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| Trent...the freaks are taking over your Trenternet™! (Read 314 times) |
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 6:15 PM |
So this chick on a site I frequent (ie lurk more than post--unlike RA) doesn't vax her kids, is pregnant with #5 when they can't afford 4, doesn't neuter her cats (yet lets them outdoors and thinks it's funny when they have repeated litters), etc...here is her latest gem:
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Has anyone kept the placenta after birth?
If you did, what did you do with it?
I want to keep mine this time and possibly eat part of it. It is supposed to stop post partum bleeding/hemorrhaging and also ward of PPD. I have hemorrhaged after three of my births, twice requiring blood transfusions.
I just have to get over the "ick" factor, but many women dehydrate it and take it in capsule form or mix it up in a berry flavored smoothie.
http://www.geocities.com/virtualbirth/placenta.html
Found another good site
http://placentabenefits.info/
I know this post is going to get tons of "that's disgusting" as a response, but I can handle it. Maybe someone will have experience with this or know someone who has done this and can share thoughts/outcomes with me.
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Kirsten
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 6:18 PM |
This is an old old practice.
There are similar practices w.r.t. some of the products of the first weeks following birth.
Don't ask. |
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 6:19 PM |
Oh, I know it's nothing new...but the claims of eating placenta having some health benefits...  
I do like the symbolic sorts of things people do...burying the placenta and planting a tree, for instance. |
Kirsten
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• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 7:35 PM |
Placenta? There was an afterbirth snack that I didn't know about?
When my kids were born, I was so enthralled with the new baby, I forgot that my wife was still in the room.
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 7:40 PM
modified: 3/6/2008 at 7:40 PM |
When my first son was born I was so annoyed with the amount of pain he just caused me I would have happily left the hospital without him, and ESPECIALLY without the placenta! Fortunately, the hospital and my husband made me bring the baby home, the hospital kept the placenta though. 
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 7:52 PM |
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upcoming races:
Harriers for Hounds (November 27, 2008)
Turkey Trot 5 Miler (Novermber 29, 2008)
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 7:54 PM |
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 7:55 PM |
| Quote from Jill_B on 3/6/2008 at 7:52 PM: Oh man, if only I knew about this 3 months ago.
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These are some good times so take a good look around.
You may not know it now but you're gonna miss this" ~ Trace Adkins
RunningAhead.com Texas Independence Relay Team
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 8:03 PM |
| Stop. You're making me hungry. |
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 8:11 PM |
| Quote from Anya_ on 3/6/2008 at 8:03 PM: Stop. You're making me hungry.
Craving a frothy placenta smoothie?  |
Kirsten
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• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
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• 1st trail race |
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 8:13 PM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 3/6/2008 at 8:11 PM:Craving a frothy placenta smoothie?
Suddenly I regret just finishing up a huge milkshake!!  |
"You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast.
These are some good times so take a good look around.
You may not know it now but you're gonna miss this" ~ Trace Adkins
RunningAhead.com Texas Independence Relay Team
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 8:35 PM |
| Quote from Jill_B on 3/6/2008 at 7:52 PM: Oh man, if only I knew about this 3 months ago.
JB, what did y'all do with the foreskin? |
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 8:43 PM |
| Quote from Trent on 3/6/2008 at 8:35 PM: JB, what did y'all do with the foreskin?
Appetizers...? |
Kirsten
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• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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posted: 3/6/2008 at 8:43 PM |
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