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MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治
07/04/09

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A friend had a placenta cooking party after she had a baby. I did not attend. I do not regret passing on that chance, either.
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clevernamehere
07/02/09

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I always wonder if people who write columns about their marriages/children run this stuff by their partner/children who are old enough.

Maybe she's totally okay with him announcing when her looks will go and hearing that seeing her give birth made him want to vomit, but for a lot of people this would be a road post on the way to splitsville.

I find the whole placenta thing mildly gross, but I can't get super grossed out about anything that was once part of me. I just wouldn't eat it.
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notthemarimba
07/02/09

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I think it's kind of amazing that there are people out there who convert placentas into pills FULLTIME. I can't stop imagining first dates... "So, what do you do?" "Convert placentas into pill form so mothers can take them!"
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emilyanne
07/02/09

@notthemarimba: ha now that is an image which entertains me for some reason.
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Maritsa
07/02/09

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I think "EWW GROSS!" and variations thereof are the "cute shoes" of any childbirth related thread around here.
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Slumdog_Mamabear
07/02/09

@Maritsa: I love you.
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amowls
07/02/09

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Placenta eating is just creepy in general to me. I don't think it's particularly gross (I'm into "delicacies" like sweet breads so), but it's just another ritual in the cult of parenthood if you ask me.
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Slumdog_Mamabear
07/02/09

@amowls: "Ritual in the cult of parenthood"

can you please explain further?

What are the other rituals?
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Skellatrix
07/02/09

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Seriously, he's making 50 sound a lot like 90... Geez dude, 50 isn't even old... unless you're 11.
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Flackette Goes Retro
07/02/09

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There is a hair conditioner called Placenta, no lie. I think it's made of animal placentas (among other ingredients). You can get it at Sally Beauty Supply. So, the new mother could also emulsify the placenta with some olive oil and have a spa day!

(I haven't tried the Placenta conditioner, but I do love the Queen Helene Cholesterol).
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angelheadedhipster
07/02/09

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All I have to say is: I'm so glad my parents did have a column in a newspaper when I was born/growing up.
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happysquid
07/02/09

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This isn't that bad. Not as bad as Placenta Noodles. Or a placenta sandwich.

Brace yerself...

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Skellatrix
07/02/09

@happysquid: Ugh, I've seen that photo before, felt nauseous, and sent it to a girlfriend who said she nearly wretched in her kitchen sink. It gives me the same nasty feeling as the concept of cannibalism.
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nessalicious
07/02/09

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I've googled this and I still don't understand it: why do people eat Placenta? Is it a waste not want not kind of thing?
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Kali Mama
07/02/09

@nessalicious: Take 2 lbs of earth mother, 1 gram of thinking it aids in reuptaking nutrients and sprinkle with a little freeminded shock value.
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tscheese
07/02/09

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Surprisingly, this bowl of spaghetti with red sauce still looks pretty appetizing.
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nex0s
07/02/09

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So, your kid is a miracle and gorgeous, but the organ that made it possible for your wife to make your kid is disgusting? As your wife will be when she is 50?

Honestly, I think Joel Stein is disgusting NOW - way more so than placenta is, or a woman of 50. Who the fuck talks like that about their life partner? I don't care that it's supposed to be "funny".

As to eating placentas, there's some evidence that it helps with post-partum depression, and anemia. Other mammals do it, I'm not sure why we shouldn't. If you are eating your own placenta, you aren't going to get sick from it or anything. While I personally am a bit weirded out by the cooking aspects of it, I am less so of the post-partum smoothie or the encapsulated pill form. Hospitals usually sell women's placentas to major pharmacutical companies who use it in haircare products, body creams, and other stuff. Why should THEY get all the benefits, but the woman who MADE it, shouldn't get any? Not even financial compensation when the hospital makes money off her organs?

To each their own, I say (get it?). But the "OMG THAT IS SO GROSS" comments always seem really immature to me. How is that contributing to the discussion?
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Samanthrax
07/02/09

@nex0s: I don't know. There just must be something extremely unappealing about autocannibalism.
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Opti-Miss
07/02/09

@nex0s: I actually used to use a moisturiser made with placenta until my MIL told me about impoverished Indian women who were forced to become pregnant so that their placentas could be 'harvested' for big cosmetic companies. I would much rather eat or use my own placenta than one produced in this way. How are people so disgusted by their own body parts?
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Laulau
07/02/09

@Opti-Miss: Do you have any sources for the claim about Indian placentas? That would be truly horrifying.

As for one's own placenta ... I think it's unhealthy to be horrified by any part of one's own body, but eating it is a slightly different proposal.
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mrsryan
07/02/09

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Wow, a "Mars Attacks!" related zinger. Joel Stein, you so timely!
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BabyJane
07/02/09

@mrsryan: Ha, I guess he hasn't seen a movie since 1996.
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cirocco
07/02/09

@mrsryan: Also of note is that the only feminist he can name is apparently Betty Friedan. Like, not even Steinem. FRIEDAN. Who, incidentally, has been dead for several years.
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andBegorrah
07/02/09

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I can't wait for the showdown between Stephen Baldwin and the Wiccans over whose deity gets to smite Stein first.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
07/02/09

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I totally feel Joel. I don't look like a frumpy, heavy, unkept, hairy, fetus-eating bonerkilling dyke like people expect. It can really confuse the small-brained. That's why I wear my "I hate men" shirt and carry a hatchet.
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