i know some people do, the believe it to be very nutritious, i think it is just gross!
2006-08-04 03:23:36 · 25 answers · asked by livinia 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
no it would be 35 years old by now and probably gone off.I would'nt have eaten my daughters either if offered.
2006-08-04 03:31:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't think I could every get over the idea of how strange and gross it is, but it is a common act in many other cultures, especially third world, or among self-sufficient peoples. This is probably because most placental animals will eat the placenta. It is theorized that it's hormones and protein help with recovery after delivery. This would somewhat explain why certain cultures still do it, b/c often they come from areas where protein is not readily available, and they can't afford to waste such a good source of protein with another being to care for.
2006-08-04 03:45:56 · answer #2 · answered by Terra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is gross. I didn't do it though. The placenta looked so cool though, at least mine did, but im a gross person, so its like whatever.
No I will never eat the placenta. Thats nasty. I will however, sit and look at it for a little while. A big bag of watery stuff coming out the cootie hole, amazing stuff.
2006-08-04 03:30:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that I wouldn't do it. I know a woman who put some of it into a smoothie immediately following the birth of her son. The placenta has an enormous amount of iron in it, which is depleted from the mother's body after pregnancy and birth. If the benefits of eating placenta were explained to me and if it were given to me in a smoothie or something else that I wouldn't taste it, I might consider it.
2006-08-04 03:55:56 · answer #4 · answered by brainchild 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have VERY crunchy friend who has had her children "lotus birth" style, and yes, she eats part of the placenta. It is supposed to stop bleeding. Since she delivers alone... no other person around... I guess that this is a precaution. She even has a recipe for lasagne that uses placenta.
As for me, would I ever eat it? NO!!!!! It's sooooo gross. I won't eat anything that comes out of my own body.
2006-08-04 04:25:31 · answer #5 · answered by mylittletribe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is true regarding one of the above replies: cosmetic companies use them to make beauty products, but this is not common knowledge.
I've seen the placenta, I suppose it would be no different to eating a dead animal, but I don't think I'd ever eat it. The placenta served its purpose, nurished my boy, and that's where it ends.
2006-08-05 05:55:13 · answer #6 · answered by ribena 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the fu*k!!! I have never heard of anyone eating their placenta, I plan to donate mine to St. Jude's and I don't think they would appreciate It If I ate any of It. Where do people eat their placenta at????
2006-08-04 03:32:29 · answer #7 · answered by twofroggiesand1princess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would never do it but I saw a show on the travel channel where a family fried it and ate it as a tradition to become closer to the new life.
Tastes like chicken!
2006-08-04 03:29:03 · answer #8 · answered by Shelly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO NO NO NO NO! have you seen what a placenta looks like?
2006-08-04 03:29:35 · answer #9 · answered by blondie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No more than I'd eat my own Faeces. How disgusting. Makes me feel sick!!! Thats taking the "Earth Mother" thing just too far! I'm vegetarian anyway . . .
2006-08-04 12:29:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some cultures its a part of the birth. I don't think it is something I could do personally.
2006-08-04 03:29:01 · answer #11 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋