EATING THE PLACENTA!?! (MNShow 06)

http://MamaNatural.com Question of the week: Would you ever eat your placenta? What about in capsule form?

Shocking projections on obesity rates, celebrities and hynobirthing and eating your placenta? It's episode 6 of The Mama Natural Show.

Links to this week's stories:

South Africa turnaround on breastfeeding
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=93600

Hypnobirthing
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/12/hypnobirth.pregnancy/

Eating placenta
http://nymag.com/news/features/placenta-2011-8/

Report says half of Americans will be obese by 2030
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20097796-10391704.html

Edible Earth
http://www.magneticclay.com/store/edible-earth-clay-supplement-12.aspx

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• eating the placenta
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• encapsulation
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[choorijamadar]

is the raw form more nutritius than the cooked and dehydrated form???cudnt the raw form be a lil dangerous?

[MamaNaturalBlog]

@choorijamadar I could see advantages either way. Sometimes cooked food is easier for the body to digest. I don't think raw could be that dangerous since it was living in your body for several months. LOL!

[isischristina]

I would eat my placenta. However I wouldnt be able to handle the placenta with my hands. Some one else would have to do it for me:) I cant even stick my hand in a turkey to get out the bag of guts:p

[MamaNaturalBlog]

@isischristina LOL!

[MistressUndress]

I had water home birth. My husband and I cooked a small part up and dehydrated some. The rest is buried in our backyard.

It was pretty gross lol. I'd do the capsule next time. My milk came in the 3days. No PPD. Milk supply has been strong. No fatigue, no anemia.

[MamaNaturalBlog]

@MistressUndress Nice testimonial! Glad it worked for you.

[MamaNaturalBlog]

@alkalinerush Aw, I hear you. I hope you know my intention wasn't to "guilt" anyone but to celebrate the practice while knowing that not everyone is able to do so. Just like everyone isn't able to get pregnant or deliver naturally. I needed my 2 drops of pitocin to do it. :). 10-15% of women need to get c-sections as a life saving measure and thank God. Some babies actually do BETTER on formula versus mother's milk too. Being a natural mama is more about the spirit then the letter of the law. 

[blackstarr5]

When I first heard about placenta encapsulation, I was like...uhhhh....really? REALLY?!?! Yep, really. Ew...I wouldn't eat my own ORGAN. But then...I learned more about it...and...y'know, if it was encapsulated, considering the benefits, well, why not?

[rachiibuu]

I encapsulated my placenta and it was awesome. :)

[nikkibirdiful]

eating your placenta seems a little cannibalistic to me, but so does drinking breast milk and i definitely breastfed. So yeah, if i did it all over again i just might do that, but now that you've introduced me to edible earth i might wanna take that instead. i had pica w/my 2nd child and craved sand. i'd stick my hands in the coffee grains just to feel them since i wasn't quite crazy enough to eat them.

[WindShakti]

haha reading some of the comments, hilarious!!

yes, definitely !! I am eating the placenta, makes sense!

thanks Mama Natural! YOU ROCK!!

[trustingbirth]

Peace be with you, MamaNatural!

[4skittlesandgiggles]

its what the pegans did. i think, right? i think its disgusting, yet good. the capsules, yes i would take them.. but raw, in smoothies?! EW. so no not raw, but yes in capsules.

[z156799]

@vhv7052 Ok,you and your husband are probably crazy. How healthy can eating a placenta be? Do the short term minimal health benefits outweigh the fact that everyone thinks you are fucking weird as shit? Seriously who would this, and then you buried the rest??? What are wierd ass shit do you and your wacko family do?