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What shall I do with DDs placenta?

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tiredpooky · 16/06/2010 15:33

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!

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SwansEatQuince · 17/06/2010 17:39

It does have a touch of 'je ne sais quois' about it and comes with a built in thingy that sticks out the top of a beret.

OP - what about a nice homeopathic remedy? You only need one millionth of a part to an ocean of water so could keep a sliver and lob the rest.

Or rehydrate it and make slippers?

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dickdotcom · 17/06/2010 19:51

Wow there are some seriously unimaginative and negative people on this forum.

What gives anyone the right to criticise someone's decision to keep their placenta? Get a life, dull people.

We've kept ours and when I've got the energy I'm gonna dig a deep hole in the garden and plant a tree on top of it.

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IMoveTheStars · 17/06/2010 19:56

What a first post to stumble on to dickdotcom!

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QueenofSleep · 19/06/2010 14:02

I have confession . . . in NZ it's a Maori tradition to bury the placenta under a tree. Only I kept forgetting and would sometime have to rummage in the placenta buckets and take out what I thought was the right one.

So are you sure it's yours in the freezer??

You can have your placenta encapsulated and turned into more palatable tablet form - supposed to help your lactation get going, though you may have left it a bit late.

(oh and my friend says that you can keep the tablets to help you through the menopause)

I have met quite a few parents who have kept their baby's cord stump when it fell off . . .one for the keepsake box!

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adrenalinejunkie · 25/11/2010 01:02

i know this is an old thread (have been reading the classics) i felt i have to say 3breats eating placenta is no different to biting your nails , does this mean if i was hungry i could bite lumps out of my arm? or if i had an organ removed i should eat that too? frame it perhaps?