Day 1:

Sanitize kitchen area being worked with and set up materials to be used.

Start heating water with lemon, and ginger for steaming, while placenta is being cleaned.

If placenta is fresh a placenta print will be made at this point.

Placenta is then drained of blood, and umbilical cord is removed and shaped for keepsake.

Placenta is then steamed for 8-12 minutes depending on its size.

Once fully steamed & cooled, the placenta is cut into thin slices and placed in dehydrator.

**Umbilical cord keepsake is also placed for dehydration.

The placenta is left to dehydrate for 18-24 hours at 160 degrees F.

Clean and sanitize area

Day 2:

Sanitize kitchen area being worked with and set up materials to be used.

Check dehydrated placenta, to assure it has fully dried.

Use food processor to grind the dried placenta into a uniform powder.

Create tincture & salve using the dehydrated placenta.

Use capsule filler to prepare placenta capsules

Package capsules in jars.

Sanitize area and review guidelines for consumption with client.

-Decrease in postpartum mood disorders

-Decrease in stress hormones

-Restoration of iron levels following bleeding after birth

-Reduced postnatal bleeding

-Increased milk supply

-Potential for losing baby weight & for uterus to return back to pre-pregnancy size faster

-An increased production of oxytocin

(Oxytocin acts as a chemical messenger and has an important role in many human behaviors including recognition, trust, mother-infant bonding)

-Always encapsulate in the clients home to avoid contact with foreign bacteria

-Client always transports the placenta from birth facility to their home

-Placenta must be refrigerated within 4 hours of being delivered, and transported to freezer if not processed on day 4

-Placenta will be steamed in order to kill potentially present bacteria

-Work area is sanitized with bleach and covered to prevent cross contamination

-Placenta must not come in contact with unnatural substances