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Title: Raw placenta story
Post by: TylerDurden on April 07, 2016, 10:36:10 pm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3527796/Mother-says-placenta-smoothie-helped-postnatal-depression.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3527796/Mother-says-placenta-smoothie-helped-postnatal-depression.html)

The above is about a new phenomenon where mothers eat their placenta, though most seem to prefer it  eaten in a processed, pre-cooked form. Anyway, it makes sense as a method to prevent postnatal depression.
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: goodsamaritan on April 08, 2016, 05:36:26 am
Yes, commonly suggested in our home birthing Facebook group.
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: eveheart on April 08, 2016, 06:05:34 am
Not a "new" phenomenon! I learned about this when I was having children in the 70s and 80s, and it was not "new" then, either. I think it is an ancient tradition.
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: RogueFarmer on April 08, 2016, 12:35:43 pm
Yeah I'm pretty sure I learned about this in school studying Greek Mythology.
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: TylerDurden on April 08, 2016, 05:27:24 pm
It seems history does indeed repeat itself all the time, and few ever learn anything from it!
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: dariorpl on April 08, 2016, 07:44:18 pm
The first time I heard about it was about 10 years ago when Tom Cruise said he was gonna eat his wives' placenta (raw?) after she gave birth to their baby. I'm not one to follow celebrity gossip, but I saw that somewhere and it drew my interest.
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: eveheart on April 08, 2016, 10:49:49 pm
It seems history does indeed repeat itself all the time, and few ever learn anything from it!

From my perspective, it seems The Daily Mail repeats history, calls it new, and attracts gullible readers. It's their marketing strategy, and you fell for it.
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: TylerDurden on April 08, 2016, 11:36:40 pm
From my perspective, it seems The Daily Mail repeats history, calls it new, and attracts gullible readers. It's their marketing strategy, and you fell for it.
Well, what on Earth do you expect? For me to acknowledge also articles from The Guardian or the Daily Telegraph or the Daily Mirror or the Sun? One has to accept the lesser of a number of evils!
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: sabertooth on April 09, 2016, 12:18:25 am
It seems history does indeed repeat itself all the time, and few ever learn anything from it!
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.”
Aldous Huxley.

Placenta eating is something primordial which goes back before history, even herbivore mamas will instinctively lick the after birth off their new born.
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: eveheart on April 09, 2016, 12:25:56 am
Well, what on Earth do you expect?

What difference would it make if you knew my expectations? nevertheless, thanks for asking.
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: TylerDurden on April 09, 2016, 02:29:30 am
What difference would it make if you knew my expectations? nevertheless, thanks for asking.
Well, all newspapers are as bad....
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: TylerDurden on April 09, 2016, 02:40:27 am
What difference would it make if you knew my expectations? nevertheless, thanks for asking.
Whatever the case, you proved a good point, that there is never really anything really new.....
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: sabertooth on April 09, 2016, 06:43:53 am
"What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;
    there is nothing new under the sun." Solomon
Title: Re: Raw placenta story
Post by: RogueFarmer on April 09, 2016, 11:37:50 pm
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.”
Aldous Huxley.

Placenta eating is something primordial which goes back before history, even herbivore mamas will instinctively lick the after birth off their new born.

That's right, it's considered a bad sign if they don't eat it because it might mean they are having a problem although sometimes it gets dirty and they wont eat it and sometimes a dog gets it lol.