On 29/03/2012 16:39, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Just a funny story about "eating placentas".  When I had my first baby 40+ years ago, my obstetrician asked if I would like to eat mine.  I said, NO, it's not a natural thing that humans have done.  The Bible (Old Testament) says not to eat blood, because the life is in the blood.  Nevertheless, he took my placenta, blended it in a blender and tested to see if it would go through an NG tube.  A later patient, a veterinarian DID eat placenta, using the NG tube method.  She promptly vomited it up.  IMHO we can use other mammals as example but we don't have to embrace everything they do. What is the philosophy that drives this idea? I'm not just about what works, but what is the driving philosophy?
>
No idea what the philosophy was.  However, the food available in the 
birthing centre after I had my 2nd was so low on protein - which I was 
desperately craving after a day almost entirely on carbs while in labour 
- that at one point I wished I *had* eaten mine!


Best wishes,

Sarah Vaughan

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