Placenta Smoothie

Since my last post a few people have asked me about my placenta smoothie so I thought I would share with you what this consisted of.

My reaction on hearing about this 'trend' of consuming your placenta postpartum was probably much the same as yours will be whilst reading this post. But after considering the potential benefits and doing a fair bit of research I decided to go for it as it couldn't hurt.

I adopted the services of a lovely lady called Elizabeth from a company called Dubai Doula's www.dubaidoulas.com. Put simply Elizabeth comes to pick up your placenta or in my case placenta's from the hospital soon after the birth she then takes some of the placenta and mixes it with anything you like to make a tasty smoothie, I had mixed berries, coconut water and a bit of manuka honey.  With the rest of the placenta she dehydrates it and makes capsules which you then take postpartum. 

The idea is that the consumption of your placenta ensures you don't have the hormonal imbalances that many experience after birth. Some of the benefits reported are, no baby blues or post natal depression, no postpartum hair loss, quicker recovery after a c section and more energy.  I certainly feel that they have helped me. I don't feel that I have had any depression in fact I've been on top of the world since they have arrived. Although sometimes I am obviously tired I have also been shocked at how much energy I have after so little sleep. 9 days after my C section I feel great and would hardly know I had a major operation. Of course this could all be down to the  placebo effect but who cares it worked for me.