eating placenta

[19Lauren87]

Any moms choose to eat their placenta for past pregnancies? Or anyone planning on doing it this pregnancy? I'm considering it, but I want to hear as many stories as possible to help me make my decision.

[MacrinaRose]

I've never done it before, but I have a friend Who made a placenta shake and drank it after she gave birth. I was curious and went online to research if there is even such a thing and unbelievably there is. It's actually healthy and helps the mother recover from the pregnancy. Try Googling it..you'll be amazed of what it does to your body. It's actually good but I can't do it though. I have a very weak stomach.

[mummy_times_2]

I found this, I just googled it because I was curious might help you in your decision :)

The truth is there’s not much evidence to say whether the practice benefits humans. A few small studies have connected placenta-eating with increased breast-milk supply and pain relief (the latter only in rats). But no studies have looked at the possible risks, if any, of ingesting human tissue. In the case of some pregnancy conditions — preeclampsia, for example — the placenta may harbor stress proteins. No one really knows what effect, if any, these proteins have if you consume them. The bottom line: Overwhelmingly, mainstream medical experts believe that there’s just no proven reason to eat your afterbirth.

[BbyV]

http://www.placentawise.com/research-studies-supporting-placenta-encapsulation/

[cass86steve]

Boom... No scientifically proven benfits to eating one's placenta.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/eating-placentas-cannibalism-recycling-or-health-food/

[love_being_his_mrs]

Health care providers don't do 100% of the time the things that make sense. They've been trained a certain way and often don't deviate from that.

All that to be said, I don't think the benefits have been totally proven but I've heard dozens of Mom's saying it helped them....so decide for yourself!

[bump2015]

I've heard of women doing all sorts of things with their placentas.
Having it encapsulated into vitamin form is supposed to help with PPD. I actually read a really amazing article about that, the couple who wrote it were very happy with their decision.
I've heard of women having it made into soaps or shampoos and that being really good for your skin and hair.
And the cultural beliefs with it ate some of the most beautiful. Like what the woman from New Zealand said, planting it with a tree to grow with your child.
It's something where at first, I thought it was gross but after learning more about it, the benefits out weigh the yuck factor. Whatever a woman chooses to do with her placenta, is up to her and has it's own set of benefits.