Placenta Eating (DO NOT MOD)
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/some-mothers-see-health-benefits-in-eating-their-placenta-after-giving-birth/2012/04/02/gIQAVfgLrS_story.html
Doula Tabare Depaep is a placenta lady. She works out of her Annapolis kitchen, and said a placenta feels “like a big rump roast.†She doesn’t find it any worse than handling meat. (Depaep is a vegetarian.) “I actually feel warmer toward the placenta because it grew a baby,†she said.
If all this sounds a bit too cannibalistic, there are “placenta encapsulation specialists,†often midwives or doulas, who transform the placenta from its messy postpartum condition into neat, sometimes even flavored, pills. “Mad Men†actress January Jones told People magazine that she began taking placenta pills after giving birth last fall and credits them with helping her to bounce back quickly. “It’s not witchcrafty or anything! I suggest it to all moms,†she told the magazine. “Your placenta gets dehydrated and made into vitamins. It’s something I was very hesitant about,†but she ended up taking the pills daily
personal opinion?
would you do it?
how did this become a craze?
Doula Tabare Depaep is a placenta lady. She works out of her Annapolis kitchen, and said a placenta feels “like a big rump roast.†She doesn’t find it any worse than handling meat. (Depaep is a vegetarian.) “I actually feel warmer toward the placenta because it grew a baby,†she said.
If all this sounds a bit too cannibalistic, there are “placenta encapsulation specialists,†often midwives or doulas, who transform the placenta from its messy postpartum condition into neat, sometimes even flavored, pills. “Mad Men†actress January Jones told People magazine that she began taking placenta pills after giving birth last fall and credits them with helping her to bounce back quickly. “It’s not witchcrafty or anything! I suggest it to all moms,†she told the magazine. “Your placenta gets dehydrated and made into vitamins. It’s something I was very hesitant about,†but she ended up taking the pills daily
personal opinion?
would you do it?
how did this become a craze?
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We are just like any animal just with a higher IQ, But its natural to eat the placenta among humans and other animal! It's full of good things and can help with PPD! If they did not need to take my daughters for testing because of her IUGR i would of took it and had it turned in to supplements. In todays society it's looked at as taboo. . . among other natural things likes breast feeding. . .0
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and its not a craze, its what people have been doing since the dawn of time!!!! silly0
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I would do it if it was put into capsules for me, but just eating it... no. couldn't do it.0
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We are just like any animal just with a higher IQ, But its natural to eat the placenta among humans and other animal! It's full of good things and can help with PPD! If they did not need to take my daughters for testing because of her IUGR i would of took it and had it turned in to supplements. In todays society it's looked at as taboo. . . among other natural things likes breast feeding. . .
Huh, comparing it to breast feeding totally put a new perspective on that for me.
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I know all the benefits to it and that women have been doing it since the dawn of time.....but personally I could not bring myself to eat it. Nope nope nope. However I have known a few (I mean few) women who have and I do not shudder or cringe at their decision. My hubby and I have debated if we should use it to plant a tree, but we kinda forgot last baby during labor to ask. Oh well. Maybe this time.0
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We are just like any animal just with a higher IQ, But its natural to eat the placenta among humans and other animal! It's full of good things and can help with PPD! If they did not need to take my daughters for testing because of her IUGR i would of took it and had it turned in to supplements. In todays society it's looked at as taboo. . . among other natural things likes breast feeding. . .
breast feeding is not taboo :O its encouraged specially since it reduces chances of breats cancer0 -
I'm breast feeding. . . But when you breast feed in public people stare and stare and make comments like its wrong. . . I don't think its taboo. I'm just trying to say that most people (that dont have kids, or have kids and never Breast feed, or men) find it odd that a woman pulls out her boob to feed her child in public. At least thats how it is in chicago. . .0
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To each their own, and yeah, it may be natural and all that, but I could never do it. I have a hard enough time eating meat that comes from an animal, let alone stuff that I grew inside of me.0
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I'm breast feeding. . . But when you breast feed in public people stare and stare and make comments like its wrong. . . I don't think its taboo. I'm just trying to say that most people (that dont have kids, or have kids and never Breast feed, or men) find it odd that a woman pulls out her boob to feed her child in public. At least thats how it is in chicago. . .
yeah breast feeding in public in america is taboo yes.... but that doesnt mean medically its discouraged0 -
To each their own, and yeah, it may be natural and all that, but I could never do it. I have a hard enough time eating meat that comes from an animal, let alone stuff that I grew inside of me.
that was my thought... people have said there is benifits to drinking your own pee....... im just thinking this isnt popular around the world... this is a USA thing for now...0 -
No no I was not saying it was! I was viewing eating the placenta and breast feeding (which I am all for) even tho this is more about eating the placenta, as taboo to the public and those that do not know the medical aspect of it.0
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Is there a BBQ flavor?0
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with a fork and a knife? no freaking way.
Deyhydrated and ground up and put into a pill capsule? Sure, why not!0 -
Pill = Processed. BAD!
Let me share some of my delicious recipes with you all instead.
Perhaps with fava beans, washed down with a nice Chianti...0 -
I actually do placenta preparation and encapsulation. It's becoming more and more common among health conscious women. I actually had seven in the month of March, a record for the year I've been doing it. I admit it took me a while to get used to the idea but once I saw the benefits first hand I knew it wasn't just a placebo effect. I have a lab background so handeling it wasn't too much of stretch for me. It's not for everyone, I've never had a client complain about having it done but I've had plenty who regretted NOT having it done.0
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Sounds minging. Thanks for introducing this concept to me first thing in the morning OP. :frown:0
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As nutritionally beneficial as it may be, I will not be participating. I just couldn't handle eating my own organ. It grosses me out.
I have all intentions of breastfeeding though, and those who think it is bizarre or inappropriate to do in public are wacko. Breasts were made for feeding babies.0 -
my oldest is going to b 17 this summer and 17 years ago it was even more looked down on then it is now when I was pregnant with her in 1994 you could ask 10 pregnant women if they were going to breastfeed and they all said no. And I knew a few that tried but were unsuccessful due to the lack of support. I was lucky in that my mom breastfed my sisters and myself and I lived close to her when I had my first child and I went on to breastfeed all 3 of my children for a year. I fed all my children in any place that they were hungry (except for at church, they had a special room in the back for mothers it was nice) even at the table in IHOP while eating with a fork in the other hand lol. And walking thru the grocery store or the mall while shopping. And even remember being pulled over on the side of the road on a long trip to feed a child in the car and having the police stop and ask if everything was ok, to just tell them that we needed to feed the baby lol. I never felt uncomfortable or noticed anyone staring though I admit it embarrassed her father at first. He got used to it ;-) I will admit that it would be very difficult for me to be working while breastfeeding as using the pumps was too complicated. I think that is another reason why so many mothers these days dont breastfeed. We are all breadwinners and bringing home the bacon. We dont have time to feed the baby twice which is what you have to do when you pump your milk at an earlier time and then feed it to the baby later. Formula is so much more simple. That is one of the reasons why I dont have another baby now even though my husband has no children of their own. We could not afford for me to stay home the first year and breastfeed the baby.0
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I actually really wanted to do placenta encapsulation when I gave birth to my son, mainly to prevent post pardum depression but my hospital would not allow it. Next time, it will definitely be something I clear with my hospital or birthing center, b/c I really think it would help, but I am more into natural and holistic ideas.0
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Couldn't do it. Terrible fetus phobia. Nightmares...
So many nights I'd wake up screaming!0
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