I know this is a sick thought but

[Lau88]

If you wanted to keep your placenta, what'd happen if they accidentally got switched? I know it's a horrible thought but accidents do happen and I'm sure that it could possibly be a possibility. Surely if someone had something and you consumed their placenta it could be passed on?

Horrible I know but it just randomly popped into my head. Sorry for any gross out.

 

[LittleMum]

All I can say is hahahahaha, sorry, not much help I know

 

[Louisex]

Lol this is a random thread lol xx

 

[Rainie]

Ummmm lol actually have no comment but made me giggle

 

[Lau88]

I'm by no means intending to keep mine just for the record. My heads coming up with so much weird crap while trying to get some sleep now days lol x

 

[Thistledown]

I wouldn't think it would be an issue, unless you were intending to eat it raw.

 

[tlh97990]

do people really eat the placenta? is there a reason for that?

 

[aley28]

do people really eat the placenta? is there a reason for that?

Ya, they do. The thinking is that mammals all eat their placentas as its supposed to help with some possible vitamin deficiencies or something weird, also maybe contracting the uterus back down faster? I don't remember exactly... I read about it a while back because I was reading about lotus birthing and got distracted.

Most people don't eat their placenta raw, though. You can cook it up and eat it (some people even share it with family... not sure what the point of that is..???)... and some mothers have it made into a pill that they take daily like a vitamin.

Just thinking about it makes me want to be sick though... seems like a weird form of cannibalism in my head. Plus, I mean, I don't eat/drink anything else that comes out of my own body, there's no way I'm going to chop up an organ and have a taste.

I have a pretty weak stomach during pregnancy though... so even just looking up how to prepare it and stuff would probably make me sick. Plus it has to be consumed within a couple of days of the birth or frozen... and who really wants a placenta sitting in their freezer? Also, if you've ever seen a placenta (or a picture of one)...you may rethink your decision to eat it. There was a tiny placenta that came out when I had my miscarriage and... it was quite gross. I can't even imagine seeing a full-sized one! Let alone eating it.

 

[aley28]

Oh... as for eating somebody else's placenta... You'd think that if the mother had some sort of disease, like a hepatitis or something, the placenta would be disposed of immediately as biological waste? Though I imagine you'd cook the placenta all the way through (like a really gross looking piece of chicken...) and that should kill just about anything that might be in it, I'd think.

...and now I'm off to go have meatloaf for dinner. I sure hope images of placentas don't pop in my head while trying to fork it in my mouth... LOL

 

[tlh97990]

i had chicken for dinner im glad i ate before i read your comment i like to eat A LOT but no thanks on the placenta!

 

[Kmx]

Haha this is funny x

 

[aley28]

i had chicken for dinner im glad i ate before i read your comment i like to eat A LOT but no thanks on the placenta!

Sorry! I was having these mental images of sticking a meat thermometer into the placenta until it was 165˚F all the way through.

Oh man... I'm in for some gross dreams tonight, I think.

 

[Periwinkle]

I'm sure they'd label it up straight away, I don't think it would happen.

At our NCT class they told us there's no benefit to eating it unless you eat it raw! No thanks!

 

[Darling]

do people really eat the placenta? is there a reason for that?

Because it goes well with some faver beans and a nice chianti!

Its supposed to be extremely nutritious.

 

[wigglywoo]

It can help with PPD and milk production. I doubt that they would get 'swapped' accidentally. If someone wants to keep their placenta to eat or encapsulate then it has to be packed in a certain way which would be done either at home (in the case of home birth) or in the delivery suite following delivery. There wouldn't be a chance for mixing them up.

 

[Sam3starX]

i had chicken for dinner im glad i ate before i read your comment i like to eat A LOT but no thanks on the placenta!

im with you on this lol

 

[Lau88]

It can help with PPD and milk production. I doubt that they would get 'swapped' accidentally. If someone wants to keep their placenta to eat or encapsulate then it has to be packed in a certain way which would be done either at home (in the case of home birth) or in the delivery suite following delivery. There wouldn't be a chance for mixing them up.

Youd think that wouldn't you but I worked on labour ward for a while and the placentas are taken to the sluice room in a sick bowel with a number on to be checked over. They kinda make sure the pieces are there and fit like a puzzle, after that's done it goes back in the bowel to see what the mother wants done with it. It didn't seem too reassuring which is why I wondered.