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Name: nicole76108

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I just saw the weirdest video on youtube. A woman actually ate a piece of her placenta. She said if you eat it, its supposed to help prevent depression and also help shrink the uterus back down to normal size. This was the first I had ever seen or heard of it. Strange if you ask me but hey more power to her. ↓

Name: nicole76108 | Date: May 6th, 2008 6:51 AM

If you want to watch her eat it lol.
Type Bastian's Birth - Part 9 into the search engine on youtube and its like the last minute or so. ↑

Name: briseis | Date: May 6th, 2008 9:44 AM

lol. I think that's nonsense! There is no medical justification of that.

Most animals, carnivorous mothers, eat their placenta after giving birth for 2 reasons

1. To hide the fact that young have been born, so as to protect her young from predators.
2. For nutrition.

IMO humans have no benefit from eating it, as people, in general are well nourished enough ... ↑

Name: ..RoSey.. | Date: May 6th, 2008 10:33 AM

it helps bring in a bigger supply of milk.. and very nutritious so your baby gets all those good things through your breast milk.. personally i wouldn't do it LOL i think its disgusting.. but a lot of religions take it home and cook it and eat it.... Also my midwife asked if i wanted to take it home and plant it under a tree... i only wanted to take my baby home haha.

If you think this is yucky.. some religions believe that after you give birth you shouldn't bathe / shower for like 6 weeks.. EWWWWWWW ↑

Name: lacirrom | Date: May 6th, 2008 4:03 PM

ewww no bathing? that is soooo gross! after each of my births the first thing i wanted to do was go take a shower! ↑

Name: nicole76108 | Date: May 6th, 2008 4:27 PM

same here. ↑

Name: Opheiliamath | Date: May 6th, 2008 6:09 PM

Yea, that's gross. lol.

Not my cup of tea, but to each their own i guess. ↑

Name: zoey9810 | Date: May 6th, 2008 7:16 PM

its nutritious, but this gross, lol i would never eat that hahah or plant it either!! ↑

Name: DRB | Date: May 6th, 2008 8:00 PM

the hospital is more than welcome to dispose of mine....after the baby is born i dont think i have anymore use for it...nutritional or otherwise...lol ↑

Name: nicole76108 | Date: May 6th, 2008 8:55 PM

Crazy all the different things that are actually practiced during Labor and delivery. ↑