The purpose of placentophagy by the birthing person is to reintroduce the beneficial vitamins, minerals, hormones, proteins, and other nutrients to their body following birth to help restore a more balanced body function, reduce the effects of “baby blues” and the more serious postpartum depression, increase breast-milk production, shorten healing time, increase the birthing person’s energy levels, and provide an over-all feeling of wellness to aid in the transition between pregnancy and the early postpartum period in the person who has just given birth.