Ever Hear Of This?

[Uabassoon]

One of my close friends recently had a baby (home birth) and she was also planning on eating the placenta, not raw but in powder form. However she chicken out but still ate about a quarter size peice (downed it with gatorade) just to say that she did it. While I personally would never want to try it I don't think anything wrong of it. Mammals eat the placenta because it is rich in nutrients and helps them recover after labor it only makes sense that it would do the same for a human seeing as how we are mammals. When I was reading about it after my friend told me she was going to try it, it really does make sense to eat it after labor. However I do agree that it's kind of gross and I would never try it!

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.

[cassiesmom]

Not appropriate. Placentas from hospital deliveries should be discarded the same as any other medical waste. What's to keep a mentally unstable woman from obtaining her placenta and then doing something totally vile and disgusting with it? (Wait, wait... I think I feel a future "Law and Order" or "CSI" episode here ...)

[moosmom]

she chickened out but still ate about a quarter size peice (downed it with gatorade)

Gatorade??? GATORADE???

If I was gonna chow down on my own innards, you best be sure it'll be with a nice Chianti (Ah, gotta love Hannibal Lector!!) or a fine bottle of top shelf VODKA!!!

[lizbud]

I can't believe I had never heard of it. Not one of those things my Mother
told me about.

Well, I guess more Doctors should be studying the chemical properties of
the placenta to come up with drugs to mimic any good effects you might
experience from it.

[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?

[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?