My midwife has said they don't take the placenta away. So how do i get rid of it? I'm not interested in burying it and i don't want it hanging around my freezer for too long. So what do i do? Cause i know you can't just throw it in the bin.
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What to do with the placenta?
My midwife has said they don't take the placenta away. So how do i get rid of it? I'm not interested in burying it and i don't want it hanging around my freezer for too long. So what do i do? Cause i know you can't just throw it in the bin.
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they go into a 1 specific bin and then get incinerated.
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pmsl, im sure the bin man would enjoy that little surprise heehee
can i ask why you wouldn't want to bury it? some cultures eat it but i couldn't do that, why not inquire around the univeristies and see if they want it for lab research depending how you feel about that....but i think its very weird that the hospital doens't have some way to dispose of it!!!
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are you having a home birth antheia? if you are I am pretty sure you would have to bury it just to dispose of it unless your local hospital will take it if you drop it off.
I just got an email from MIL asking if she could have mine WTF???
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they do dispose of them by incineration, the bin is a different colour so that nothing else gets put in there.
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Hehe, put it up on ebay....I'm sure there'd be a lot of interest! Ha. You'd certainly make the papers.
Burying it (deep!) would be my suggestion too. Get your DH to dig a hole and get your DD to pick a nice tree to plant on top of it perhaps? A special link between her and her new bro/sis?
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[QUOTE=chocolatecatty;1425063]Hehe, put it up on ebay....I'm sure there'd be a lot of interest! Ha. You'd certainly make the papers.
LOL OMG what a classic!!!!!!!!!!!! there is always weird and wonderful things on ebay!!!
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A little fun fact for you..
The ancient egyptians believed that the placenta carried magical powers. The placenta of the Pharoah was placed on a pole and carried into battle - making the placenta history's first ever flag!!
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i know this is an old thread, but wow... i think that's a bit unusual. you'd think that they'd incinerate it, or use for medical research stuff for the nursing students.
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It was fine. My midwife took it anyway.
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I think the placenta is so fascinating!! I asked could I look at it and touch the umbilical cord after DD was born..... it's amazing!! That kept DD alive!! incredible.....
DH brought it home and buried it in a huge pot that now has a beautiful dwarf mandarin tree growing from it. (his choice). However... I am yet to eat the fruit from it tee heee hee
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