I had a vegan friend who are her own placenta post birth. She said it was because she needed the iron and it's part of her body anyway 🤢
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No way? Really? Kinda really strange? Did she say if it was yummy?
She said she felt a boost of energy so I guess it was helpful. She ate some fresh and powdered the rest to add to smoothies.
Very very interesting
Its pretty common to freeze chunks of the placenta in the homebirth world- for smoothies later.
The midwife's assistant did it for us without even asking last birth
That's more common in certain cultures, from what I understand.
My initial reaction to hearing that is "Ew!"
But... Waste not, want not.