Glasgow's Jamie Genevieve has said that after the birth of her first child, which is fast approaching, she will turn her placenta into pills.
Talking during her latest YouTube video as part of a Q&A as she applied her make up, the influencer said that her husband, Jack, is a tad "freaked out" over the idea.
During her video uploaded to her channel on April 17, the successful business owner spoke about her plans for a water birth explaining: "One thing that I think is absolutely wild that I am doing is - and I can't believe I am doing it but I am because, why not? And Jack is freaked out by it but I am doing placenta encapsulation.
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"I am getting it made into tablets to take and I honestly don't know how I feel about it myself, but I am doing it because it can't hurt and that's going to make everyone think I am nuts but I am quite excited about it. Everything I've read about it and everything that I have been told about it is pretty good."
She continued: "Funnily enough at the start I was like 'nah nah, I'm definitely not hormonal or anything' and in hindsight oh my God I absolutely was, I was insane, I was feral I was a different person.
"Everything is just very heightened and what I'm thinking is that if placenta encapsulation can help at all balance the aftermath hormones of pregnancy that would be great."
The placenta is a disc of tissue that connects a mother's uterus to the umbilical cord. The organ is responsible for delivering vital nutrients and oxygen to the baby and is often discarded as medical waste after giving birth.
Currently 37 weeks pregnant, at the time of filming, Jamie's plan to have the capsules made is something that is growing in popularity.
According to netmums, "ingesting your placenta after birth, in the form of easy to swallow capsules, can have many recognised benefits."
They includes:
- A reduction in blood loss following birth, which in turn results in a reduction in loss of iron, thereby giving mum more energy
- An increase in milk production
- An improvement in post-birth healing
- A reduction in dramatic mood swings as hormone levels are balanced out
Would you, or have you, turned your placenta into capsules?
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