What To Know About Encapsulating Your Placenta

During pregnancy, a woman's placenta sustains the life of her baby by providing nutrients, stem cells and more. Ingesting the placenta after birth is becoming increasingly popular. Joining us now to discuss placenta encapsulation is doula and childbirth educator Shana Phillips.

[@knotty8242]

African ancestors have been doing this for years,as well as asian cultures. reintroducing nutrients that came from your body back into your body to replenish makes absolute sense.

[@ComekaFisher-rr6nw]

Okay, so don't get me wrong about what I'm about to ask. I have five children and didn't know this. I want to know if it's possible that my placenta was capsuled and I didn't ask for it , does this mean I can't get the placenta or pills from the hospitals I had my children at? Also thank you for the video you shared, it really means alot to learn more about my body. Have a great night.

[@chasitywilliams8021]

Did she really just say “birthing person” as a Doula? 😳 I understand doulas are all about the birthing experience but we are women that carry babies and deliver them. We are not birthing persons.

[@erikak.6515]

BINGO 🎯 Everyone wants to be so politically correct at the expense to women.

[@courtneygarrison3735]

This is inclusive terms because people who don't identify as women also have babies. Especially as a birth educator, labor and delivery nurse, and a momma myself, I do not mind being called a birthing person because that is what I am. A person who has given birth. I also will call my people I take care of in my classes and in labor what they want to be called and what they prefer. This isn't taking away from women or harming women and it helps include the people who feel outcasted. If you don't like it when someone calls you a birthing person just correct them. Its a personal preference

[@margieloesch1497]

getting you used to cannibalism to go along with insect eating. The meat of the placenta…. No!

[@loubock3238]

nope!

[@mairik12v79]

U took the words out my mouth

[@cee8mee]

Just the next step toward absolute crazy town. So glad I have common sense and don't follow the crowd. Don't eat human placenta. Just don't. Shame on WGN for hosting crazy cannibals

[@loubock3238]

amen!