Ever Hear Of This?

[Catlady711]

As for the hospital I think it's wrong that they wouldn't give the mother the placenta, it belongs to her and she should be free to do what she pleases with it.

Hospitals don't want you to have your own parts. When I had my tonsils out I wanted them put in a jar to keep and they absolutely refused to let me, but I've known of other hosptials that let other people have theirs. Maybe it's just a particular hospital with those kind of rules?

[Oggyflute]

And I thought that Haggis was a rough dish.

[Miss Z]

and about the diseases, well, it was her body doing that, so what disease will she pass from herself to herself?

Maybe it would be something similar to Toxic Shock Syndrome? I know that old blood and body bits are bacteria heaven, as soon as it was 'out in the open' I suppose it would become pretty putrid.

I've never heard of it happening, don't think I'l be planning on placenta for tea, I'd even rather eat the hospital food!

[lizbud]

And I thought that Haggis was a rough dish.

Good one Oggy

[Marigold2]

She sounds like a flipping fruit cake, good luck to her kid, he is gonna need it.

[Twisterdog]

Oh wow, that just completely grosses me out.

If one were to get his leg amputated, could he demand to take it home with him and put it in the freezer next to the Ben & Jerry's?

Placenta ... leg ... what's the difference? You "own" both of them, they are a part of your body.

Yikes.

Hamsters sometimes eat their own babies heads, too. DANG ... I should have done that when mine was young and tender. Now he's too big.

[RICHARD]

[QUOTE=moosmom]If I was gonna chow down on my own innards, you best be sure it'll be with a nice Chianti /QUOTE]


What?
No fava beans? FTT, FTT, FTT?

[Giselle]

yeppers,

I heard about that years ago,.


I have washed my hair with a placenta based shampoo...


Check the label.

I've used whitening creams and lotions made of cow placenta, albeit this wasn't in America though. I think it's absolutely gross, but if it's sanitary and does not have a real disease risk - let the mom eat her own placenta.

[columbine]

It's certainly not unheard of. I suspect that in cultures where people barely have enough to eat anyway, a mother whose entire physical resources have been diverted to her baby would probably be craving something other than whatever thin gruel had been available to her through the pregnancy. I wonder if there's any historical precedent for the father (or putative father) insisting that the placenta was his due.

Love, Columbine

[wendysue1853]

I think we are civilized for a reason, cats, dogs et al though much loved, have no ability to reason and go on instinct, we know better!

[Jessika]

I watched a show on TV once where a mother who just gave birth had a party where she cooked and served her own placenta to knowing guests (meaning, guests knew what they were eating).

I see nothing wrong with it. It's different than what I would do, but I don't shun anyone because they do it.

[crow_noir]

Yeah and I'll trust instinct and nature over "civilization" any day.

I have lots of stomach problems and my dog end up showing me a plant that helps out quite a bit. When my doctors weren't there for me, my dog was.

It took me lots of digging in edible plant books but i finally found it. It's mostly mentioned in OLD books and not new ones.

It's a type of blue bell.

(I'll leave the "grass is for purging your stomach" bit to the dogs though! LOL )

I think we are civilized for a reason, cats, dogs et al though much loved, have no ability to reason and go on instinct, we know better!