(Recording) Placenta as a Galactogogue: Tradition or Trend?

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Placenta as a Galactogogue: Tradition or Trend?

For some mothers, insufficient milk supply impacts their ability to fully breastfeed their infants. Many of these mothers seek holistic options to increase their milk supply. Amongst some women, placenta medicine and/or postpartum placenta consumption as a purported galactagogue is a practice on the rise. There is some limited historical research, and more recently some phenomenological data, about the practice of placenta as a galactagogue. However little is truly known about the benefits and risks of placentophagy. Even less is known about whether or not placenta can be viewed as a galactagogue. This presentation aims to review the existing literature and purpose a further call for research in regards to placenta as a galactagogue.

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