I'll be say eeeewwwww right up front, but eating the placenta is getting more common, even in your UK. I think it's part of the new age "bonding" and "back to nature" things. The placenta is extremely healthy, and helps to replenish a lot of what the mother lost during birth (especially iron), which is why carnivorous animals usually eat the placenta after birth.
Of course, having a healthy meal with liver afterwards would probably accomplish the same goal.
What was that, ebonics?
My comments as well - great minds etc.