Nov 25, 2011: Placenta Spaghetti

CaliforniaMama · 11-25-2011, 07:31 AM

Really? People do these things? Really?

When my friend's baby girl was born, the midwife held up the placenta to show us (hubby about passed out). She asked if they wanted to take it home. They politely declined. I wondered why someone would want to take it home.

I was surprised, actually. I thought it would be considered biohazard material.

I wonder what they put it in? A takeout container?

I did have one friend who was going through a "native" phase and had her baby at home, alone with hubby and daughter (and no midwife!!), in the backyard or something. They buried the placenta at the base of a tree.

She then had a nervous breakdown that lasted 3-4 years.

Glinda · 11-27-2011, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama

Really? People do these things? Really?

Ages ago, I worked with a woman that had saved (frozen) her placenta for future dining pleasure. Don't know if she ever cooked it up, and I think I don't want to...

ZenGum · 11-28-2011, 12:37 AM

Actually, IIRC, placenta is chock full of stem cells, which if cryogenically frozen can be kept for potential theraputic use later in life. Seems a waste to eat it.

11-25-2011, 07:31 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	Really? People do these things? Really? When my friend's baby girl was born, the midwife held up the placenta to show us (hubby about passed out). She asked if they wanted to take it home. They politely declined. I wondered why someone would want to take it home. I was surprised, actually. I thought it would be considered biohazard material. I wonder what they put it in? A takeout container? I did have one friend who was going through a "native" phase and had her baby at home, alone with hubby and daughter (and no midwife!!), in the backyard or something. They buried the placenta at the base of a tree. She then had a nervous breakdown that lasted 3-4 years. __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

11-28-2011, 12:37 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Actually, IIRC, placenta is chock full of stem cells, which if cryogenically frozen can be kept for potential theraputic use later in life. Seems a waste to eat it. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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