some women believe that the hormones the placenta can help prevent or alleviate post-postpartum depression. they will save it in the refrigerator and eat a little bit every day. i've never heard of anyone cooking it; i believe it's usually eaten raw. never tried it myself, and i'm not sure i could get over the ick factor even if i thought it would be beneficial.
some people actually use the placent to nurture their hair and sometimes people have to heat up the placenta and 9 times out of 10, they just put it in boiling water until it's hot. Microwaving is such a dumb idea.
A couple of my mates asked anothers pregnant girlfriend if they could have the placenta after she gave birth. She said yes and when they got it they put it in the freezer for a couple weeks (after it leaked all through one of their cars when someone sat on the container).
Last week they got really drunk and decided to give it a taste test so they microwaved it, ate it and vomited everywhere.
Actually placentas are used in expensive beauty product. It's believed that you can get some of the nutrients back by putting it on in a face mask or some people really do eat it. I heard it's hard to get it from a hospital though. But it's because so much nutrients go into it for the baby and the people believe you can get some back. So they consume it. And they really are talking about a placenta not some pastry or whatever.
Some people save the placenta after giving birth to bury it, use it in medicines, eat it....it may not be your beliefs and it may seem gross to most, but that doesn't mean they're incapable of raising well-adjusted children.
Newsflash everybody. In the majority of countries where placenta is consumed, it's an ANIMAL'S placenta, not human. And they may well have misspelt polenta and it autocorrected, because who would be microwaving an ancient Roman pastry?
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