Chaz Moms and Moms-to-Be Chat (everyone welcome)
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My Doula would encapsulate it. She is trained in doing that if requested and charges about $150 for the procedure. It is just like taking a herbal pill. No taste really. From what I am learning I think it is something I would definitely look more into and strongly consider for my last birth in the future.
Greenmagic why did it matter that you had a hospital birth on why you couldn't do it? My Doula does it for the clients that request it and all of their births are in a hospital setting. She was just called in today(that is how the discussion started) by a lady who had given birth 20 minutes prior and got her name from a friend. She wanted her to encapsulate it for her. So she went in to talk to her about it.,
Greenmagic why did it matter that you had a hospital birth on why you couldn't do it? My Doula does it for the clients that request it and all of their births are in a hospital setting. She was just called in today(that is how the discussion started) by a lady who had given birth 20 minutes prior and got her name from a friend. She wanted her to encapsulate it for her. So she went in to talk to her about it.,
We all got together for his mom's birthday this afternoon. We gave her a book titled "I love you, Grandma" as her gift.
I'd say it went pretty well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj3vhqVYwZo
His grandmother was almost in tears, and kept repeating, "I'm going to be a GG!" It was pretty darn cute. The funniest thing is how everyone said, "Thank you!" to us. Um, you're welcome? I feel like I should be getting a charitable donation receipt or community service hours if it's such a gift to people
It went a lot better than telling my parents, who are a little less thrilled. (I asked my dad if he wanted to be a grandfather, and his words were, "Do I have a choice?") I'm glad we saved DH's family for last--it was actually almost fun instead of stressful to share the news today.
I'd say it went pretty well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj3vhqVYwZo
His grandmother was almost in tears, and kept repeating, "I'm going to be a GG!" It was pretty darn cute. The funniest thing is how everyone said, "Thank you!" to us. Um, you're welcome? I feel like I should be getting a charitable donation receipt or community service hours if it's such a gift to people
It went a lot better than telling my parents, who are a little less thrilled. (I asked my dad if he wanted to be a grandfather, and his words were, "Do I have a choice?"
) I'm glad we saved DH's family for last--it was actually almost fun instead of stressful to share the news today.
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I asked my doctor about placenta encapsulation and she basically said that it doesn't do any harm, but it doesn't necessarily do any good either. I couldn't find any studies about it at all and chose not to pursue it. She also pointed out that the main reason other species do it is to clean up the afterbirth smell as it's a beacon to predators. Seemed reasonable to me.
ETA: That wasn't the doctor, it was the certified midwife that I saw for one of my appointments.
ETA: That wasn't the doctor, it was the certified midwife that I saw for one of my appointments.
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