Has anyone eaten their placenta?

[Mylittlepuds]

Sorry if this has been done. I'm just curious. I suspect it costs a fortune to get it whatevered into pills - and I'd be considered mental by friends and family if I did - so probably out for me. Yet I'm intrigued...

Why yes, Saggy.

Anything else would have ruined my palate.

No. but if anybody has, she's a mumsnetter.

thanks LaLa!

Not read the whole thread (don't really need to, can imagine majority of comments )

DH and doula are going to prepare my placenta and make raw placenta smoothies from it for me. I know it's a bit nuts but I don't care. If it helps me heal and avoid the hormonal hell I had last time, it'll be worth it

Mmmmmmmm meat smoothie...

Good for you Badgerina. Personally, I think I'd go for the capsules rather than the raw smoothies but I admire your choice and hope it helps with the hormones.

Snigger I laughed heartily at your fruit basket story . The post-partum tea and toast is pretty incredible though and your DH definitely overstepped the line by looking for a piece. The two slices awarded by the NHS are definitely not enough though. I wonder how many you get if you go to a private hospital.

I have Raw Placenta Encapsulations - done it with all my dc. I've also tried Placenta smootie, it's not that bad with fruit!

I'm also vegeatrain - nothing died or was killed/caged to make them so they're okay to eat. My friend makes sure to use non-gelatin capsules though.

I was asked if I wanted to keep mine. I did ask, if I did (WHICH I MOST CERTAINLY DID NOT), what the hell I was going to do with it. MW told me the hospital would provide a bucket for it and I would be given burial instructions (they have to be buried a certain depth and apparently some have been dug up on public land that weren't buried deep enough)
I know some people eat their placenta, but it seems none of those people are on MN

ooohh snigger I feel special - I got three (NHS hops)