Placentophagia is term for eating of
the placenta, and you know if there's a name for it, it's a real deal.
Animals, of course, do it al the time. Anyone whose cat had kitten can
attest. Humans also engage in the pratice all over the world because
it's said to stem postpartum depression and help to contract the uterus after the birth. Chrissy Schilling over at Momlogic details her own placenta feast with twin sister Kathy. From her post:
"The placenta is such an amazing organ in all its done for my baby that
it didn't seem right to simply throw it away. My thought was "being the
only organ that the human body makes that naturally exits the body, why
not take advantage of it?"
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