1st placenta- happy momma

Hallielynn01 · 09-20-2009, 06:09 PM

So I wasn't planning on doing any placenta work untill I heard back from PBi (I really wanted to learn it right, kwim) but an oppoutunity came up so i went for it.

I REALLY loved it! I knew how I felt working on my owm but wondered how id feel working on someone else's, their blood etc, but it didn't bother me a bit. In fact there was something so spiritual about it.

I followed instructions from here and a few other places. Mom knew my background and was ok, even if I totally screwed it up! It was nice having less pressure, though I would have been devistated if I ruined her placenta!

but it went fine. I did the capsuls by hand, so as soon as I figured out how to fill them, with teh gloves and not have the pills popping out of my fingers, we were on a role and got 187 capsuls and had a small bag (pieces that didn't grind small enough) that I bagged her to burry, eat, whatever. I also did her cord in a heart like Id seen in several places. Found a cute container and a pretty bag, wrote her a card that detailed the prayers and blessings I said while I worked.

The momma was so thrilled. The woman who had refered her to me wants me to come talk at our local birth center! Wow! Ill need to prepare for that since I don't feel quite qualified yet.

So Im still waiting on PBis program to start. Might also try a few different techniques if I have any more come my way.

So questions I have
- For the TCM- How much pepper/lemon/ginger should be used? Does it matter?

I have heard a lot of talk about doing this work at the mother's home. Are there legal issues around this? Reason Im asking is because I did this work at my home (since It was my first time, and I knew how my stove worked etc for the steaming) I did it after my family was in bed, and it was just so nice and beautiful.

how many of you do the capsuls by hand vs one of those pill holders, how does it help/hurt

Thanks ladies!

Hallielynn01 · 09-20-2009, 06:11 PM

oh yeah, the other questions, can I do prints first them still encapsulate? I wouldn't want to contaminate the placenta, but would this do that? Would steaming kill and aquired germs?

Brie+3 · 09-20-2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Hallielynn01

- For the TCM- How much pepper/lemon/ginger should be used? Does it matter?

I have heard a lot of talk about doing this work at the mother's home. Are there legal issues around this? Reason Im asking is because I did this work at my home (since It was my first time, and I knew how my stove worked etc for the steaming) I did it after my family was in bed, and it was just so nice and beautiful.

how many of you do the capsuls by hand vs one of those pill holders, how does it help/hurt

Thanks ladies!

Unfortunately the method most websites 'advertise' isn't the actual 'traditional' chinese medicine (how many jalpeno peppers are grown, natively, in china?), so it's not actually TCM..., HOWEVER the methods I know are a tsp each. (someone correct me if I am wrong, I don't use this method)

In terms of legalities, you should look through the CDC's and OSHA's website for blood borne pathogens, HIV prevention, proper hand washing procedures and similar topics related to handling raw meat and blood.

With the pill encapsulators I can do 24 capsules in under two minutes, I couldn't imagine doing a placenta by hand, seems like it would take forever.

DoulaMorgan · 09-21-2009, 09:24 PM

YES! If you're going to make a practice of doing placentas, I bet it would be worth the moneyt oget a pill encapsulator.

Way to go! That's very cool.

Hallielynn01 · 09-21-2009, 11:13 PM

Thanks for the responces!

Sounds like the pill encapsulator is a must have. I did 187, took about an hour by hand once I got my method.

raeben · 09-22-2009, 04:03 AM

the amounts of traditional herbs for steaming are pretty flexible - generally recipes call for 1 big nub of ginger (like what you get when you break off a big "finger" off of the ginger root "hand"), one hot pepper and one small lemon or half a large lemon. dice it up and dump in the the steaming water. in TCM they use a specific kind of asian chili pepper (i don't know what it is as i have only heard it's chinese name and it wasn't spelled out for me) but the american recipe that calls for a jalapeno pepper instead was, as far as i can tell, adapted by raven lang (pioneering california midwife and TCM practitioner) for what was available to average american women in average american grocery stores. overall, it should still work in adding "warming" qualities to the placenta and helping direct placenta energy.

oh and i think the little pill machine is very helpful and way less tedious than doing it by individual capsule.

raeben · 09-22-2009, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Hallielynn01

oh yeah, the other questions, can I do prints first them still encapsulate? I wouldn't want to contaminate the placenta, but would this do that? Would steaming kill and aquired germs?

yes, it is totally fine to use clean artists quality paper for prints and then rinse and make placenta medicine with it. obviously you would only make prints with the natural blood and not with any paint or colorant though.

Hallielynn01 · 09-22-2009, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by raeben

yes, it is totally fine to use clean artists quality paper for prints and then rinse and make placenta medicine with it. obviously you would only make prints with the natural blood and not with any paint or colorant though.

of course, I used ink on my print, but didn't encapsulate. Wish I had known more about it then! Thanks for the info!