Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

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Have you ever heard of this type of request from a patient? I understand that there are a lot of cultural differences here in the US (so no flames please), but this honestly grossed me out. I also think this could have some really bad side effects for the mother's health.:barf01:

yep, heard of it. As another response indicated it had a lot of popularity back in the 70's.

In fact I had a labour room nurse who used to take the discarded ones home to put on her rose bushes - apparently it was a wonderful fertilizer.

What really seems strange though is why the hospital would refuse the request for the placenta

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As a long time RN who has "seen it all" and keeps seeing and hearing new things daily remember that it was once scoffed at when doctors and nurses first started washing their hands before touching patients. New things are learned on a daily basis and we are going to learn a lot more about the healing properties of the placenta and stem cells. Don't scoff or be grossed out by the unknown...keep an open mind. What may not be right for you may be erfectly normal for your daughter or grand-daughter.

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Saw a documentary about this on discovery health or national geographic about 3-4 years ago.....lady cooked it and served it to friends and family at a "dinner party" type gathering. Bizarre to me but whatever....

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Specializes in Cardiac Care, ICU.
In fact I had a labour room nurse who used to take the discarded ones home to put on her rose bushes - apparently it was a wonderful fertilizer.

Eew! That's an extreme case of taking your work home w/ you!

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Specializes in Renal, Haemo and Peritoneal.

It's her placenta for heaven's sake. A friend of mine had a homebirth and buried the placenta under a tree in the yard. Weird 4 me but an important part of their spiritual pathway. Who is hurt? Answer is noone! Lighten up!

Marc Townsville

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Specializes in Oncology.

My girlfriend had post partum pyschosis. When she had given birth to her third child they actually froze her placenta and gave her "tablets" of her placenta. The school of thought was that the placenta held hormones that she lacked , which may have contributed to the condition. She did this each night for 3 weeks and was fine ...until it stopped.....with her other 2 children it kicked in fairly quickly within 5 days....so it may have had a some benefit.

Also there is a show in England where they made a placenta into a pate`...

oh yummy....watch it from beginnning to end....they said it wasn't as refined as liver pate` and had to add heaps of garlic.... each to there own....lol

Oh I have also had friends who have taken the placenta home and buried in the garden, planted a nice rose over the top to celebrate the birth of their child.

It makes you wonder what they did with placentas before nursing became so formalised?????

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guys believe me it is delicious, especially when you boil it - or make it like a stew... seems taste good :)) so some culture and they do eat it..

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Specializes in ER/ medical telemetry.

i guess it depends on the culture.

maybe you can call it mind over matter...

i guess if i ate it, without knowing what it was

then it would not gross me out.

for those of you who practice this,

i guess it is ok

if it gives you a better quality of life...

for me i'm going to stick to animal meats

and vegtables from the supermarket...

guys believe me it is delicious, especially when you boil it - or make it like a stew... seems taste good :)) so some culture and they do eat it..
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yeah that was so wonderful but try the hospital jobs , down hear are fine

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A friend of the family OB GYN used to routinly bring home placentas (in the old days like the 50's and 60's) to bury around his rose bushes. Said thhey make good fertilizer. I honestly don't remember his roses looking all that good!

:trout:

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I don't understand why she had to go to court to get her own placenta. That's ridiculous! In our area it is always an option, they ask if the mom wants it or not. What you do with it- not our business! To each their own.

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[color=#ffff00]placenta cocktail: [color=#4488ff]

1/4 cup raw placenta

8oz v-8 juice

2 ice cubes

1/2 cup carrot.

blend at high speed for 10 seconds

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