how big of a cooler for placenta?

zubenescamali · February 2012

getting some stuff together for the hospital bag and am trying to figure out how big of a cooler i will need to bring for the placenta. i have a couple of large lunch sacks, a large soft sided cooler on wheels, and a big igloo. i think the lunch size ones are going to be too small but the others just seem enormous to lug into L&D. what did you ladies who took your placenta home do?

SamIAm7238 · February 2012

wtf do you plan on doing with it? never herd of anyone taking the placenta home before. Please elaborate

Tarta · February 2012

Yeah, I think it sounds like you'll either be too short on space or have WAY too much space with those options. One of those mid sized coolers with the lid that's a built in handle that slides to the side sounds like it would be about right for a placenta. Unless you pack goodies and drinks in the big one and make a party out of it! LOL

vintagejjane · February 2012

I would say those lunch sized coolers. Like a 9 quart.

aliska · February 2012

Anything that would fit a gallon sized ziplock bag...mine took up 1/2 the space of a gallon ziplock.

AnnaGreta · February 2012

Could you bring two gallon ziplock bags? And put the placenta (in a bag) into the bag with ice? That's what I am going to do.

zubenescamali · February 2012

aliska:
Anything that would fit a gallon sized ziplock bag...mine took up 1/2 the space of a gallon ziplock.

wow, really only that big? i envisioned it would take up more space than that! i keep teasing DH that his coors light soft cooler is the perfect size...but he's not willing to share lol. thanks ladies.

Tash13 · February 2012

SamIAm7238:
wtf do you plan on doing with it? never herd of anyone taking the placenta home before. Please elaborate

IDK about the OP but we're planning on having the placenta encapsulated to be taken postpartum. It's becoming more and more common and has many benefits, one of which is help with baby blues and postpartum depression and I struggled with both after my DS was born. Others bury theirs in their yard and plant a tree on top to signify their new growth, eat it in smoothies, some cultures cook it and share it with loved once, and others consume it raw. The placenta is celebrated in many cultures as the thing that gave and sustained life inside your womb. Not everybody just throws it away.

[Deleted User] · February 2012

Do you have a doula? Mine took my placenta home when she left the hospital. She put it in one of those disposable tupperware containers and put it in our freezer. Or if you have any family in the waiting room, someone could run it home for you.

MadameFancyPants · February 2012

Many times the hospital will double bag it for you in biohazard bags! A large lunchbox should be more than plenty room wise.

ETA: I should add that both placentas I've encapsulated were in the igloo sized lunch boxes that you think of when you see organs for transport! Middle to large size. The hospital was kind enough to fill them up with ice, too!

HSartteach · February 2012

I was told by my birthing center that it needed to be the lunch size cooler. We need to have ice in it.

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