What to do with my placenta?

[paulinesmithson]

I gave birth to DD a few days ago and I was researching the health benefits of consuming my placenta. I've heard it's rather nutrient-rich but my only concern is that I am a vegan and I'm unsure whether or not it's ok for me to eat. Any advice from other mums who have had a similar experience would be much appreciated

I had mine encapsulated and took those. I had PND previously and there’s some evidence that it can reduce this so I wanted to try. Placebo or not if it works it works.
im a midwife, we don’t get a huge amount of women take their placenta but mainly it’s to dehydrate and make a smoothie, encapsulate, plant in the garden

I donated the placenta and cord for research. I was asked by the doctor if I would consent. In the 'high' after giving birth I jokingly said I was going to eat it! Then I said I would donate. The doctor's face was a picture, I think he had visions of me eating it raw.

I'd donate for research it or bury it in the garden (this is what some other cultures do).

Devilled placenta, anyone?

I planted an apple tree above it in the garden.

Eugh dispose of it, you're not a cow or sheep.

Hugh Furnley Whittingstall had a few recipes didn’t he? That’s how he made his name on tv serving it up as tartare canapés to idiots at a posh dinner party. Everyone watching was vomming at the mere idea and it became a water cooler moment.

We are not in a time of famine. No one needs to do this. Just put it in your green compost bin.

Yes it would be vegan to consume but there are no proven health benefits to doing so. Peer reviewed studies show it had no impact on VF/postnatal nutrient levels.

I'd add it to a compost heap as it'll break down to form a very nutritious soil for growing veg. Make sure the compost bin isn't accessible to vermin

Technically it's part of the baby's body - it grows off the fertilised cells and has their DNA, not the mother's.

Hippies.

They walk among us.

If it’s part of the baby’s body then it isn’t vegan

Clinical waste.

It isn't waste though. Years ago I worked in Specialty Costing for the NHS and one of the categories was "income from sale of placentas". They are apparently used in the cosmetics industry amongst other things. Not sure if this happens nowadays.

@msbevvy 🤮

Weirdos do this, that's who.

So it would be cannibal then to consume, and not close to being vegan.

It’s very passé.
Best left back where it first took hold back in the late sixties & seventies.
Bury it in the garden. Plant a rose on top. Lovely memory to have every time the rose blooms.

I call bullshit on this.

It’s definitely vegan 😂😂