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Weird Question: What are you doing with your placenta?

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What is everyone planning to do with their placentas?
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  • CNYBride05CNYBride05 member
    Either encapsulation or letting the hospital do whatever they do with it.
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  • vintageutopiavintageutopia member
    Absolutely nothing. :) I am not an eat-your-placenta OR make-it-into-art kind of girl. I will stick with healthy whole foods after birth to increase my energy and recooperate.
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  • Liz4444Liz4444 member
    Whatever the hospital wants to do with it. I have no interest in even seeing it.
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  • notquiteblushingnotquiteblushing member
    I had mine encapsulated and I take a pill every morning now.  I also got some sort of tincture with it.
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  • StormytuckerStormytucker member
    imageLiz4444:
    Whatever the hospital wants to do with it. I have no interest in even seeing it.


    Ditto to that!!!
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  • MommyKristin88MommyKristin88 member
    Encapsulation

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  • jessalynn521jessalynn521 member
    I am in the "whatever the hospital does with it" clan. Last time mine had to be tested for infection. Otherwise I am assuming they discard it in some way.
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  • skioskio member
    Nothing.
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  • Shanmarie1083Shanmarie1083 member

    imageMommyKristin88:
    Encapsulation

    Same here. 

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  • WashingtonQueenWashingtonQueen member
    I will be doing placenta encapsulation.
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  • thegoodpotatothegoodpotato
    Letting the hospital incinerate it. :)

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  • Mommy2AvaJeanMommy2AvaJean
    Probably make it into voodoo dolls and do a rain dance.
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  • monalisa577monalisa577 member

    imageLiz4444:
    Whatever the hospital wants to do with it. I have no interest in even seeing it.

    Yeah, this.

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  • monalisa577monalisa577 member

    imageMommy2AvaJean:
    Probably make it into voodoo dolls and do a rain dance.

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  • laceylavalleelaceylavallee
    Encapsulation.
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  • CupcakeGirl08CupcakeGirl08
    Encapsulation.
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  • trudibelltrudibell member
    I think my hospital will only discard the placenta.  I'd look into encapsulation if we had more disposable income.
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  • jennielizjennieliz member
    Tossing it out with all of the rest of the hospital waste. 
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  • Monkeybutt80Monkeybutt80 member
    imageBlissBerry:
    I made a bruschetta with it and served it at the Meet the Baby party.

    Hahahaha!
    Me? Nothing. Don't even really want to see it.
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  • queenbonequeenbone member
    I've never done anything with mine, but this time I am going to ask to see it after the surgery.
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  • queenbonequeenbone member
    imagemonalisa577:

    imageMommy2AvaJean:
    Probably make it into voodoo dolls and do a rain dance.

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  • Calysto999Calysto999
    Nothing :)
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  • RedLuciaRedLucia member

    Plant it with a new fruit tree.

    ...though that post about the raccoons digging it up has me questioning my choice! 

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  • kendra223kendra223
    Nothing. Don't wanna see it. Don't wanna eat it. Don't wanna take pills of it. It will have served its purpose of nurturing DD2 and that will be that.
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  • CaliforniaDream87CaliforniaDream87 member
    imageLiz4444:
    Whatever the hospital wants to do with it. I have no interest in even seeing it.

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    imageBliss+Berry:
    I made a bruschetta with it and served it at the Meet the Baby party.

    Hahahahaha so gross.

    I'm letting the hospital do whatever they do with it.  

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  • mommatotwo2mommatotwo2 member

    imagemelpatbat:
    I have no idea.  If we deliver at home as planned we have to deal with it.  I'll probably freeze it and then put it out on garbage day.  I'd bury it but we have too many racoons and I have visions of it strewn around my yard.

     Yuck!

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  • MrsBlindLoveMrsBlindLove member

    Encapsulation.

    I was pretty grossed out by anything placenta related that people do until I did some research, and while it's still kind of gross I think I will want all the help I can get postpartum.

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  • lyndz333lyndz333 member
    imageMommy2AvaJean:
    Probably make it into voodoo dolls and do a rain dance.


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  • Lelo2006Lelo2006 member
    Feeding it to my dog.
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  • A37liciaA37licia member
    My midwife will discard it however she's supposed to get rid of it.
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  • kriskellkriskell member
    Encapsulation. The lady we hired to do it also makes an art print of it and dries the cord into a heartshaped ornament. I don't care about the placenta and cord arts and crafts but it is part of her service. I will probably look at it, think it's interesting and throw it out. But I believe in the capsules.
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  • KateLouiseKateLouise member

    It's culturally common to bury the placenta with a tree, where we are, which is what we did.

    MW examined the placenta and showed me what she was looking at and for. It was super interesting. 

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  • flkongflkong member
    Nothing, hospital disposal. I'm not convinced about it's benefits being worth the cost of encapsulation. So I'm not into that either but to each his own. 
                                   






     
                                 
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  • Liz4444Liz4444 member
    imageBlissBerry:
    I made a bruschetta with it and served it at the Meet the Baby party.

    I thought the tomatoes tasted funky... Damnit bliss!
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  • kje120kje120 member
    Letting it be thrown out with the medical waste.
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  • kennazebrowskykennazebrowsky member

    save it in a shadow box for the wall

     

    LOL j/k

     

    Nothing -  I do not think I could eat it or turn it into a pill..... a bit too weird for me

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  • cbm3228cbm3228
    imageBliss+Berry:
    I made a bruschetta with it and served it at the Meet the Baby party.
    LMAO. Whatever the hospital does with it- which is probably straight to the medical waste bin never to be seen or heard from again.
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  • chiboo9chiboo9 member

    I'm doing this.

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    Just kidding. I don't even want to see it. I see and understand the benefits of encapsulating it, but I'll definitely pass.

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