Erin! I promise to never kiss you with placenta breath. I swears.
Now I'm having fun in Wikipedia:
Several cultures believe the placenta to be or have been alive, often a relative of the baby. Nepalese think of the placenta as a friend of the baby's; Malaysian Orang Asli regard it as the baby's older sibling. The Ibo of Nigeria consider the placenta the deceased twin of the baby, and conduct full funeral rites for it.[17] Native Hawaiians believe that the placenta is a part of the baby, and traditionally plant it with a tree which can then grow alongside the child
I like the Nepalese. They have someone to hang out with the baby during those long months of gestating. That's a happy thought.
I have closed my eyes and scrolled past the last thirty posts or so.
My boss came into my office, because I gasped so loudly at the teddy bear placenta that she thought I was hurt!
I can see planting a tree with the placenta. I would not eat it or make a teddy bear, though.
OH MY GOD STOP TALKING ABOUT PLACENTA
Yeah the one argument I've seen that keeps coming up re the placenta thing is that animals eat it after giving birth. Animals also eat their own shit, people. Faeces smoothie, anyone?
I used to be fairly laid back about the idea, but then the STFU Parents tumblr had lots of photos of people's placenta meals/crafts and all of a sudden I was very, very anti- the whole thing.
My parents planted trees for my sister and me, but I don't think placentas were involved. Just blue spruce. I don't hate the thought of burying a placenta--you can compost just about anything organic. But it seems like one more thing to keep track of for a new parent. What with feeding and diapering and juggling helpful (or "helpful") relatives, who wants to bother tracking down a shovel and a sapling?
laughing out loud at the lot of you!
I found the missing clothes. Whew!
I don't get the skeeve, really. Why is a placenta nastier than any other piece of meat?
