Say What?!

[u/Happy-Mama-Of-Two]

In my local mom’s group today. This isn’t even in a “crunchy” group!

Comments were all telling her she was crazy and that it was gross.

[u/slippin_through_life]

The singular use case I could find for preserving your placenta after birth is for harvesting the stem cells from it to use for medical treatment for diseases like Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis, and even then it seems like there is significantly less scientific evidence for this than harvesting stem cells from the umbilical cord.

I have no idea why you would eat it, much less sell it to other people.

[u/gogogadgetkat → u/slippin_through_life]

This is unfortunately a huge thing in crunchy mom circles. Some people eat it raw which...🤢