Have you tried placenta smoothie?

[seattlemamma]

Has anyone here had a placenta smoothie? How did you eat it? What did it taste like? If you gave it to a stranger would they notice something was different? I really want to try a smoothie but am squeamish about it? I have 7 months to psych myself up or out. People have suggested eating it raw for the best results...How does this work as far as..well..eating raw meat? Is it the same? Should I worry about getting sick? Thanks

[Sheryl1678]

I got this idea from another poster while I was pregnant. (brilliant) I mixed it in the blender with frozen berries, some juice and some superfood. I poured it into 30 dixie cups, covered them with aluminum foil and froze them. I put one in the fridge every night and drank it in the morning.

It tasted like berry smoothies, I can't imagine why I would offer it to a stranger but I doubt they would notice anything different.

It tasted fine toward the beginning but at the end of the month (the last 2 or 3) I wasn't looking forward to it anymore so I figured my body had what it needed, ykwim?

[Anais2009]

Why?

Please help me out: why would you eat your placenta during several weeks? I once read it is good to eat it right after giving birth, to stop the bleeding. Is there more to i?

Thanks.

[ann_of_loxley]

Originally Posted by Anais2009

Please help me out: why would you eat your placenta during several weeks? I once read it is good to eat it right after giving birth, to stop the bleeding. Is there more to i?

Thanks.

Its packed FULL of nutrience and prevents post partum depression (which is a real concern for some mothers).

I can tell you what this is like come April! hehe

I plan to eat a small piece (well - more like just swallow quickly lol) straight after the birth and then the rest will be cut up (I am thinking like...stir fry sized pieces) and frozen. I will then add a few 'chunks' of this to whatever smoothie I fancy that morning (because then I can variety lol)...until it is all gone.

The suggestion is to make 'dark' smoothies - so you arn't put off by it. Such as a berry smoothie...because berries will naturally come out purple/reddish...much like the placenta blended up would. So you will be drinking thinking 'ahhh berries!' and now 'bloody raw placenta!' lmao

Raw is best because obvioulsy it has more nutrience in it (such as a raw carrot compared to a cooked one). For me, freezing it seems the most ideal as that will 'keep' it longer. (you wouldn't eat a piece of steak that has been sitting in the fridge for over a month would you? lol) ...(probably best to actually cut it up AFTER it is frozen, because then it is easier to cut up then).

I am a vegetarian and I have asked other vegetarians/vegans about what they thought of eating their own placenta. It is not really like meat. (it is also freely given...unlike a piece of steak!) ....and none of them have ever tasted it in the smoothie...they just taste smoothie! Yum!

I assume you ask if a stranger would notice as a metaphor rather than just giving it out to strangers! lol ... I really don't think they would notice. I actually have a friend who wants to try it - but tbh, I feel my placenta is such a speical and personal thing, I don't really want to share it with anyone but Daddy and my son...and I know Daddy doesn't fancy trying it - so that just leaves my son! hehe

[seattlemamma]

I assume you ask if a stranger would notice as a metaphor rather than just giving it out to strangers! lol

That is correct. If a stranger wouldn't notice a taste difference...it makes me a little more comfortable to try it. I do get severe..really severe PPD and have been told to try this. I am having my fifth in August and would really like to bypass PPD this time around!

[gossamerwindweb]

I planned to do smoothies but didn't. I ate some soon after birth to slow bleeding. Then had hubby refrigerate the rest. The next day I ate another raw chunk, the next day another, the next day another. About that time I thought 'if this was meat from the store I would feel that it needs to be cooked now and so I better cook this'. I steamed it and at that point the sight and smell of it DISGUSTED me. When I eat meat, I like it well done, so it was just interesting that raw placenta didn't bother me but cooked did. If I had another baby I would cut it into chunks and freeze it within a couple days so that I wouldn't feel the need to cook it. I didn't end up doing the smoothies because DS was SO high need I hardly had a second to even swallow what hubby brought me, let alone talking him through making placenta smoothies.

[Juvysen]

[chase_mommy]

Very interesting thread and I will be following closely.

I *want* to eat my placenta when the time comes but I am really having a hard time figuring out how I am going to *make* myself do it. I am not a vegetarian or anything but the thought of eating my placenta, or placenta in general, really grosses me out. I am sure it has to do with society and how I was raised but I really want to get past this.

Do you have to chew the placenta to get the benefits or can I just have DH cut a chunk off and then just swallow it down whole? Some reason this just sounds easier to do than chewing...

[sweet_tart_vt]

I have always been prepared to eat a piece if need be for PPH, but luckily never had any bleeding troubles. I have heard of several ways to get the benefits: chewing and swallowing, simply swallowing, or keeping a piece between your cheek and gum. We always saved ours and put them in the freezer and planted them with a tree/bush for each child. I would like to keep up with that family tradition but would also like to dry and encapsulate some this time around. Ive never had PPD before, but do have severe PTSD and panic disorder that was just diagnosed this year, so I would like to be able to have an ample supply on hand to take postprtum to keep the blues away. I think the smoothie idea sounds great, just not sure if I've got the stomach for it.

[mellie-bellie]

I have 3 placentas in my deep freezer that are sooooooooo overdue for planting (we moved so much I was hesitant to plant them but I will this spring in some kinda tree planting ceremony). My kids are 9, 7 and 5, talk about procrastination!

This time around with baby #4 I plan to eat some of the placenta and plant the rest. I am vegan and yes it skeeves me but I'm really keen on the fact that we are mammals and it seems like something we should be doing after birth. I'm thinking chocolate milkshake for mine though: maybe a frozen banana, some chocolate coconut ice cream and some soy milk all whipped up with chunk 'o placenta. My dude knows of the plan and he thinks I'm nuts but cool for doing it, though I'm assuming those attending the birth (some chic friends and my mom) need to know that it will be one of THEIR jobs to make the drink for me after baby is born...I can only imagine the look on their faces when I tell them their roll at the birth, hehe.

[Astraia]

I just had my first UC today (will get around to making an annoucement tomorrow, I think ) and I ate a few chunks of placenta soon afterward. You do not need to swallow it, just hold it in your cheek for a bit then swallow. Smaller pieces are easier, otherwise it made me gag a bit to swallow. It didn't taste like anything. It was weird. It had a very slight salty flavour but other then a raw meat texture I couldn't tell there was anythign in my mouth. I plan to freeze it, cube it, and the put it into smoothies over the next few days. Now that i know it tastes like nothing I'm not worried about it.

[seattlemamma]

It didn't taste like anything. It was weird. It had a very slight salty flavour but other then a raw meat texture I couldn't tell there was anything in my mouth...Now that i know it tastes like nothing I'm not worried about it.

this is exactly what I was looking for thanks!

[Isarma]

I ate some of mine right after. I was nervous about the taste, too. I was shocked at how mild it was. I've heard some compare it to sashimi, but I'm not a big sushi eater. It reminded me a little of beef tartar, but very light and almost clean tasting. My teeth went through it easily. The texture was almost buttery, though like meat, of course. The feeling, though? That was amazing. I was craving food something horrible and I'd been racking my brain for the perfect thing to eat. Once I ate some placenta, I felt sated. Hell, I would've eaten more of my friend hadn't already put it in smoothies. I had the smoothies every day for about 2 weeks and had very few baby blues. I've never felt so emotionally stable right after birth before

I've got some video footage of the placenta bit:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=.../2/y9UgVG0X2sg
It starts at about 6:25. You'll be able to see my friend cut it up a bit and see me eat a chunk and notice how not grossed out I am. You'll be fine!

In fact, I'm so convinced this is beneficial I've done it for friend's births and am now planning to start a small, local business as a placenta lady

[madeofstardust]

I planned on eating some of my placenta, but my DD is 14 months old now and it's still sitting in my freezer.
I wonder if it's too late to use in a smoothie? I'm still curious and I think finally brave enough but I don't know if it would still have the same benefits? Any thoughts on this?

[claddaghmom]

My DH actually tricked me. Well, that sounds bad but we had talked about eating the placenta during pregnancy. Anyways, he made a fresh fruit smoothie and mixed in a piece of the placenta without me knowing. I drank the whole thing down b/c I was so exhausted from labor. Didn't notice anything.

And before you think it was purely due to having just pushed a baby out...I continued to eat those smoothies the next few days, several times a day. All I could taste was the fruit. *shrug* I didn't notice any strange texture either.

Sadly, it was frozen whole in a bowl and DH got tired of hacking at it (even broke a knife). I put it off until we moved...at which point the freezer broke and thawed it out overnight.

This time around I am going to rinse, remove the membranes and chop the placenta up into little pieces. Then put each piece into a dixie cup and freeze for smoothies.

[claddaghmom]

Originally Posted by Sheryl1678

I got this idea from another poster while I was pregnant. (brilliant) I mixed it in the blender with frozen berries, some juice and some superfood. I poured it into 30 dixie cups, covered them with aluminum foil and froze them. I put one in the fridge every night and drank it in the morning.

It tasted like berry smoothies, I can't imagine why I would offer it to a stranger but I doubt they would notice anything different.

It tasted fine toward the beginning but at the end of the month (the last 2 or 3) I wasn't looking forward to it anymore so I figured my body had what it needed, ykwim?

Oh I like this even better! Then it is only blended one time. Thanks!

[buckeye_bebe]

For those of you who have frozen or refrigerated part of the placenta, after consuming some "fresh", was there a difference in taste or consistency between fresh and frozen? Thanks!

[velveeta]

Well, one thing concerns me about mixing everything at once and then freezing -- what if that mixture is yucky? Then you have wasted your placenta or (and this is what I would do) you have to drink it anyway, even though it didn't turn out good or got freezer burned. Just something else to consider.

I am so happy to find this, as I was planning on encapsulating, but fresh and frozen smoothies sounds so much more nutritious and easier, too.

Here is my tentative plan. I am going to eat two little bites right after birth and then have someone prep the rest into inch size cubes, which I will transfer to a baking sheet lined with waxed paper and put in the freezer. Once it is frozen enough, I will then transfer chunks to a freezer bag. This should prevent the chunks from sticking to each other, and provide easy access when I want to make a smoothie each day.

I welcome anything that you think might be wrong or right with this b/c it is my first placenta for eating. I can't believe I wasted two excellent placentas!! I had PPD with DS2, so I am hoping to avoid that this time.

Thanks again for the great ideas. I loved the video!

[Isarma]

Originally Posted by velveeta

Well, one thing concerns me about mixing everything at once and then freezing -- what if that mixture is yucky? Then you have wasted your placenta or (and this is what I would do) you have to drink it anyway, even though it didn't turn out good or got freezer burned. Just something else to consider.

Mine was in dixie cups with foil. It wasn't quite defrosting into smoothie-like consistency by the end - maybe a bit too watery? It still tasted fine. I ate it with a spoon! I just did a friends placenta last week and she chose to use small rubbermaid containers with airtight lids. This isn't as cheap, but probably would keep better.

Here is my tentative plan. I am going to eat two little bites right after birth and then have someone prep the rest into inch size cubes, which I will transfer to a baking sheet lined with waxed paper and put in the freezer. Once it is frozen enough, I will then transfer chunks to a freezer bag. This should prevent the chunks from sticking to each other, and provide easy access when I want to make a smoothie each day.

I welcome anything that you think might be wrong or right with this b/c it is my first placenta for eating. I can't believe I wasted two excellent placentas!! I had PPD with DS2, so I am hoping to avoid that this time.

Thanks again for the great ideas. I loved the video!

I think that's a good plan, provided you think you'll make smoothies daily. Chunks would make it easy to add placenta, definitely. Then you'll get a fresh consistency each time. I chose to compromise a bit consistency to have it all done and not have to deal with it daily, so it's really about what works for you.

Thanks!

[objet_trouve]

Originally Posted by Juvysen

This.

I'm trying to be mature here, but my inner child is a fourteen year old boy, and he's DYING to get out.

I am interested in this, I really am. I find it fascinating and want to hear more about the benefits of this (did someone say it helps with PPD? I'd love to hear more on that). I promise, I just also can't help my immature side.