It's been a busy few weeks of doula appointments and teaching hypnobirthing home workshops here in Cornwall...

I was also asked by a new mummy to encapsulate her baby's placenta for consumption!

Here's the finished product after being steamed, dehydrated, ground and popped into vegetarian capsules. Around 80-150 pills are normally yielded. This placenta was quite wee, but there's 62 capsules in there - enough for at least 10 days postpartum.

There's a lack of clinical research controlling for the placebo effect, but anecdotally many mums swear by this... Believing the pills to increase milk supply and keep them balanced and upbeat. Mum says:

"My milk's going really good after 5 days and baby being 8 weeks early. I really feel its helping yay! 😊"