What were other people's reactions? My midwife is very pro natural births i.e. no medical intervention, water birth, home birth etc but she has openly said she finds people eating placentas going a step too far. Did you come up against similar reactions?

How did you cook it?

i ate my placenta too!
i cut it up, dried it, ground it and put it in capsules (pill form). a bit different than cooking it, but i consumed it. why? most all other mammals do. there is argument that other animals consume it because they NEED that nourishment after childbirth but humans don't NEED it because we are already well nourished. i think that's ridiculous because nothing we could nourish ourselves with can *replace* the same things in the placenta.
it's known to help lactation, postpartum depression (it REALLY helps with energy and depression, i am prone to depression and i noticed a huge difference in my moods when i ate the pills), it's full of amazing proteins and vitamins, oh and did i mention it helps postpartum depression? hehe.
some cultures burry their placentas, some plant them with a tree, some eat them, some throw them away. i think we are conditioned to think it "gross" because it came from us and because it is part of the unknown. to each his own of course, but good for you, MilkMachine!
the only reason I dried it and ate it in capsules was because I wanted it to last longer. maybe next time i'll cook it.

my questions - did u actually eat it or consume it via capsule?
did any of your other family members "try" it too ?

I've always wanted to hear from someone who's done this!

So, when it was on the plate in front of you, did you think "mmmmmmm, delicious"?

What did you eat it with, chips? Peas? Bit of gravy?

On a scale of 1-10 how tasty would you say it was?

Did you share it with anyone?

What a headline!
I saw someone doing this on TV once.
Not something I'd do at all but if you think it's a positive step then I wouldnt' have a problem with it!

I knew someone who did this before! I don't think I could convince DH to let me do this! lol

What was the hospitals reaction to you wanting to take take it home?
What did you put it in/keep it in. How long does it stay fresh for?

Wow this is an interesting one!

I wanted to ask the same questions everyone else has!

I like the idea of taking it as a pill (someone else would have to do the drying and grinding thing though!) But I definitely couldn't eat it. Good on you though

See it's really not for me but I understand it is for some people. But I remember reading on here once that someone's friend wanted to eat some of her placenta (ie not her own) - that, to me, is just odd. Sorry if I'm hideously judgemental.