Eating the placenta....why?

[Salsa]

Moreso they will plant it at home but you even have to be careful how you do that, as it is so rich in nutrients that it can actually kill the plant.

We planted DS placenta with a tree we had put in a few mths earlier. We thought the tree would flourish, but it nosedived for a few years, I figured it was probably due to the nutrients from the afterbirth being too much for it...

When we told my M/w we would be keeping the placenta she offered some things we could do with it, including getting methods for cooking it - but she let us know that if we ate it she did not want to be invited to partake. I asked her if that had happened to her before and she said yes.

I used to have a korean friend who told me that in Korea they traditionaly offer you soup in the morning, insted of having cake. She said it was to represent a soup made of afterbirth - representing the afterbirth from when you were born. Its meant to wish you good health as well as remembering the time you were born.
She was wanting to make it for a friend of ours for her birthday as a nice surprise , but I knew the surprise our friend would get would not be the kindly intention suggested
Nice idea, but I wouldnt want to eat placenta, and I wouldnt even want to eat a soup for breakfast that symbolised my own placenta!!!

I have no problem with anyone who chooses to do that though, however as far as it being like liver, my friends placenta that I saw looked like a big healthy liver, but my DS one looked fugly - not appetising at all Im sure it was healthy but I was dissapointed it didnt look like my friends one

[DANNIIM]

This is a great topic! It completely grosses me out to even think about it but at the same time i think it is just like eating an animals organs too...really no difference. If the human race wasn't so used to being so modern and getting everything out of a tin this is probably what we all would do.
I envy anyone who is able to do this!

[Cyathea]

I am definitely eating my placenta this time, I had terrible PND last time (ended up suicidal) so anything I can do to try to prevent a repeat performance you bet I'll be doing.

I'm also intending to put a piece in my mouth immediately the placenta emerges, as I have a history of PPH, so any preventatives, again, most welcome!

I'd much rather have a piece of the placenta and hopefully stop any bleeding then to have to transfer to hospy (which I would do if necessary of course!)

And no hospital can refuse to give you your placenta if you request to take it home, it is YOUR property, they have no say over it.

[~mamaspice~]

Cyathea, I am increasingly leaning towards eating it next time too as I had PND, bad milk supply and insomnia last time round. The only thing is I'm personally not sure if I could eat it raw.

[Cyathea]

Cyathea, I am increasingly leaning towards eating it next time too as I had PND, bad milk supply and insomnia last time round. The only thing is I'm personally not sure if I could eat it raw.

I'm a vego, so I feel your pain!

The first bit after birth will be raw (yuck) but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do I guess!

The rest of it my lovely doula said she will cut into small pieces for me which I will then freeze, and have a piece a day, or when I feel I need to have it.

All the best with it, it takes some getting over the 'ick' factor at times

[Fuzzywuzzy]

There have been a lot of people who have said that they are going to eat their placenta and talk of people they know who ate theirs, but has anybody actually done it? It sounds pretty weird to me, but i'm curious at the same time

[Cyathea]

There have been a lot of people who have said that they are going to eat their placenta and talk of people they know who ate theirs, but has anybody actually done it? It sounds pretty weird to me, but i'm curious at the same time

I'll get back to you in a couple of months...