The Giving Tree – Placenta Encapsulation & Essential Oils

I have used Jenna’s placenta capsulation services for two of my three children. For my first encapsulation Jenna had said that she would deliver several types of services (watercolor, placenta broth, encapsulation, umbilical cord dehydration, placenta tincture, and raw placenta smoothie) and all of these would take place in my home. While she did deliver these services within the 72 hour time frame, my initial contact after birthing the placenta was stressful. My husband try to contact her several times via text and phone calls after the birth. It took her 24 hours to get back to me and, of course, had a sad excuse (was at a funeral in Texas). I feel horrible that this was her situation but communication should have been there and letting all of her soon to be expecting mothers know she was going to be out of town. This was extremely frustrating.
I decided to give her another shot because I liked all of the services that she offered and it is hard to find someone to do the broth and watercolor. I had to pay in full up front the second time around. I was under the impression that all services would be included (and I did ask her about this and her response was yes). When my husband called her after the birth of this placenta she did answer and say she would come and pick up the placenta. I was a bit weary but she stated the turn around time would be faster. THIS INDEED WAS NOT THE CASE! She said she was going to drop off everything back to my home with 1 ½ days. My husband contacted her on that day with a late response stating she would deliver the next morning because she had «fires to put out a work». The next morning he tried again with no avail. Finally, in the evening of the next day (she has now had my placenta for almost the full three days) she calls with another sad excuse (her brother in law is in a car accident and she has been busy fielding phone calls). Once again I feel sorry for the incidents in her life, however, WITHOUT PROPER COMMUNICATION, I just feel frustration (which is not something a post partum mom should have to deal with). She did end up delivering SOME items that evening. I received ONLY my placenta pills, broth, and a chunk of raw placenta for the smoothie. I DID NOT RECEIVE the watercolor, umbilical cord or a chunk of placenta for the tincture.
All in all, the communication with Jenna is HORRIBLE. This should be a pleasant and easy process. I would not ever use her services again because of these communication frustrations. She also promised to make things right, by giving me a follow up call two weeks post partum. Well that was three weeks ago and I still have yet to hear from her. Once again… BIG FAIL on the communication front.
If you want to have a pleasant post partum without the frustrations of placenta encapsulation… do yourself a favor and DO NOT use her services.

I decided to do the encapsulation. I am glad I did. Jenna came to my house and did a beautiful job. While I was at the hospital she made me a smoothie, broth, tincture, hearted the umbilical chord, water color and pills. My husband brought me the broth in the hospital and we joked how it was not «chicken soup». She explained the process to my Mom and did a great job.
It has been a month since I gave birth and i have had 3 or 4 blue days. I know it could have been a lot worse and have really been myself. I know the pills have helped me heal quicker and kept the blues away. I will be recommending Jenna to all my friends and will hire her again for the next baby.
If you are on the fence about doing this I say Do it, you have nothing to lose and so much more to gain. Jenna is the best at it. She truly bring class and respect to the practice.