Comments on: Placentophagy Pills: Mmm, Mmm Good

By: Rosana

Rosana — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:43:13 +0000

I have a nine month son, which I had naturally at my home with a midwife, which the birth of my son went perfect. I wanted to do everything natural, and I did. But I never knew or heard of eating the placenta, I found out about that a few months after him being born. Anyway….. I’m about five months pregnant, and still breastfeeding my babyboy (I plan on tandem nursing). which of course in doing so I will need much nutrition to keep everyone healthly and sane…. especially right after the birth of my second baby. I am so excited…. I got a recipe to make my own pills, I’m just hoping I will be “woman” enough to make the pills myself, or even enough time to do it, two babies….. is not going to be very easy, I’m sure…… Thank you for having this video!!!!

By: Miss X

Miss X — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:24:34 +0000

If I could afford for someone to come to my house, cook it up, dry it out & grind it into pills, I’d do this.

I didn’t find the placenta any grosser to look at than any other raw meat.

By: F.

F. — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:20:02 +0000

After watching the video and seeing the final results, I was not as grossed out.

The dried out umbilical cord was actually kind of sweet.

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:58:58 +0000

vo-mit.

By: kym

kym — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:58:01 +0000

I wanted to eat it but…apparently I hadn’t evolved spiritually as much as I had hoped. As my formerly medically inclined but now horrified son said, looking at it in the bowl, “Its enough to put you off of becoming a doctor.” It put me off eating it for sure.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:07:23 +0000

Call me narrow minded, but I will just stick with the hospital food. I have seen a placenta (my own) and I felt no desire to serve it with fava beans and a nice chianti.

By: MIdge

MIdge — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:19:33 +0000

We looked at the placentas after both births (One hospital birth, one home birth.) and saved them (in the freezer). They went in the ground when we planted a tree a week after each birth to commemorate the new life. It’s cool to watch the trees grow!

By: Pippin

Pippin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:41:08 +0000

To each his own.

I did not eat my placenta. I don’t eat placenta, liver, or green peas. I’m not fond of beets either.

By: Cathryn

Cathryn — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:36:29 +0000

Why so judgmental, people?

Regardless of personal preferences about placenta consumption, I would encourage new moms to at least take a peek at it. It’s quite an amazing organ that your body manufactured to sustain your baby for nine months.

It never makes sense to sterilize, medicalize, and ignore your body during the birth process. It’s much healthier to be educated about what your body is actually able to do during pregnancy and labor.

By: ithacana

ithacana — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:28:48 +0000

Donated mine to the local university for biomed research.