I may puke.

[chickens987]

One of my facebook friends just posted a picture of meal preparation - only the "meat" isn't meat, it's her placenta. It's captioned "thank you (H) for helping me to eat my placenta." 

[mcfelix]

Lololol. No thanks!

[tulips]

Are there side dishes and everything? LOL

[anna7602]

NO, not FB-appropriate! I don't even have anything against ingesting your own placenta, but this falls under the category of "things you don't need to announce over social media."

[kdubs923]

Omg, no! I don't care if she eats it (I sure as hell didn't), but why does it need to be on Facebook? Gag!

[jeaniebueller]

Unfriend

[chickens987]

Dec 5, 2015 15:15:02 GMT -5 tulips said:

Are there side dishes and everything? LOL

It's chopped up in a bowl with what appears to be kale - she clarified in the comments that she's making a smoothie. Somehow I don't think any amount of shakeology will mask that flavor!

(and it appears raw, too)

[kangaroo11]

And social media has gone too far.

[antoniamarchette]

Is there nothing that can be kept private these days?

[bears]

I would never eat food from that kitchen ever again.

I logically think this shouldn't be any different than steak or chicken, but I cannot get over that mental hump.

[chickens987]

Dec 5, 2015 15:34:30 GMT -5 @starry said:

has anyone said anything?

Someone wrote "ewwwwww. Ew ew ew." But that was it.

[ladygrey]

Her husband is eating it too?

[hermione]

No!
What???
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Deleted]

Eww

But I'm sad I didn't see mine this time. I'm fascinated that I made and discarded an organ.

[chickens987]

Dec 5, 2015 16:12:46 GMT -5 ladygrey said:

Her husband is eating it too?

No. I think he just helped her prep it.

[brandienee]

OMG.

I don't even think I got to see my placenta, I was too doe-eyed with my baby.

I was thinking of having mine encapsulated, but DH was sufficiently grossed out... and there's no real scientific research of it's benefits yet, so I didn't ask. I wonder if PPD would have been better. Although, I doubt it. I was depressed before DS came, his birth was just the catalyst for my realizing that I needed help.

[whitepicketfence]

Gag. I saw my placenta once and wish I hadn't. I can never un-see that image. The thought of eating it just pushes me over the edge.

[Deleted]

There's one way to kill my facebook habit permanently.

Ick.

[G22]

I saw mine. I thought it was pretty cool, but it solidified my desire to NOT ingest it. Which is how I felt even before seeing it.

[dancingirl21]

Omg. They asked if I wanted to see mine and i resoundingly said hell no.

[jessnpaul]

Ew!

Mine got sent off for research so i sort of saw it. That was enough!

[meltoine]

Dec 5, 2015 16:26:41 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Has anyone on this board actually eaten/drank/encapsulated their placenta? No judgement, I'm curious and have thought about encapsulating mine this time.

I had my second and third placentas encapsulated. 

[brandienee]

Dec 5, 2015 17:07:37 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Dec 5, 2015 17:06:36 GMT -5 brandienee said:

OMG.

I don't even think I got to see my placenta, I was too doe-eyed with my baby.

I was thinking of having mine encapsulated, but DH was sufficiently grossed out... and there's no real scientific research of it's benefits yet, so I didn't ask. I wonder if PPD would have been better. Although, I doubt it. I was depressed before DS came, his birth was just the catalyst for my realizing that I needed help.

I wonder about the PPD... Maybe it'll be a placebo effect? Lol

That's what I want to know. But without scientific studies, I am a little afraid to try it. I mean, is it canabalism or a normal part of natural life? I don't know. 

[brandienee]

Dec 5, 2015 18:54:06 GMT -5 meltoine said:

Dec 5, 2015 16:26:41 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Has anyone on this board actually eaten/drank/encapsulated their placenta? No judgement, I'm curious and have thought about encapsulating mine this time.

I had my second and third placentas encapsulated. 

Did you notice a difference between your health after your first and second kids? 

[nessness]

Dec 5, 2015 16:26:41 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Has anyone on this board actually eaten/drank/encapsulated their placenta? No judgement, I'm curious and have thought about encapsulating mine this time.

I encapsulated mine. I had a pretty easy PP recovery and was able to successfully breastfeed, but since I've only had one baby I can't say if it actually made a difference.

[darnkatz]

[lala]

I got mine encapsulated for 2 & 3. Luckily my SIL is a doula that does encapsulations, so it was almost free.

Whether it has a legit effect or just placebo, I don't care. My recoveries were SO much better. Quicker, easier, felt like "me" sooner. Better milk supply - I have IGT so I was willing to do anything. There were a few other differences in the labors that probably contributed, besides being more prepared since it wasn't my first time. (I was induced with the first, cervadil only. Had a 2nd degree tear, then 2 stitches, then nothing, even though each baby was a pound+ bigger. I also left the hospital/birth center faster with 2 & 3.)

Anyway, I think it helped & id do it again - but eating it un-encapsulated is a no for me.

[tulips]

I saw my placenta with X and thought it was really cool. My OB brought the pan it was in over to us and showed us. Fun fact: his placenta delivered with such force that blood sprayed on my doctor and the wall and curtain behind her. Housekeeping was called to clean up.

K's delivery was such a whirlwind that they had it in the biohazard bag before I thought to ask to see it.

[carolinagirl831]

Lol! I can't believe she had the guys to post that on Fb!

[meltoine]

Dec 5, 2015 18:57:54 GMT -5 brandienee said:

Dec 5, 2015 18:54:06 GMT -5 meltoine said:

I had my second and third placentas encapsulated. 

Did you notice a difference between your health after your first and second kids? 

I had PPD/PPA with my first and not with the others. But I evacuated from my home when he was born, then we moved cross-country when he was 3 weeks old, had no friends or family, MH was gone from 10 weeks-14 weeks, then he was working 14 hours six days per week. With my second and third I had a much better support system and a less hectic post partum. 

So I can't say for sure if it helped or the difference was all situational, but the $150 was worth it, even if it was just placebo. I would have paid any amount of money not to feel again like I did the first time.