Placenta Services

This is a way to receive the medicine of your own making, crafted with love.

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a quick lesson on the placenta

Your placenta is kind of a big deal—grown by your body, for your baby, and yes, also for you. Through gentle preparation whether in capsule or tincture form, The Folk Doula honor it as a source of nourishment, restoration, and magic.

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I need…

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Wait… you do what with the placenta???

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The placenta is a remarkable organ—grown by your body, with care and precision, to sustain your baby. After birth, many cultures have honored the placenta as a powerful source of continued healing. Encapsulating or tincturing your placenta allows you to receive that medicine back into your own body during a time of great transition.

Though modern research is ongoing, many parents report benefits such as:

  • Reduced postpartum fatigue

  • Emotional stability and hormone regulation

  • Increased milk production

  • Replenished iron and essential nutrients

  • A sense of energetic grounding

While placenta encapsulation is not a replacement for professional medical care, it can be a beautiful addition to your personal postpartum plan.

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Across time and continents, the placenta has been honored as more than medical waste—it has been treated as sacred. 

There are many culturally significant utilizations for the placenta after birth. With the intention of personal connection and cultural sensitivity, I draw from my own ancestry in my practice.

In Polish and Slavic traditions, the placenta was often buried beneath a tree, believed to protect the child’s soul and link it to the land.

In Irish and Celtic folklore, the placenta was considered part of the “veil” between worlds—a portal of protection and magic.

Today, placenta encapsulation and tincturing offer a modern way to continue this lineage of reverence. Rather than discarding what was made by your body, you can choose to receive it. It’s a reclamation of inner wisdom—an act of trust, and of return.

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A gentle, respectful way to support postpartum recovery using the life-giving organ that sustained your baby. Thoughtfully prepared with care, intention, and cleanliness—so you can receive its benefits in a form that feels accessible and honoring.

encapsulation and tincturing

  • Placenta Encapsulation

    • Steam-cleaned and dehydrated according to safety guidelines

    • Ground and encapsulated in vegetarian capsules

    • Comes with printed care and dosage info

    • Packaged in amber glass jar

    Placenta Tincture

    • Long-lasting herbal extraction using a small piece of placenta

    • Can be used for hormonal transition, stress, and even support years later

    • Comes in an amber glass labeled dropper bottle with usage guide

    I will pick up your placenta shortly after birth.

    Keepsake placenta print also included.

  • $200 flat fee

    $35 travel fee for pickup outside of a 40 min radius

❀ Best for: those who want to experience the benefits of ingesting their placenta.

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closing ceremony

Not interested in ingesting your placenta, but want to honor it as more than medical waste?

Consider a closing ceremony—where we mindfully prepare the placenta for burial under a tree, in your garden, or in a meaningful place to honor it as the life-giving organ it was.

❀ Best for: those seeking to honor and engage with the miracle of the placenta (without eating it).

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