I was wondering if any of you have run into mamas that want to eat their placentas. I know it is done, I have read about it in some birth books from the 70's and 80's. I just wondered how common it is today and if any one every runs across it. Would it be against hospital policy? A friend told me she wanted to keep hers to plant a tree and they would not give it to her because they said it was a bio-hazard, therefore it could not leave the hospital.