From https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-
love/a19621707/eating-placenta/
6 Mothers on What It's Like to Eat
Their Placenta
"...To me it tasted like after you bite your lip."
While the idea of eating something that just came
out of your body might squick you out, the fact is,
consuming your placenta (also called
placentophagy) has become more and
more popular over the years. While some
believe that eating placenta (either raw or in pill
format) has certain health benefits like improved
mood and milk production, evidence remains
anecdotal. And while benefits may be hard to
prove, there's potentially some reason to be wary.
In June of 201 7, the CDC published a report that
a baby had contracted Group B Streptococcus
twice through breastmilk, after the mother had
consumed contaminated placenta pills. Benefits
or claims aside, here are six women's
experiences consuming their placenta.
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1 ."My midwife charged $1 50 dollars to whisk
away the placenta and store it in a Rubbermaid
container in the fridge until she was ready to
dehydrate and encapsulate it. I had to tell my
toddler to stop opening the container, since it
wasn’t food! If it wasn't in capsule form, I’m not
sure I could have stomached it. Seeing something
so alien-looking that had been in my body, now
looking lifeless and slightly bloodied in an every-
-day container by my watermelon and almond
milk was intimidating enough. Capsules of it
dehydrated seemed like taking any other vitamin,
though."—Lauren, 29
2."I had to sign waivers and notify the hospital
staff of my intentions before delivery to ensure
[the placenta] didn't get disposed of. Our doula
transported the placenta for encapsulation and
then it was delivered to our home. I tried not to
think too much about what was inside of the pills
when I took them. I saw photos of my placenta
after we got home (our doula took delivery photos
for us) and it was so much bigger than I thought it
would be! The pills didn't really taste like anything,
but then again, I have never tasted placenta
before. It definitely didn't taste like blood,
though."—Kat, 35
3. "[The idea of] consuming my placenta was
brought to my attention through my birth team.
Luckily, I did not have to dry it out or encapsulate
it, as my doula was able to make that happen.
After my c-section, she took my placenta home
with her to begin the process and deliver it to me
in pills. I remember seeing it in a bucket and was
amazed at how she didn't cringe one bit because
it honestly looked like a big red slimy blob! I really
love that she saved a piece of my placenta that
she dried in the form of a heart for me to
keep."—Arista, 31
4. "I am trained in holistic nutrition and was very
intrigued by the idea of placenta encapsulation. I
worked with a postpartum doula to encapsulate
my placenta at home just one day after the birth of