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From The Unnecesarean.com

Ever wondered what people do with the placenta when it is not discarded of through a hospital?

I have heard of eating it as a cure for Post Natal Depression. Why would anyone even consider this? – well placenta is said to be very high in nutrients and vitamins beneficial to a mothers’ healing – you can read various articles here about placenta benefits.

Placenta pills may help to:
• Increase general energy
• Allow a quicker return to health after birth
• Increase production of breast milk
• Decrease likelihood of baby blues and post natal depression
• Decrease likelihood of iron deficiency
• Decrease likelihood of insomnia or sleep disorders

Luckily I did not suffer from post natal depression but for some it is debilitating and I think anything that can help or prevent it would become a life-line (and lose its ick factor). My mother suffered PND very badly after my own birth – it was in a time when post natal depression was not recognised and women were told to simply ‘buck up’ which I have been told simply made it worse. It took long for her to recover from it but she was lucky to have had support in my father and aunt. Knowing this now (I was unaware as a child) I can look back and understand better our hot & cold relationship and also my very close attachment to my dad.

There are some new ones here that I had not thought of (specifically the ‘crafty’ ones) and somehow these make me feel even more squeamish than the idea of a placenta sandwich.
Read 5 fun things you can do with your Baby’s Placenta from Inhabitots.com

What did you do with the placenta and what do these ideas make you think / feel?

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