If you have a health condition during pregnancy, include it in the booking questionnaire. Tell Placental Sg about any new diagnosis, infection concern or change in your or your baby’s health before collection.
Continue your medical care
Do not change prescribed treatment, monitoring or follow-up because you plan to take placenta capsules. A service booking does not provide medical clearance.
Placenta capsules should not replace prescribed iron treatment. A small placebo-controlled trial found no significant improvement in postnatal iron status from encapsulated placenta compared with the placebo.
Before collection
Let Placental Sg know if the hospital needs to examine or retain the placenta. Collection depends on the hospital releasing it and on a review of the booking and handling details.
Further reading: pilot study of placenta capsules and iron status.