Give Birth, Eat Placenta (in that order)

Back, back in the day when I knew this chick who was dating this dude who was an intern in a doctor program and he was in his OBGYN rounds and it came out—

Some people ask to save the placenta post-birth…so they can eat it.

Horrified, and slightly intrigued, I forgot about it until a friend forwarded this article from BabyCenter in which a woman (veg when not pregnant) discusses placenta eating and preparation.  Yes, there is a picture of a sandwich.  I have to tell my self that the “p word” is not its main ingredient…

Read the article:
“She ate her placenta and it was good”