It's official: I am now collecting stories about placentas (along with defenestration watch and stalking Axl Rose).

h0edian writes

my aunt was telling me that she had a friend who kept the placenta and was going to do the burying ritual when she got home, but they forgot about it. so one day many years later they were handing out meat in their freezer ( Read more... )

My anonymous pregnant friend has been educating me on everything baby-related from the intrawebs forums. I now know all sides of the great cloth vs. disposable diaper debate as well as the benefits and risks of breast feeding. My latest delight was learning that she has a friend who ate her placenta as a smoothie the week after giving birth. I ( Read more... )