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Talk to your care provider during a prenatal visit about your intended birth place’s policies in regards to releasing the placenta. Sign any forms required and have them placed in your file. Some hospitals release to me right away, and am able to come pick up with an iced cooler. Others will only release the placenta at discharge, and only to the mother. If this is the case for you, you will need to bring a cooler for transport. I will pick up from your home and take your cooler(as to assure less handling and transfer) and will return your cooler with your completed capsules.
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If you are birthing in a hospital: remind your care providers upon arrival that you plan to take your placenta and remind them again during pushing. See that it has been properly stored and labeled with your name before it leaves your room for refrigeration.
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If you are delivering at home, put your placenta into a covered container, secured biohazard bag or double ziplock bag. The container must be labeled with your name before I pick it up.
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It can remain at room temperature for up to 2 hours following the birth. Refrigerate or put it on ice as soon as reasonably possible. Improperly handled placentas are susceptible to spoilage.
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I cannot encapsulate placentas that are examined in a hospital's pathology lab.
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Call or text message me at [ 904-575-8314] after the birth to arrange a time to pick up the placenta. Please call between 7am and 10pm.
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If you are not able to contact me within 3 days of the birth, freeze the placenta until you are ready for pickup.
- Encapsulation and delivery takes 2-3 days for a refrigerated placenta. A frozen placenta will take an additional 1-2 days so that it can be safely thawed.