“Pass the Placenta, Please…”

While sitting on a plane well over a year ago on an exciting business trip to New Jersey I read the last page in the back of a “Time” Magazine about women choosing to eat their placenta. Now, looking at the “Time” magazine’s current cover with the toddler latched on to his mom’s boob with the question “Are you mom enough?” underneath seems kind of silly now. I think that it takes more for a woman to eat her own placenta then to have a grown child latched on to her.

I must not have read the article well because I still have no idea what it said the reason is why women eat it, however, I’ve been watching the new season of “Pregnant in Heels” with my favorite Brit with a speech impediment, Rosie Pope and in one of her episodes a women did consume her placenta and said it was to help with “Post Partum Depression.” I’m not sure why or how but I decided to do some research to find out what other benefits there are to eating this.

Pros: helps with post partum depression, shrinking of the uterus, associated to helping other health problems associated to childbirth, contains many minerals and vitamins for you and your baby, ability to improve breast milk supply, increase energy and prevent anti-aging.

Cons: You are eating your own placenta

So despite the fact that January Jones and other celebs are doing it, the cons out weigh the pros for me. I will not be consuming my placenta at birth. I may be a terrible awful mom for not doing this but between my weak stomach and gag reflex I think that delivery day will be messy enough as is without me consuming a part of my body.

On another note I did find this website with very yummy looking food items you can make with your placenta. Good luck trying to cook any of these in the hospital room. MMMMM, MMMM, ENJOY!!

http://www.twilightheadquarters.com/placenta.html