The Rewilding Placenta Specialist Course

Learn how the placenta supports oxygen exchange, nourishment, and communication during pregnancy.

This video provides a visual explanation of the function of the placenta and how it works to support the growth and development of the fetus.

Learn the structure of the placenta, common variations in shape and cord insertion, and how to observe without over-interpreting.

A visual handout of the different placenta variations you will encounter.

Learn when placenta work should be declined, paused, or discontinued, and how to handle safety issues responsibly.

An overview of role, responsibility, and scope in placenta services.

This lesson outlines expectations for consent, privacy, and responsible practice in placenta services.

This sample consent form is for example purposes only. If you choose to use an informed consent document in your practice, it should be customized to your business before being shared with clients.

An introduction to placentophagy through history, culture, and nature—examining how humans and other mammals have related to the placenta across time.

Consumption of the afterbirth (i.e., placentophagy) is a ubiquitous maternal behavior among mammals, including our closest primate relatives. Yet, until it emerged as alternative health practice among a small number of women in postindustrial societies beginning in the 1970s, the behavior appears to be entirely absent from the cross-cultural and historic records. This talk will explore some possible explanations for the absence of this fascinating maternal behavior among humans.

This lesson explores the commonly claimed benefits of placenta consumption and why so many women feel drawn to the practice. We’ll look at the physical, emotional, and cultural reasons behind placentophagy.

This lesson examines the current scientific research on placenta consumption, including what has been studied, what the evidence suggests, and the limitations of existing data. Students will learn how to responsibly discuss research with clients while clearly distinguishing between evidence, tradition, and self-reported experience.

This lesson outlines the professional standards for receiving and transferring a placenta into your care. Students will learn proper intake procedures, transport expectations, temperature control, and when to decline processing. Clear protocols at this stage protect both client safety and practitioner integrity.

This lesson establishes the sanitation standards and safe handling practices required for placenta work. Students will learn how to minimize contamination risk, maintain proper temperature control, and create a clean, controlled workspace to ensure safe and professional processing.

This lesson introduces common placenta preparation methods while establishing the TCM method as the standard taught in this course, emphasizing a time-tested and safety-conscious approach.

This lesson provides a clear, step-by-step walkthrough of the placenta encapsulation process using the TCM method. Students will learn how to safely and consistently prepare, dehydrate, grind, and encapsulate the placenta from start to finish.

This is for refrence of the supplies that worked well for me in my practice. You are welcome to make changes in whatever way best suits your own personal practice (:

This is for my visual learners (; Links are included in 5.5: Placenta Supply List.

A visusal and auditory learning experience of the step by step process of completing placenta encapsulation from start to end. Feel free to watch as many times as you need, or slow it down. 

This lesson introduces additional placenta services such as tinctures, prints, cord keepsakes, and body butter. Students will learn simple methods for each and how to thoughtfully expand their offerings over time.

This lesson covers how to professionally return placenta capsules to your client, including packaging, delivery options, and clear communication. Students will learn how to create a clean, respectful, and supportive client experience.

This lesson provides a clear, experience-based dosing framework for placenta capsules along with practical guidance to support client use. Students will learn how to communicate dosing recommendations confidently while staying within scope and encouraging individual awareness.

This lesson explores your role in supporting clients during the early postpartum period. Students will learn how to recognize when additional support may be needed, how to respond appropriately, and when to refer clients to other care providers.

This lesson covers setting up your workspace, organizing supplies, and creating a clean, functional environment, along with beginning to design your practice in a way that feels aligned with you.

This lesson introduces the basic legal and responsibility considerations for starting your practice.

This lesson provides guidance on pricing your services, including realistic price ranges, example pricing, and how to structure add-ons and service fees. Students will learn how to set clear, simple pricing that reflects their time and work.

This lesson covers simple, practical ways to start finding clients and growing your practice through connection, consistency, and trust. Students will learn how to build their practice naturally without overcomplicating the process.

This lesson introduces an optional observational study designed to collect data on placental characteristics. Participation is voluntary, and students may choose to contribute and share the study with their clients to help support ongoing learning and pattern recognition.

This lesson provides a standardized assessment guide for observing and documenting placental characteristics. Students will learn how to consistently record findings in a simple, non-diagnostic way to support participation in the observational study.

This section guides you through completing and submitting your final assessment. You’ll find the exam link, passing requirements, and instructions for receiving your certificate upon completion.

The placenta is a complex organ that influences prenatal growth and development, and through fetal programming impacts postnatal health and well-being lifelong. Little information exists on placental pathology in the presence of congenital heart disease (CHD). Our objective is to characterize the placenta in CHD and investigate for distinctions based on type of malformation present.

"We present current and published findings relevant to the placental role in fetal congenital heart disease (CHD) pregnancies, specifically those affected by common maternal comorbidities including diabetes, obesity, and preeclampsia"

With increasing significance of developmental programming effects associated with placental dysfunction, more investigations are devoted to improving the characterization and understanding of placental signatures in health and disease. The placenta is a transitory but dynamic organ adapting to the shifting demands of fetal development and available resources of the maternal supply throughout pregnancy. Trophoblasts (cytotrophoblasts, syncytiotrophoblasts, and extravillous trophoblasts) are placental-specific cell types responsible for the main placental exchanges and adaptations. Transcriptomic studies with single-cell resolution have led to advances in understanding the placenta’s role in health and disease. These studies, however, often show discrepancies in characterization of the different placental cell types.

Life-long brain function and mental health are critically determined by developmental processes occurring before birth. During mammalian pregnancy, maternal cells are transferred to the fetus. They are referred to as maternal microchimeric cells (MMc). Among other organs, MMc seed into the fetal brain, where their function is unknown. Here, we show that, in the offspring’s developing brain in mice, MMc express a unique signature of sensome markers, control microglia homeostasis and prevent excessive presynaptic elimination. Further, MMc facilitate the oscillatory entrainment of developing prefrontal-hippocampal circuits and support the maturation of behavioral abilities. Our findings highlight that MMc are not a mere placental leak out, but rather a functional mechanism that shapes optimal conditions for healthy brain function later in life.

There is a bidirectional transplacental cell trafficking between mother and fetus during pregnancy in placental mammals. The presence and persistence of fetal cells in maternal tissues are known as fetal microchimerism (FMc). FMc has high multilineage potential with a great ability to differentiate and functionally integrate into maternal tissue. FMc has been found in various maternal tissues in animal models and humans. Its permanence in the maternal body up to decades after delivery suggests it might play an essential role in maternal pathophysiology. Studying the presence, localization, and characteristics of FMc in maternal tissues is key to understanding its impact on the woman’s body. Here we comprehensively review the existence of FMc in different species and organs and tissues, aiming to better characterize their possible role in human health and disease. We also highlight several methodological considerations that would optimize the detection, quantification, and functional determination of FMc.

The placenta is a metabolically active interfacial organ that plays crucial roles in fetal nutrient delivery, gas exchange and waste removal reflecting dynamic maternal and fetal interactions during gestation. There is growing evidence that the sex of the placenta influences fetal responses to external stimuli in utero, such as changes in maternal nutrition and exposure to environmental stressors.