I will collect a
small piece of your placenta for the tincture (see above), and once the tincture is made I will use it to make the cream or balm for you.
If your doctor suspects that you have a retained placenta, she will probably perform a physical examination, check your blood for levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), and do an ultrasound to look
for pieces of the placenta left behind in your uterus.
It is rare, but
a piece of the placenta can be left behind in your uterus after you give birth.
If desired, we can give you instructions for how to prepare a placenta smoothie with
a piece of your placenta and fresh or frozen fruit.
Have also read of eating
a piece of the placenta being used successfully to stop haemorrhage in Indonesia — lots o malnourished patients.
My doula cut off
a piece of my placenta right after birth and put it in a fruit smoothie for me that I consumed within 30 minutes of birth.
A placenta tincture is a tincture made of alcohol in which a small
piece of your placenta has been steeped.
Some women experience a retained placenta, which is when the placenta is not expelled within one hour of delivery, or when
a piece of the placenta was not expelled.
Some researchers have suspected fetal DNA or
pieces of the placenta — long known to circulate in the bodies of pregnant women — could kick off an inflammatory immune response intended to kill and clean up the intruders.
«Imagine that you had a horrible miscarriage and there are a lot of scars, and you're still dangling
a piece of placenta,» he stated about that particular situation.