Why Women Eat Placenta

Eat Your Placenta If It Meant No Postpartum Depression?

November 15, 2010

Motherhood isn't for the squeamish, but could you stomach eating a placenta? Some women believe that Placentophagy (the act of eating one's placenta) can ward off postpartum depression since the disposable organ is hormone rich and may balance out a woman's emotions after giving birth. Whether it is prepared like a protein or taken in capsule form, would you ingest it for the possible benefits?

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6 Comments

2 years 27 weeks

Yup. I wouldn't chew it raw, but you're supposed to dry it and best form is encapsulated anyway. It also helps with milk production as well. I haven't done it yet because I haven't encountered problems that it helps. But I'd absolutely be open to it in the future. I'd much rather have an ew factor of ingesting the placenta in some form for a few days or weeks than to have months on end of medications and therapy. I have nothing against medications and therapy, I just would prefer natural methods if they were available.