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New moms eating their placentas in attempt to beat post-partum depression
National Post ^ | April 12, 2013 | Jen Gerson

Posted on 04/12/2013 6:07:33 AM PDT by Loyalist

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Susan Stewart collects fresh human placentas, takes them home and steams them with lemon, ginger and cayenne pepper. Once cooked, she puts the organs in a dehydrator overnight then grinds them and measures the powder out into gel capsules.

The service – the Calgary single mother makes a living at this – costs about $200.

Within a day, she presents new moms with their placentas in pill form – an average human placenta yields about 150 capsules – with promises of renewed energy, better lactation and no post-partum depression. They keep indefinitely.

Placenta-eating has gained some cachet among the natural-birth set, including Mad Men’s January Jones. Ms. Stewart said she became interested in it in 2009, after she was knocked down by depression following the birth of her first child, and she could see little downside from trying it.

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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: depression; mentalillness; napl; placenta; placentophagy; postpartumdepression
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To: Loyalist

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61 posted on 04/12/2013 11:30:06 AM PDT by right way right (What's it gonna take? (guillotines?))
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To: Cyber Liberty

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62 posted on 04/12/2013 11:37:55 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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63 posted on 04/12/2013 11:40:52 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: rarestia

Good for dogs, but they ain’t human. If a human does it, they’re a savage.


64 posted on 04/12/2013 12:13:48 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: rarestia

Dogs eat poo. Cats eat their own puke. (Maybe second time is a charm?) Some people eat boogers.

Jus’ sayin’ ...


65 posted on 04/12/2013 12:19:28 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Gefn; who knows what evil?

Okee dokee.

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66 posted on 04/12/2013 2:29:47 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: rarestia

Fine. You go ahead and eat placenta.

Excuse me while I go puke....


67 posted on 04/12/2013 3:22:23 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Loyalist

mental illness has never been so popular


68 posted on 04/12/2013 3:24:40 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: rarestia

I have seen animals eat poop too


69 posted on 04/12/2013 3:25:18 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Slings and Arrows; who knows what evil?

I just learned Simon’s kitten is a girl.

I love Simon. thank you Slings


70 posted on 04/12/2013 4:35:58 PM PDT by Gefn ("Veni, Vidi, Volo in domum redire")
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To: Gefn

De nada, chica.


71 posted on 04/12/2013 8:39:25 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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