Coleen Garcia drinks fruit smoothie with her own placenta after giving birth to Baby Amari

For the latest episode of her YouTube vlog, Coleen Garcia and Billy Crawford shared their water birth experience at home.

After showing snippets of the raw, vulnerable, and personal moments during her childbirth, Coleen talked about all of the things she did to stay calm throughout her labor. She said she kept quiet and decided to suck up the pain to keep her body relaxed.

Coleen said it was a balance of listening to her own body and to those helping her give birth.

When Billy checked the head of their baby on Coleen was already crowning, he whispered to Coleen "he's got a lot of hair," which lifted Coleen's spirits and gave her the energy for her last few pushes.

The actress said delivering her placenta took long, about an hour she estimates. 

After giving birth to her placenta, her Doula Irina Otmakhova let her drink a fruit smoothie with her placenta blended in it.

"I felt like it had a good effect on me," Coleen said.

Billy said the placenta allowed Coleen to heal quickly.

Their doula gave it to them in pill form, with Coleen turning it into resin art pieces and jewelry charms.

In the description of the video on YouTube, Coleen said, "This is OUR story, and Amari’s birth has been nothing but good and beautiful to us. Everyone’s story and experiences are different, so if you find yourself here, please share the good vibes with us! No disrespect and negativity please."

Coleen's doula Irina also assisted Kapuso actress Max Collins in her home water birth.

The practice of imbibing placenta isn't very popular in the Philippine but celebrities are slowly talking about it. Aside from Coleen, Jennica Garcia-Uytingco also drank a smoothie with placenta after giving birth.

According to the website Mother & Baby, it is the placenta that nourishes the baby during pregnancy, so by the end of the nine months, it's packed with vitamins, including vitamin B6 that help fight depression.

Sciencemag.org meanwhile reported that eating placenta pills "made no difference to the women's hormones" nor made "significant overall impact on fatigue and postpartum depression." — Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/LA, GMA News