Introduction & question

[Guest guest]

Greetings all,

My name is Ananga-manjari. My family live in Southern, NJ (USA) where

I teach pre/postnatal and adult yoga, serve as a pre/postnatal doula,

teach yogic philosophy, and offer Wholistic & Ayurvedic Thai massage.

 

Is there any information in Ayurveda about the benefits placentaphagia

and/or placental encapsulation?

 

Thanks & be well,

Ananga-manjari

[Guest guest]

Hello Ananga-manjari,

 

I am not a practitioner of ayurveda so I can't contribute to that

connection, however I had quite the experience with placentaphagia.

I hemorrhaged severely after the placental delivery, and was almost

transfused. If I had delivered in a hospital, I would no doubt have

been transfused. I had decided ahead of time that I wanted to

encapsulate my placenta and also have a raw smoothie immediately

after birth. This was the best prenatal decision I made. When the

bleeding was finally under control, my husband made me a smoothie and

I could acutually feel myself coming back to earth so to speak. My

vision which was blurry became clear and my pressure went up

drastically. I can't remember the exact numbers but I do remember at

one point my pressure was something over 40. Bad news. There was

also the administration of petossin and amagen I believe but they had

already tried that once prior to my ingestion of the placenta to no

avail. The weeks following my birth were trying to say the least but

each time I took a capsule I felt a decided difference in my

vitality. My rbc levels went back to normal within 3 days postpartum

and my milk came in strong on day 2 pp. Even my midwife was shocked

with the results, given how much I bled. On a more emotional note,

with my first child I experienced " baby blues " for about 2 weeks pp.

I had absolutely none of that with this birth. As a matter of fact

it was nothing short of blissful. I too would like to hear the

history/connection between ayurveda and placentaphagia, I know

historically it was used in many cultures and was a prominant

practice in Chinese medicine. I think when cultures were becoming

" civilized " this practice was considered " primitive " and was

therefore practiced in secret. Unfortunately even today that taboo

is very strong. I believe it is one of the strongest medicines for

women pp, and hope to see it become more mainstream.

 

Peace,

 

Betsy

On May 26, 2008, at 5:48 AM, Lovesprout wrote:

 

> Greetings all,

> My name is Ananga-manjari. My family live in Southern, NJ (USA) where

> I teach pre/postnatal and adult yoga, serve as a pre/postnatal doula,

> teach yogic philosophy, and offer Wholistic & Ayurvedic Thai massage.

>

> Is there any information in Ayurveda about the benefits placentaphagia

> and/or placental encapsulation?

>

> Thanks & be well,

> Ananga-manjari

>

>

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