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2nd Trimester
Placenta Eating *Warning: Kind of graphic/gross*
So I was doing some research on the uterus and I stumbled across an article on mammals eating their placenta after childbirth...which led me to a few articles about humans eating their placentas. Like literally, freezing their placentas and cooking them up with their meals like its a side of beef or something! There were even some recipes posted!
Is it just me or is this extremely taboo? I'm not trying to judge anyone or anything but when I first read this I couldn't stomach the thought of this and was just wondering if anyone has heard of this before?
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Re: Placenta Eating *Warning: Kind of graphic/gross*
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yep. I know a lot of people who dehydrated and encapsulated their placentas.
It helps decrease postpartum bleeding, increase milk supply and reduce the risk of postpartum depression.
A friend of mine who recently had a homebirth had her placenta dried & put into pill form. It is supposed to help with milk supply & exhaustion in the post partum period.
Apparantly it is becoming quite popular particularily where home births are concerned. In fact, I hired a doula for my birth & on her preference sheet she asks if we would like to keep/take the placenta from the hospital! Not sure I would go for it myself, but to each her own!
Many women swear by the positive effects on PPD by eating your encapsulated placenta.
I think if it works for you, eat it.
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BAHAHAHAHA! Point taken! I don't think it would be gross having it encapsulated! But there are videos of people actually cooking up their placenta and eating it as if its filet mignon or meat loaf!
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they have to allow you to take it if you want it. As long as you have something to store it in, they can not tell you no.
Legally they can't keep it from you, it is your property. You just have to sign a waiver saying they are not responsible for what you do with it.
I'm not sure I could cook and eat mine, only because I hate meat. But to each their own.
This made me laugh out load! My dogs looked at me like I am a nut! I could understand the pill form (although I would not do that) but not eating it in a stew or BBQing it up.. To me that sounds awful and a bit cannibalistic.
OMGGGGGGGGGG!!!! That's the hardest I've laughed today!!!!!!!!
Woman makes a good point! And its too funny! LOL
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Yep. I'm seriously considering it. I can all but guarantee I could had you a capsule of placenta and a capsule of another herb and you wouldn't know the difference.
"What did my fingers do before they held you? What did my heart do with it's love?"
There was actually a lawsuit brought against a hospital in Nevada because the woman wanted her placenta and the hospital stated no. A judge ruled in her favor because technically it was her placenta, not property of the hospital. The woman hired someone to encapsulate it for her. From what I've read, there is no evidence that it actually has medicinal benefits, though women who have done it state they have felt a difference. Post partum depression affects millions of women. One possible cause of PPD is a withdrawal from hormones that are produced when you are pregnant. It is believed that since the placenta is the organ that produces hormones, eating the organ post partum helps prevent you from crashing from hormone withdrawal (PPD). It is thought that the placenta has hormones remaining in it post partum so by eating it or taking a pill a day helps substitute the hormones causing a gradual decrease, therefore preventing PPD.
Hope this helps. I find it fascinating!
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That's an awesome idea! I don't think anyone in my house would go for it, but that is super cool to me. That would actually fit well with some of my spiritual practices...