placenta bowl?

[sprinkle pocket]

just wondering how big of a bowl we should expect to use for the placenta? i know it sounds kinda silly, like, we should just get a big bowl, but we live in a pretty tight space and don't have alot of kitchen supplies. so i'm not sure if we need to get a bigger bowl than the one i have. any advice on size?

[majazama]

The bowl that I used for my second UC was about 8 inches in diameter, and quite deep. It's my salad bowl, actually:love Some people have gynormous placentas, though, and since it's your first, you don't really know yet how big it will be, so maybe your biggest bowl will cover it? A good mixing bowl would suffice, or a bucket if you were desperate.

[TRIBE]

i didn't use a bowl in my last UC, I delivered the placenta in my bathtub ;) I hope to deliver the placenta in my shower again this time as its less messy and any less cleanup is a-ok by me :D

[mwherbs]

if you are not in water you can birth it into a chux and just wrap the chux around it until/if you cut the cord.

[hawkfeather]

i have seen mamas use cooking pots, even a wok..i wouldn't worry too much about it.. i bet you have something big enough..

[7kiddosmom]

We had a mixing bowl about 8 or 9 inches in diameter, but it was pretty deep.

Question: for thoughs that used existing kitchen items, did you toss them?

[Desdamona]

At my last birth, the placenta was delivered onto a chux and then we put in it an aluminum (disposable) pan that we got from the dollar store ($0.45) so the boys could look at and explore (which they got such a kick out of) where their baby brother had been living for the past 9 months while I got showered. Then it was double bagged and put into the freezer, where it still is 2yrs after the fact.

[sprinkle pocket]

thanks for the input. that helps alot. i was actually picturing a big gushing waterfall with this huge placenta and lots of stuff. it sounds like the bowl we have will be fine and we can put it on top of a towel just in case. i'm bummed b/c our fridge no longer works as of last week, so i have to eat as much of the placenta right away as i want and can't have frozen smoothies over a week or two.