Nourish Life,

Leigh Anne DuChene

I think it’s great you are sharing your experience so openly. This is a foreign subject to many and may even be considered taboo. The first time I read about placenta consumption I thought that was going a bit far. Fast forward a few years to my unassisted birth and in the moment of a lot of blood loss, I consumed a few raw pieces of placenta.

My husband, never in a million years thought he’d be OK with that. But b/c of what we had read and being in a situation where it might help, he cut off a piece of my baby’s placenta, washed it and cut it into pieces to consume.

I held it under my tongue and would swallow with water. Right away my shaking stopped and my blood loss lessened. We didn’t do anything else with the rest of the placenta, only because I waited to long to put it away.

This is about the mother listening to HER Innate. Birthing a baby can be the most amazing, spiritual experience of a woman’s life when she is allowed to birth the way God designed our bodies to do so. If a woman feels that consuming her placenta is part of the process and it benefits her, then what is the big deal, really?

I took liquid chlorophyll, from nettles, during the last trimester of my pregnancy and continue to take it now while breastfeeding. It increases vitamin K naturally, as well as iron, and thus the ability for your body to carry more oxygen. Chlorophyll is a great supplement.