A tad grosed out..

There is a man at SIL school that is very strange.. I have met him ONCE.
He has 2 children, and when they were born he brought their placentas to the school, steamed them, and ate them infront of the students to demonstrate that they were nutritious. (grose)
This teacher asks sil yesturday if he could have my placenta to use for 'science':o
uhhh... dh's reponse was very normal as you could imagine a few nasty words about the teacher about how sick he is.
We dont know if he was planning to eat it, or disect it.. but yuck.
We are now thinking of getting it detroyed asap incase he goes into the medical waste bin and eats it.

ewwwww WTH :sick:

Yuk!! If a family decides to do something with the placenta it's one thing but for a stranger to want it.... I dunno if you should complain to the school???

Urgh :sick:

That's a bit disturbing.

I would complain that's weird

w.t.f ?? :o

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I would say something to the school - I think that's really inappropriate and gross!

Very very weird and quite unnerving. I would absolutely be following this up with his superiors. It is quite frankly, not normal and if he was planning to eat it then it is verging on dare I use the word but cannibalism......

This fellow sounds like a complete nutjob!

I would be quite disturbed by this.
I'd make a complaint....he should not be asking your SIL this!!

that's....weird.

omg wtf! I would tell the school.

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I agree that it is nutritious. But wrong to ask a stranger. I wouldn't eat it myself but i know its a great source of iron, especially if you've had a PPH. We plan to bury ours under a tree.

Ummmm... I am speachless :o :o :o
I would definitely take it up with the school, that is a bit OTT!

Thanks girls, I didnt think it was quite right. And I heard back from sil today saying she felt very awkward being forced to ask us. I may have to have a talk to the school, may be a good idea, who knows how many pregnant women he has tried to eat a part of.. :o

While I don't care what others do with their placentas. I would be seriously annoyed if someone did a demonstration at my childs school..

OMG!!! So wrong... you can't ask a woman for her placenta???

Ok, I know it's nutritious... but so are a lot of things I would never consider eating! I would complain to the school that this man had requested your placenta. If I were a parent at this school I would also have complained that he steamed and ate his own children's placenta at school! I'm pretty sure 'Nutritional Content of the Human Placenta' is not part of our current Australian curriculum and I really don't think it's appropriate for this man to physically demonstrate to children that the placenta can be eaten. Personally, I find it all a little disturbing...

ETA Aussienic I was typing when you posted... I completely agree.

Wow- that's just something else entirely! I would definitely complain to the school.

Completely agree with aussieinc as well

WTF, hmmmmm strange!!

People can eat placentas, play with, cut up etc from there own pregnancy's but OMG a strangers is just rediculous and disgusting!!

Complain to the school (not meaning OP BUT there is always the risk if placenta could have various blood borne diseases which could put kids at risk in school)

omg is he for real??? I to would get to the school and complain asap thats not on at all.I to would complain if my child was to sit thru one showing then that!!!

And yes its right its bubs dna not mums. You can freeze the cord blood now for the cells in case of cancer ect as its great in the treatment but wow it costs alot.I also have been told that hospitals now do that when parent dont want the cord/placenta now they store it for patients ect.

That man has gone some issues ay

Family of 3 Most hospitals take a sample of cord blood.. and your better off giving your baby all the goodness from the cord blood then freezing it for later!

I do think it is odd that he has asked a stranger for thier placenta.. but perhaps he has a ver odd sence of humour and was "joking" with your SIL as he knew she was weirded out that he ate his childrens placentas...

but the process its self is not that "unusual" eating a placenta does have MANY benifits more so for te mother..

I find that absolutely disturbing!

I would be horrified if someone did that infront of my child!

urghh i actually feel sick to my stomach.... that is definitely weird and very disturbing..

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but the process its self is not that "unusual" eating a placenta does have MANY benifits more so for te mother..

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This is what I was thinking- what on earth is he rocking up to work with a placenta for? Shouldn't he have steamed it up at home for the mother to eat? Sounds like a rather self centred man.

I don't really see the problem with observing a placenta in a science class. No need to eat one in front of your students though. But for connection to our bodies it seems like a nice idea to have one, better than dissecting dead rats.

I wonder what ages the kids are he teaches? For high school biology students, the chance to dissect a real placenta would be an amazing lesson, but this is something he should be asking a local hospital about through appropriate channels to allow them to get a willing donor.

As for eating his kids' placentas, what a strange thing to do. You think if he and his partner were so ok with eating it (which many couples are) they would save it for the mother who is most in need of it's blood and nutrition.