Pill Popping Your Baby's Placenta
I wrote an article about human placentophagy, on Inhabitots today. There are now DIY encapsulation kits available which allow one to put their placenta in pill form and swallow them with the hopes of gaining all sorts of new mom benefits: increased milk supply, increased energy, no baby blues or postpartum depression. But there is no scientific evidence that these perks are actually reaped by women when they eat their baby's placenta. So, it's a hard pill to make and swallow... go read more at Inhabitots about this interesting yet stomach turning (pun intended) practice...
1 comment:
This was a very interesting post. When I had both my younger two children at home, my midwife asked if we had any interest in eating the placenta. I couldn't imagine ever wanting to do that so she buried them in the yard with a tree instead. Even in pill form consuming placenta is...interesting. Truth be told though, we consume liver and kidney and all kinds of other organs in pill form daily. It is part of my son's autism protocol. I will never say never...
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