Does it really make a difference?

Check out this study that investigated whether salivary hormone concentrations of women ingesting their own encapsulated placenta during the early postpartum differed from those of women consuming a placebo.

Young S M, Gryder L K, Cross C. Effects of placentophagy on maternal salivary hormones: A pilot trial, part 1. Women Birth. 2018;31:e245–e257.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29174274