Erthe Family Placenta Encapsulation

02/18/2025

Your reproductive decisions belong to only you.

01/31/2023

Hello family and friends 💜

We have chosen to remain at basic services for the time being. This means we will only be offering encapsulation ($300) from here-on-out, with the only extra service we offer being prints ($30). Placenta photos and cord preservation are only offered if requested before processing (free).

If you would like to make your own tincture or salve, please let me know ahead of time and I will reserve a piece of your placenta for you and give you instructions. 💜

11/11/2021

11/11/2021

Thank you for your patience with our closure through my mother’s illness and death.

We are now open for business again, but only offering basic encapsulation and prints at this time. Our prices remain the same.

$250 for encapsulation, $30 for a print.

08/04/2020

If you use your body to do it, whether you choose to call it bodyfeeding, chestfeeding, breastfeeding, or anything else - I celebrate you. I celebrate the difficulty that comes with choosing and practicing how to feed a baby, and the ways in which using your body to feed can be magical and painful. ⁣
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❤️❤️This week, I see, celebrate, and include...⁣
⁣..those who induce lactation ⁣..those who co-lactate⁣..those who delay, pause, or alter their gender-affirming treatments and procedures in order to bodyfeed⁣..those who bodyfeed through dysphoria⁣..and/or supply-related stressors and discomforts⁣..those who use a Supplementary Nursing System (SNS) to bodyfeed, whether with human milk or formula⁣..those who use donor milk, and those who provide donor milk⁣..those who pump, or exclusively pump⁣..those who tandem feed multiple children⁣..those who long to bodyfeed or lactate⁣..those who wish their feeding journey had/could look different ⁣
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And more broadly - every and anyone who makes the decision if/when/how to use their body to feed a baby. Bodily autonomy means opting for the feeding choices that are best for you, and/or your baby. Only YOU can decide what that looks like. ❤️❤️⁣
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Special shoutout to the lactation and reproductive health professionals who provide people with a wide range of feeding options without projecting hierarchy. ⁣
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ID: an illustration of a persons upper left torso, including a scar from top surgery. The person’s body is drawn in shades of blue, and the background is red. Black text is overlaid which reads “world bodyfeeding week ” ⁣
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10/04/2019

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02/22/2019

08/24/2018

Raising a child while trying to give birth to your dreams. Y'all don't get enough credit. 🙏🏾

I've seen this up close and it's nothing short of a miracle. Her body is still healing. Her emotions are still everywhere especially if she's experiencing postpartum depression. She hasn't slept a full night in weeks, sometimes months since newborns eat every few hours and even infants take a while to get on a consistent sleeping schedule. She's barely taking care of herself these days since the baby constantly needs her. Then add to that trying to meet the expectations of a professor or boss who's not slacking up due to her being a new mom and still pressures her to keep up with everyone else. It's incredible how some still manage to do this, and no one gives them their due props for it.

Feat: .nichole

08/03/2018

Time lapse of a natural and wondrous process of placental transfusion through the cord. Feel the cord at your birth and you can feel your baby's heart pulse. Thanks to my beautiful powerhouse mama Lena DeGloma

07/25/2018

ATTENTION PREGNANT FOLKS: in case you got wind that there was testing underway with pregnancy and vi**ra, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE IT. It has caused neonatal death!

A Dutch trial with the drug best known under the brand name Vi**ra, has been immediately halted after 11 babies of mothers using the medication died, one of the participating hospitals said on Tuesday.

07/22/2018

“The truth is, it’s easier to talk about decorating the nursery than about the gripping fear that sends you into a full-body sweat the first time you take baby to the grocery store. It’s more comfortable to debate baby names and stroller brands than to discuss the depth of loneliness that can come at 2 a.m. when you are awake again with a crying baby.” -Chelsea Conaboy

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06/27/2018

The many ways breastfeeding/chestfeeding looks.

Graphic reposted from .joeigowing

****Edit to add: There have a few 'passionate' comments lately, when we are passionate about something, sometimes we forget about those who may read our comments and whilst we cannot control how others react to what we say, we can be mindful in our language and delivery of what we say...as The Gottman Institute would say, 'soft start-ups'.

Almost everything pregnancy, birth and baby/feeding related can be controversial or trigger inducing for many people. Please try and use the following when commenting:
1. Is it necessary?
2. Is it true?
3. Is it kind?

We can still share our views, opinions, and stories but let's consider those who will be reading it.
Something I like to do if I am triggered by a post or comment, I like to write a reply or comment then wait a while before posting it, re-read it and I almost always edit it as my immediate response is generally filled with strong emotion which could hurt or shame others. This is a safe and inclusive space, and hateful comments will not be tolerated.