If you ate your placenta

[Anonymous]

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get back what belongs to my body

It doesn't belong in your body that is why it is expelled in the first place. Mother Nature knows best.

Do you really wanna go there? Mammals have been ingesting their placenta for several different reasons for a long long time...

They also eat their own poo.

Some eat their own babies. You placenta eaters are nutso.

Some fuck their parents and siblings and children. 8)

[Anonymous]

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get back what belongs to my body

It doesn't belong in your body that is why it is expelled in the first place. Mother Nature knows best.

Do you really wanna go there? Mammals have been ingesting their placenta for several different reasons for a long long time...

They also eat their own poo.

Some eat their own babies. You placenta eaters are nutso.

Some fuck their parents and siblings and children. 8)

Some even mate with partners of the same sex 8)

[Anonymous]

You will be hungry an hour later.

[Anonymous]

OP here to 17:42.

What makes you believe I'm looking into eating my placenta INSTEAD of using other approaches? It's kinda scary that a physician has such poor reading comprehension skills. I never said I would dismiss other sources of help if I needed. And last but not least, I never said I felt like hurting my baby. I was afraid of droping her never throwing her that's why I took those extreme precautions. Just a few days after I delivered her our neighbor upstairs fell off the balcony after having a seizure and died. It added up to my anxiety that's why I acted that way. Anyway, I don't get why you're coming from. I got over the PPD with therapy, going to support groups, fixed my supply with supplements and changing my pumping routine and I'm pretty happy with they way I handeled myself.

My doctor is not saying eating my placenta will cure anything. It's only his suggestion to help to diminish or avoid complications that MIGHT arise. Did you completely miss the part where I stated I've done all the screenings doctors suggested, I've been taking all supplements known, did all kinds of diets?

I trully hope you're more attentive to your patients and actually listen to what they say IRL.

I hope that eating your placenta makes you less mean and angry. It is clear that 17:42 was trying to be helpful; there is no need to respond this way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, try again in a few weeks with a new thread without the shots at blood transfusions and formula. I actually am a huge breastfeeding advocate, and I think there might be something to placenta encapsulation, though it's not for me... But your attitude came across as alienating. I think you seem like you're in a raw frame of mind and I get it - it's hard to over a hard birth and PP period...totally get that. But, ease up on yourself and others before posting again. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar and all!

I've tried it before and go nothing but snark and tasteless humor. The exact same thing I got here. DCUM is the same no matter what attitude you have. Last time around, the jokes were at least funny.

I truly lost my hope when I had more than 3 pages of posters telling me it was not big deal that I had a vanish twin, people saying it was not a real loss, etc... it went down from there, the language was shocking! Just 4 people were respectful and posted something nice.

Thanks for your kind words, I really appreciate it. It's so rare around here...

I recall a vanishing twin thread where the mom was upset that DH wasn't dealing with it or grieving the way she thought he should... was that you, OP?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, try again in a few weeks with a new thread without the shots at blood transfusions and formula. I actually am a huge breastfeeding advocate, and I think there might be something to placenta encapsulation, though it's not for me... But your attitude came across as alienating. I think you seem like you're in a raw frame of mind and I get it - it's hard to over a hard birth and PP period...totally get that. But, ease up on yourself and others before posting again. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar and all!

I've tried it before and go nothing but snark and tasteless humor. The exact same thing I got here. DCUM is the same no matter what attitude you have. Last time around, the jokes were at least funny.

I truly lost my hope when I had more than 3 pages of posters telling me it was not big deal that I had a vanish twin, people saying it was not a real loss, etc... it went down from there, the language was shocking! Just 4 people were respectful and posted something nice.

Thanks for your kind words, I really appreciate it. It's so rare around here...

I recall a vanishing twin thread where the mom was upset that DH wasn't dealing with it or grieving the way she thought he should... was that you, OP?

Nope, not me. I was asking about resources for grieving the loss of an unborn child and people ganged up against me saying a first trimester fetus was not a child or not even a real loss - putting it in less hurtful words than the words they used.

[Anonymous]

OP, please eat your placenta. Raw. Anything at all that might turn you into something less of an angry, condescending, nasty bitch. No wonder your OB thinks it might help---anything is better than what you've got right now.

And for pity's sake, refuse the transfusion next time. You don't deserve it.

[Anonymous]

You will be hungry an hour later.

Only if it is Chinese placenta. (I can believe I just said that...so not pc.)

[Anonymous]

OP, please eat your placenta. Raw. Anything at all that might turn you into something less of an angry, condescending, nasty bitch. No wonder your OB thinks it might help---anything is better than what you've got right now.

And for pity's sake, refuse the transfusion next time. You don't deserve it.

I agree with all of this.

OP, you need therapy. Lots and looooooooooots of therapy.

[Anonymous]

22:22 here again, and I don't mean therapy because you are considering eating your placenta. To each his own. But you are clearly a very unhappy person, which is why I am suggesting therapy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ALSO! This should be posted in the expectant mom forum...

Do you mind explaining why? Expectant moms are known for eating their placentas?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, try again in a few weeks with a new thread without the shots at blood transfusions and formula. I actually am a huge breastfeeding advocate, and I think there might be something to placenta encapsulation, though it's not for me... But your attitude came across as alienating. I think you seem like you're in a raw frame of mind and I get it - it's hard to over a hard birth and PP period...totally get that. But, ease up on yourself and others before posting again. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar and all!

I've tried it before and go nothing but snark and tasteless humor. The exact same thing I got here. DCUM is the same no matter what attitude you have. Last time around, the jokes were at least funny.

I truly lost my hope when I had more than 3 pages of posters telling me it was not big deal that I had a vanish twin, people saying it was not a real loss, etc... it went down from there, the language was shocking! Just 4 people were respectful and posted something nice.

Thanks for your kind words, I really appreciate it. It's so rare around here...

OP, PP here. You have to accept that some people are going to find it funny. Before my son was born, my FIL sent me an article about people cooking their placentas as a joke and I remember, before I'd come into contact with the real, live, people who took it seriously and felt it had benefits, that it was hilarious and absurd. I remember writing back and saying I was going to bury mine instead, and plant a fruit tree there, and name the fruit tree, etc, etc. As I was writing it, I felt a vague sense that, hey, maybe we SHOULD treat this amazing organ with a little bit more respect than discarding it as medical waste. Then when my DS was born, my very allopathic OB showed DH and I my placenta after I delivered it. I think he probably felt, since I had a natural birth, that we'd be into seeing it. I was kind of icked out by it, but he was basically like "here is the placenta, just look at it. Isn't it magnificent! It kept (son's name) alive during your pregnancy. After that, I felt a little bit bad for those jokes. The placenta is a workhorse. All should respect the placenta (if maybe not eat it...but again, people should be allowed to celebrate their own traditions here).

As for me, I'm not sure I would personally EAT my placenta, I think that the benefits are theoretical at this point and since I didn't have a big problem with number one, am not sure there's a point to the cost and PITA of it (for ME - not saying for anyone else). But, you have to take the jokes with a grain of salt. If you're going to do something this far away from what 99 percent of us do, people are going to laugh. It will be much easier for you if you take it in stride and maybe even acknowledge that it's an "out there" thing, but nonetheless something you believe in. Then it will be easier to wade through the insults.

You sound like you are upset about the way your first birth went and I don't blame you. My first post was simply to gently remind you that you turned off blood donors, etc with the way you posted it. So had you just come out with "I don't want to need a blood transfusion" that would have been great. But the "from god knows who" went too far and probably made people feel, rightfully so, like "holy shit, I donated my own precious blood to someone who clearly did not see it as precious!" Of course I get that you didn't want to need that blood. But you know, shades of gray and all, it's best to opt for the way to talk that doesn't hurt feelings.

Other posters, same goes for this OP. Seems like she worded her OP clumsily with respect to that blood thing, but cut this mom a break. Maybe some day placenta eating will be widespread and we will all say, "ha, remember when we were grossed out by this?" Then again, maybe someday we'll be like, wow, remember that trend? WEIRD! But why not just be respectful all around? (And okay, maybe a little bit funny).

PP, thanks a lot for coming back. I really appreciate your words. You're one in a million! I did use the wrong words and tried to explain but seems like nobody wants to hear an apology. Like last time around all people want is to gang up and bully others when they're down. What I've found that works well is to stop reading when I see someone is trying to mock me or being nasty. Yup, I don't finish reading the comment and it has helped a lot!

I talked to my mom today after finishing the details about the encapsulation and it was a funny conversation. She's from that generation that was made believe that formula was the best nutrition ever and that breastmilk was for hippies and people with no means to afford the best for their children. She said that she only hopes this "trend" will one day be ruled as a healthy practice with peer reviewed articles to prove its benefits. Until then, we'll just laugh together at all the crazy/weird/funny things we do to survive motherhood.

Once again, thank you for being so kind to an anonymous person you don't even know.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But if your body delivers it whole, why would it be "natural" to ingest it? The body is getting rid of it. It's not like we eat our menstrual blood to gain strength or whatever... I can't believe a physician would be amenable to thus- maybe they're just humoring you?

If you're anemia, why don't you take iron pills or eat more red meat or spinach?

I want to believe you're asking an honest question so I'll respond with the best of my knowledge...

The placenta is an organ that develops during the pregnancy. It takes so much from your own body - look at how our hair, nails, skin, etc react because of all the nutrients being shifted around between mom and baby... It produces all sorts of hormones - it's like a huge gland producing hormones and filtering nutrients/waste to keep the baby alive while it can't do it on its own.

I've been anemic for several years and the battle to find the reason why is not over yet. I have done all the diets you can think of, I've ingested all sorts of iron pills you can see in the market and nothing has helped. Doctors can't see what's wrong with me. I honestly don't see the harm in this "natural" option.

I'd love to read more about people who have tried it and what they did to help making easy to ingest. There's no way I'll eat it raw or cook it with a meal, though

OK, this is a comment related to the anemia thing, not the placenta thing. If you have unexplained anemia, you may benefit from my story. I had low blood iron for years since my teenage years, but no amount of iron pills ever helped. It wasn't until I did a detailed blood work-up that I was diagnosed with thalassemia minor, which explained both anemia and the reason why iron pills don't help. Give it a try and see if you have that too. All I have to do now is take folic acid.

Yup, I've been tested for that. My iron supplement now has iron, folate and B12 - and I'm supposed to drink it with freshly squeezed orange juice or lemonade. I'm due for a blood work tomorrow to see if this one is working... The last test was Chron's and wheat sensitivity but it came back negative. My doc said to test again after I wean my baby if I come to breastfeed because it can go into remission during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Anyway, thanks a lot for sharing your experience. I really appreciate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We also used to tie women down and drug the hell out of them when they were giving birth. We also used chloroform on laboring women. We, as a society, have done a CRAZY amount of things to "help" women give birth, except it's pretty much the most natural thing a woman could do, science just gets in the way.

BTW your body isn't "getting rid of" the placenta, it's expelling it for the mother's use. HUGE difference. Almost every land mammal does eat their placenta after birth, and not every one of those is concerned about predators. It's made by the woman, for the woman. Of course I would argue that "cooking" methods may destroy the nutrients within, but we'll need to see a study comparing raw vs. different methods (I'm not holding my breath).

I will be encapsulating, if it helps, great, if not, I'm no worse off.

ITA, PP!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have not read the responses, but I had someone encapsulate my placenta for the second birth, after having PPD with my first birth, and it worked like a charm - no burping or any other side effects.
I lost a lot of blood after the second birth, and refused a transfusion, so I was also concurrently taking iron.

Good luck, I think it is worth it!

Thanks for sharing your experience... Did you take the pills with something strong or just water? Before or after meals? The experience with fenugreek was so gross I'm scared!