, I’m considering doing this as I’m now hypothyroid and have heard it’s supposed to help post birth. It is quite pricey though!

Has anyone done it and if so was it worth it?

Thanks xx

I haven't done it, but as I understand it, there's no scientific evidence to suggest it has any benefit and my actually be risky:

www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/postpartum-health-and-care/placenta-encapsulation/

No scientific evidence to support it and no regulation of the people who do it. Wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole.

People use the arguement that animals eat their placenta so it must have value. Animals eat it so predators can’t track them, luckily we don’t have this issue.
Let the midwife send it in the clinical waste where it belongs.

Thankyou both! I’ve just been reading some more negative articles too so it’s put me off! Funny my yoga teacher recommended it hence my interest....

Noooo. Don’t do it. I watched a BBC documentary on it not long ago and the capsulation process basically means there are no nutrients left.

We live in a society where food is in abundance, there’s no need to eat the placenta (unless you desperately want to cook it yourself 😷) Possibly in poorer countries, there is some benefit but here, you are better off eating a steak or a loada spinach!