You can absolutely eat your placenta. Even better, you can sometimes find people who will dehydrate and encapsulate your placenta so you can take it in pill form. It is a wonderful way to return nutrients to your body and stabilize post partum hormones. Just tell the nurses beforehand that you want your placenta saved!!
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Yes! Unbelievably some people who believe certain things do eat the placenta after the baby is born! ergh!
Eating human placenta contributes to cannibalism, therefore no, it's NOT halal
To deter predators from finding her newborn calf and eat it as well.
The placenta is an organ that is inside the uterus in the female body. The uterus maintains the fetus through the umbilical cord. Some parents choose to eat the placenta after birth.
First of all, are you serious? Secondly, whatever floats your boat.
the baby could eat you in your sleep
Fetal mammals don't "eat" anything; they get their nutrients through the placenta.
No- and that is a ridiculous rumor to be repeating.
It is normal for the sac and the placenta to come out with each puppy. It is also normal for the mother to EAT the sac and the placenta.
The placenta is high in protein and nutrients and can help the mother and nursing.
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