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Anyone planning to plant a placenta tree? (no worries - no picture in link!)

theduck808theduck808
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My cousin just sent me a link to an eHow article on "How to Plant a Placenta Tree." (My eyebrows did shoot into my hairline at sight of that headline in my inbox!) Apparently, she did it.?

https://www.ehow.com/how_2087498_plant-placenta-tree.html?

I have never heard of this before - I didn't know you had the option to take the afterbirth with you. Has anyone done this? And (no flames please - only general discussion!) is this something you would consider doing?

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Re: Anyone planning to plant a placenta tree? (no worries - no picture in link!)

  • Sequoyah ShoarsSequoyah Shoars member
    i refuse to even look.
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  • MrsBeckOMrsBeckO member

    I will not open that link.?

    And will not be taking the afterbirth with me. Or even looking at it.

    ::gag::?

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  • ~*Sarah*~~*Sarah*~
    flame free from me I dont think i will be bringing  a doggie bag home from the hospital lol but its interesting
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  • Jason'swifeJason'swife
    We're going to skip it.
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  • Abc123Abc123

    I wouldn't judge someone who did it, but it totally skeeves me out!!!

    And I read the thing about how you can freeze the placenta....ok so do people keep this in their everyday freezer?  Like with their steaks and chicken????  I guess I'm easily grossed out about things like that.

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  • jmurachjmurach
    imageMrsBeckO:

    And will not be taking the afterbirth with me. Or even looking at it.

    ditto, but no flames here if you want to do it...

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  • Kflie83Kflie83 member
    Na, it kind of weirds me out. Plus I have dogs and....no.
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  • amber_tynanamber_tynan member
    My mom actually did this with my brother and sister- it was fairly disgusting and something I will not be participating in.  In fact, I think an animal may have dug one up. . .
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  • HeyyRedHeyyRed
    I'd rather donate it so that Taelir can use it as shampoo later on.
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  • heidismithheidismith member
    I am terrified to open that link! The only thing I plan to bring home from hopital that comes out of me is my baby!!
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  • jaxgevjaxgev member

    Brooke Burke and Matthew McConaughey did it (not together) which means I'll be doing it.

    Random fact: Did you know dogs eat their own placenta?

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  • leah1615leah1615

    no, but I will be making a placenta print. Here is the link (it is at the end):

    https://www.birthdiaries.com/diary/birth038/

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  • heyyoheheyyohe

    I haven't read the link, but I don't really understand it.... I know that some women used to eat it (!!!!) for nutrition many moons ago.. Thank god for modern medicine, eh?

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  • Abc123Abc123

    imageHeyyRed:
    I'd rather donate it so that Taelir can use it as shampoo later on.

    Bwahahahahahaaaaaaa......I thought of her too when I read the subject line.

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  • Brownie_222Brownie_222 member
    imageleah1615:

    no, but I will be making a placenta print. Here is the link (it is at the end):

    https://www.birthdiaries.com/diary/birth038/

     Wow.

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  • Bride7-7-07Bride7-7-07
    I don't even want to read it - all I keep wondering is "What the f*** is a placenta tree and who the heck would ever want to plant one?"
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  • Bride7-7-07Bride7-7-07
    O.K. I said I wouldn't read it, but I was too damn curious.  Now I am sorry - that was freakin a** disturbing.  Freeze and defrost your placenta. Indifferent
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  • TheMrs8/9/8TheMrs8/9/8

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    flame free from me I dont think i will be bringing  a doggie bag home from the hospital lol but its interesting

     

    Lolol.

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  • Brittany GoldmanBrittany Goldman
    My parents did this with my brothers' placentas. I don't think that it is gross or creep and supposedly it is very nutritive for the tree as the placenta breaks down and decomposes. We're having our baby at home, so no worries about the placenta doggie bag from the hospital, but I'm not sure what we are going to do with mine. I would plant it too, but we don't have a tree in the back yard, just grass.
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  • theduck808theduck808
    imagejmurach:
    imageMrsBeckO:

    And will not be taking the afterbirth with me. Or even looking at it.

    ditto, but no flames here if you want to do it...

    Personally, I don't think I could do it. I'm a bit squeamish - apparently, so is DH. He looked like he was going to faint when I showed him the link.?

    Though I like the idea of planting a tree (in our case, with regular fertilizer!) for the child. ?

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  • PregoKelseyPregoKelsey
    My science teacher in high school planted a placenta in his garden and said it was a great fertilizer. Side note: him and his wife enjoyed a nice umbilical cord dinner as well Ick!
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  • Happily ever after!!Happily ever after!!
    Oh no! That's nothing compared to EATING IT! My husband and I were watching youtube videos last night of fetal movement and we saw a video for eating the placenta! We had to see what the heck it was. Thinking that maybe it was something different. OH NO! This guys was all excited to cook up his daughter's placenta that was born just a few days before. Nastiest thing we've ever seen, let alone heard of!
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  • theduck808theduck808

    imageHappily ever after!!:
    Oh no! That's nothing compared to EATING IT! My husband and I were watching youtube videos last night of fetal movement and we saw a video for eating the placenta! We had to see what the heck it was. Thinking that maybe it was something different. OH NO! This guys was all excited to cook up his daughter's placenta that was born just a few days before. Nastiest thing we've ever seen, let alone heard of!

    I have never heard of these things!!!! ?:O

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  • leah1615leah1615
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqyzbWN66uU&feature=related
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  • mommacazmommacaz

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    Na, it kind of weirds me out. Plus I have dogs and....no.

     

    THIS

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  • janice74janice74 member
    Friends of mine planted a placenta tree, but they aren't gonna live in that house for more than a few years. ?I don't think I would want someone else to have my child's placenta tree! ?(And I doubt they would WANT to have it)
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  • Kendall13Kendall13

    imageGoldmanBaby09:
    My parents did this with my brothers' placentas. I don't think that it is gross or creep and supposedly it is very nutritive for the tree as the placenta breaks down and decomposes. We're having our baby at home, so no worries about the placenta doggie bag from the hospital, but I'm not sure what we are going to do with mine. I would plant it too, but we don't have a tree in the back yard, just grass.

    Well, if you have a home birth you can't just throw the placenta in the trash (it's actually against the law to throw it away).  You can save yourself the medical waste fee by feeding your plants...  Tongue Tied

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  • mommabarker09mommabarker09
    imageKendall13:

    imageGoldmanBaby09:
    My parents did this with my brothers' placentas. I don't think that it is gross or creep and supposedly it is very nutritive for the tree as the placenta breaks down and decomposes. We're having our baby at home, so no worries about the placenta doggie bag from the hospital, but I'm not sure what we are going to do with mine. I would plant it too, but we don't have a tree in the back yard, just grass.

    Well, if you have a home birth you can't just throw the placenta in the trash (it's actually against the law to throw it away).  You can save yourself the medical waste fee by feeding your plants...  Tongue Tied

    This is the only way I could see myself using it in anyway...
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  • julybaby16julybaby16
    Wow. That sounds absurd to me!
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