RE: Probably Just Placental Infarctions

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I have actually encapsulated two of my children's placentas for their mother to ingest. It was an involved process of steaming, dehydrating, pulverizing, and then putting the powder into pills. Supposedly there are a lot of healthy hormones and nutrients in it that can be helpful to lactation and relieving postpartum depression. Can't say how true that is but she seemed to think it helped.
I will agree though that there is a lot of superstition out there. The oddest one to me is the "lotus birth" where the placenta is left attached to the baby until it rots off. I'm not sure I ever found a clear reason why people do it but I can only imagine the smell....



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I'm not knowledgeable about the superstitions but I wouldn't be surprised how far they can go. Technically, placentas are still "meat" and do contain a lot of hormones as it's an endocrine organ so the claim of it being nutritious isn't hard to imagine. But I haven't read any extensive studies to support their consumption on mainstream medicine.

The lotus birth is something I came across and only heard some celebrities from my country do but local lore wise, there's burying the placenta at home to ground the child to family or drying up the umbilical cord to be used as a bookmark to bless the child with intelligence.

Keeping the placenta attached as long as it can seems like inviting possible infection on the cord but I'm no expert on the subject to make a comment about it.

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