Are there any actual benefits to placenta encapsulation? Our birth center (which we absolutely love) has brought it up/offered recommendations for providers several times. —Crunchy but maybe not that crunchy Placental encapsulation is part of a broader trend of “placentophagy” or “placentophagia” — the practice of consuming the placenta. Many non-human mammals do this (not…
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