Matthew McConaughey keeps placenta

re: Matthew McConaughey keeps placenta

LogicalMama — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:32:31 GMT

Really Brett, are you living under a rock? Lot's of people do this.... I've heard birth stories where the smell of onions is strong during crowning b/c the placenta's going to be stir-fried for the newly nursing mom-- lots of nutrients in that sucker!!!!

It's also freeze dried and encapsulated!

Placenta: not just for burying anymore!

re: Matthew McConaughey keeps placenta

Cassie — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:27:54 GMT

Should i have saved the Meconium as well? What abou tmy Lochia? That is full of nutrients too. Silly.

re: Matthew McConaughey keeps placenta

stcelia — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:34:04 GMT

We kept it in a vacuum-sealed freezer bag until time for the burial. Our son was 2 1/2 when we buried it. We talked about what it was and how he didn't need it anymore. We buried it under an extremely old and extremely large tree in the forest. It is just one of the ways we try to teach our children to have a love for nature, as we are a part of it. It was a lovely day.

Fwiw, we are not the sort of people you'd imagine have a placenta in the freezer (our daughter's now)!

re: Matthew McConaughey keeps placenta

Brett Singer — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:26:54 GMT

Really? I guess this is practice more common than I'd thought.

re: Matthew McConaughey keeps placenta

Embo — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:10:30 GMT

We kept ours in a plastic container inside the freezer. We had hoped to have a big celebration, but a freezer break-down forced us to bury it quickly. I thought the frozen placenta looked a lot like frozen strawberries.