Could I do this with my placenta?

[time4another]

Incinerate it and make a piece of jewelry for at least me and DD with it?

Any ideas on how to get this done or do this?

Heather

[bryonyvaughn]

Originally Posted by time4another

Incinerate it and make a piece of jewelry for at least me and DD with it?...

Maybe crafty mommas will have an answer for you *but* I worked in a hospital when I was in college and I smelled burnt human flesh. If an incinerated placenta smells anything like burnt human flesh (and I can't imagine it not as it's made of the same sort of proteins) I wouldn't want that in the same room as me let alone on my body. On a less negative note the nasty smell might have been worsened from the hair covering the flesh (I know burnt hair smells nasty) and placentas have no hair.

~BV

[krismarie]

interesting... i steamed and dried mine... it smelled like cooked liver during but is fine now you could grind that and use that. you could add it to clay for a pendant or something...??
just a thought.

interested to hear what you decide to do.

[pinksprklybarefoot]

Originally Posted by krismarie

interesting... i steamed and dried mine... it smelled like cooked liver during but is fine now you could grind that and use that. you could add it to clay for a pendant or something...??

I dried mine as well... and I have a bunch left over. I bet it would work just fine to mix it with clay.

I also dried DS's cord and have wondered if I could shellac it or something to keep it from disintegrating over time.

[time4another]

Originally Posted by bryonyvaughn

Maybe crafty mommas will have an answer for you *but* I worked in a hospital when I was in college and I smelled burnt human flesh. If an incinerated placenta smells anything like burnt human flesh (and I can't imagine it not as it's made of the same sort of proteins) I wouldn't want that in the same room as me let alone on my body. On a less negative note the nasty smell might have been worsened from the hair covering the flesh (I know burnt hair smells nasty) and placentas have no hair.

~BV

Just to clarify, what I mean by incinerate it is to basically creamate it into ashes. Not burn it like to burn skin.

Crafty mammas...are you around????

Heather

[wombatclay]

I'd go the "dry, grind, add to clay" route as well. With burning, whether you just burn the surface or burn it to ash, you'll have the same "smell" for at least part of the process. I don't know that a private crematorium would be able to do this for you so...dehydrating and grinding is probably you're easiest option.

[TCMoulton]

My DH is a funeral director and he has tol me that gemstones can be created out of cremated human remains - the srones are similar to diamonds/other colored gemstones. I cannot see why this would not be possible with a placents just not sure how you would do it!

[thefreckledmama]

Originally Posted by TCMoulton

My DH is a funeral director and he has tol me that gemstones can be created out of cremated human remains - the srones are similar to diamonds/other colored gemstones. I cannot see why this would not be possible with a placents just not sure how you would do it!

Yep, the site is www.lifegem.com. I heard about it somewhere along the line and was curious. Basically, humans=carbon, carbon+heat+pressure=diamond.

[TCMoulton]

I actually saw one of the lifegems at my husband's funeral home (thanks for the name by the way!) and they are gorgeous in real like. Looking at one you would never know what it was made of!