Placenta plans? - Page 2

[allbrightmama]

You moms have really given me a lot to think about. I never considered eating it and I may not be able to do it but I think I am going to try. Encapsulating just isn't going to happen. I don't have anyone who will do it for me and I know I could never handle the whole process. I have been vegetarian for many many years and can't handle the smell of any meat. I am thinking the smoothie will be my best bet.

Has anyone done a placenta print or know how they are done? Could I do one and still eat a tiny bit of the placenta?

How deep do you need to bury a placenta to keep animals from digging it up?

Why do I care about this placenta when I had no interest in the first 2?

Thanks to everyone for sharing your plans!

[StrongBeliever]

Oooh! Cool thread! I definitely want to do something with this DC's placenta... My first was a hospital birth, and they ran away with it. I'm going to make a placenta print(just using the bloody goo that comes with it, though I've read you can use ink or paint... just plop it on the paper and viola!), and then I am going to do something else I thought was cool...

I read about making placenta "water" somewhere online. You take a piece(I'm gonna use the whole thing) and put it in a solution(50/50, I think) of alcohol(vodka or the like) and water, let it steep, and then you can take drinks of it like you can capsules of the dry stuff. I don't really want to eat or drink it, at least not the way I'm thinking now. But I do want to do something special with it, and we rent so I can't plant it. I thought it would be neat to buy a big pretty clear jar and put the placenta in it with alcohol, maybe with some whole flowers or herbs to make it pretty, seal it up good and keep it around as "art" or save it for a special occasion or give it as a gift to my child later in life or something. I don't think it's any stranger than keeping a dead bug preserved as art, or some once-living thing in a jar of formaldehyde in a jar as a science tool.

[Zenia]

With my DD placenta We dryed a part of it put it into capsels and I took 3 a day for 2 weeks. the rest of the placenta is still sitting in my mom frezzer 3,000 miles away in FL. I wanted to planted somewhere but never did with this placenta I plan on doing the same thing dry part of it for capsules and the rest I really want to plant somewhere nice since there is actually nice spots here in Montana

[StrongBeliever]

Thought I would post a link to the "placenta essence" recipe(is that what you would call it? ) I found, just in case anyone was interested.

http://www.unhinderedliving.com/placentaessence.html

[fandance]

I want to make a raw soup out of it and have the father and anyone else who is at the birth who's not afraid eat it. But not as a whole meal or anything, I want to save the rest and put in capsules.

I like that art idea that was mentioned.

Also I didn't read that other thread but I believe the way it works is that the mother's side is used by the mother and the baby's side is used for the baby or whatever else, so there should be no problem with RH.

I can't imagine that dehydrating it would be very difficult at all, about the same as beef jerky.

[Blucactus]

Originally Posted by echospiritwarrior

Well, since my DD's placenta is still in our freezer, I guess her sister or brother's will join hers. Perhaps they can choose the fruit tree we intend use their placentas to nourish.

I love telling guests that they may help themselves to ice in our freezer the trays are stacked just above Xochi's placenta!

Too funny, !!!!!!!

I hadn't even thought of what I'll do with mine. If someone was going to put it in capsuls for me I'd take it, it makes me sick to even think about eating it. I am really interested in seeing it, though. I had a C/S with my son : and never even laid eyes on my placenta.

[AdalynsMama]

I really don't know much about different ways to "use" the placenta after the birth. I have read that quite a few plan on eating it and was wondering what are the benefits? DH and I are so far planning on planting it under a tree of some sort. Looking forward to more info!

[gina871]

Originally Posted by StrongBeliever

Thought I would post a link to the "placenta essence" recipe(is that what you would call it? ) I found, just in case anyone was interested.

http://www.unhinderedliving.com/placentaessence.html

Thank you!!!!!!: I have been looking for this all over the web