Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> MellieSue > wrote:
>
>> I couldn't resist sharing this article I read about people who eatplacenta.
>> I'm so curious to see what anyone else thinks before I givemy opinion.
>>
>> 'Eat Your Placenta Alone' (http://tinyurl.com/mfw6s4)
>>
>> Do you know anyone who has eaten placenta?-- MellieSue
>
> I've not known anyone personally, but this is not the first I've heard
> of it. I've actually disgust this very subject with some of the OB
> nurses at work...

My guess is that this is used to be done mostly by hippies and
mother-nature types. Another practice is to bury the placenta and plant
a tree over it.

I remember my wife expelling her placenta the first time. Quite a shock
for a dude unfamiliar with the birth process. I thought all her guts
were flying out. The next time I was prepared and shielded my eyes. Ha
ha.

>
> Placenta shakes seem to be the most common.
>
> I'd most likely not be able to stomach it, but watching past litters of
> kittens be born, female cats never hesitated. Dogs are not quite as
> smart about it it seems...