Ep 121: Placenta Consumption with Maria Pokluda of BEST Placenta

Birth Kweens

In today’s episode we’re talking with Maria Pokluda about placenta encapsulation. Maria is a doula, childbirth educator, and placenta encapsulator who teaches encapsulation workshops through her training organization, BEST Placenta. In this episode we discuss:

• The history of placenta consumption
• A book about the topic – Placenta: The Forgotten Chakra
• The existing data on placenta consumption
• The benefits, risks, and contraindications of consuming your placenta
• What’s contained in the placenta and the benefits of those active ingredients
• The difference between placenta pills and tincture and how a tincture can be used long term
• The different methods of preparing a placenta for encapsulation
• Storage recommendations for placenta pills and tinctures
• The average number of pills people get
• Maria’s recommended dosing schedule
• A discussion about the CDC’s warning against placenta consumption
• Questions to ask your placenta encapsulators
• Click here to get more info about Maria’s placenta trainings

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