the placenta is called an afterbirth after the baby is born
because they come after the birth
The matter which is delivered after a baby is born is called, afterbirth.
Horses may eat their afterbirth.
The Baby
The placenta that is expelled AFTER the BIRTH of a child, hence the name....afterbirth.
It is the blood of the woman who gave birth as well as blood from the placenta and it is called afterbirth.
The placenta is some times called the 'after birth' as it is expelled from the uterus after the baby is born.
afterbirth
their afterbirth!
eat it
Humans have ceremonies surrounding the afterbirth and it is often buried.