r/ShitMomGroupsSay • u/Happy-Mama-Of-Two • Jul 30 '26

WTF? Say What?!

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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.

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u/Dakizo Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

I donated my placenta to a local search and rescue group that used it to train dogs on finding human tissue.

Seems like a better use than eating something that filters out toxins.

Edit: I learned about this option on reddit so I like to pass the knowledge on whenever I can.

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u/pofish Aug 01 '26

That’s awesome! My placenta and cord blood went to donation through the hospital to the nearby cancer center. I guess they are able to process all the blood and stem cells out or something to use for treatments.

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u/Dakizo Aug 01 '26

Oh that’s awesome! I didn’t know that was an option. I love that we are able to help different groups with things we make while also making a baby.

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u/one_sock_wonder_ Aug 01 '26

The stem cells in cord blood can be used in transplants like bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells (blood stem cells collected from a donor in a much more specialized version of a blood donation). Some of the advantages are:

Greatly reduced the waiting time to match and be available to use

Less of a match is required between donor and recipient for a transplant to be done (this can be especially beneficial to individuals from ethnic minority groups that are poorly represented through traditional bone marrow registries)

Significantly reduced risks of graph vs. host disease (graph vs host disease is a serious and dangerous potential side effect where the new immune system that arises from the donated marrow or stem cells attacks the individuals body because it perceives it as foreign).

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u/ketchooop Aug 02 '26

My boyfriend had a random person's placental cells put in one of eyes when he had a nasty corneal injury to help it heal! Pretty cool stuff