What shall I do with DDs placenta?

[tiredpooky]

It has been in the freezer for a year now and I am starting to feel too proud of it to plant it and allow it to rot.
I dont suppose I can make it into something? I guess a necklace/bracelet wouldnt work.
Or maybe she would like it when she is 18?
Will it be alright in the freezer next to food for the next 17y?
I am afraid I am being serious - its such a special thing!

[minipie]

cyteen

PMSL

Now that's going to be in my head for hours

[Dollytwat]

are you sure it's still there? You might have defrosted it thinking it was something else and have already eaten it!

[Bacofoil]

pooky

try woonet

Now if you'll excuse me, the baby has just turded, and I need to dry it out and make a hat. A crap hat.

[pookamoo]

You could make a print of it, and then dispose of it in some way. Google placenta art or prints, I'm sure there will be a "how to" online. I have heard of people doing this before.

(good MN name, by the way!)

[rastababi]

We planted both our DDs placenta's in the garden with a little tree on top of each one. DD1 was born in the sack, which I dried out and pressed.

As for giving it as an 18th birthday present, I'm afraid I'd draw the line at that idea!

[wannaBe]

I thought it was illegal to bury them.

Tbh op I wouldn't be telling any of your rl friends that it's in the freezer, they might not be so inclined to accept your dinner invitations in the future.

[Poledra]

LionsAreScary, the only useful thing I found to do with my placenta was to give it to the research project that was going on in the hospital. They were very welcome to it.

[rastababi]

It's illegal to bury them on public property wannaBe Private land is fine.

[HecateQueenOfWitches]

chuck it away! What's wrong with you, woman!!!

[arsesandoldlace]

placenta recipes

[bundle]

if you want to do something useful and end up having another child, then donate your placenta to medical research

[mountainmonkey]

Can I just ask how one goes about turning a placenta into a necklace?

Not that I've got one stashed in the freezer as well-just curious.

[LionsAreScary]

eewww at placenta receipes. I was already feeling nausea & indigestion due to pregnancy!

like the idea of donating to medical research - will ask MW

[amothersplaceisinthewrong]

Have it with your lentil stew, not forgetting to dress in your best hessian frock and Jesus sandals.

[SoupDragon]

Hang on... Rastababi, you pressed the membranes from you DD??? what are you planning to do with them?

[Blu]

Look in your local Yellow Pages for a taxidemist?

Can I ask, quite seriously, why you feel proud of the placenta?

[lal123]

Why is it illegal to bury a placenta???

[Blu]

Well, it could pose a health risk, significant quantities of human tissue, shallow buried in parks etc...

[lucysmam]

I'm a bit baffled that you'd keep it but am also curious as to why you would?

& why is it illegal to bury one?

[lucysmam]

x-post Blu, that makes sense

[ShirleyKnot]

The Placenta laws of 1956 gave full responsibility of the placenta to the local health authority.

To bury a placenta, in a park for example, can lead to serious penalties, including being poked at in the street until your upper arm is slightly bruised, and being physically taken to a shower to remove the stench of patchouli

[Fruitysunshine]

I cannot believe that somebody would keep a placenta, much less think up ways of how to preserve it!

Just clicked on that placenta recipe link and my stomach churned.

FGS.

[IMoveTheStars]

I'm nominating this for classics.

[3BreastsInMyShirt]

1. defrost it, wash it off and take some prints of it - really pretty, you ca use blood from a fresh one or oil based paints for nice colours.

1. plant it in a big pot wth a nice tree on top, then even if you move you can take it wit you.

1. dry it and frame it.

1. make face cream

apart from the face cream i think it's a lovely idea to do something nice with it. Placentas are beautiful.