Spiteful mothers after birth. [Warning: Slightly disturbing content]

Sharza-

Ok, so a friend of mine led me to believe something which really disturbed me, but I didnt believe her and decided to ask other women she doesn't know to get an honest answer. Alot of them had heard or directly knew another woman who had done this.

After birth they had requested to keep the placenta and then cooked it and hidden it in a dinner they prepared for the father of the child, and occasionaly the child also.

Also because of this apparently being quiet common some men know about this so the mothers freeze it and weeks or months later sneak it into the dinner.

Seriously how disgusting and vindictive is that?

Apparently it's payback for the mother having to go through painful labour and having to be "stitched back up".

hepcat

Sharza- wrote:

Ok, so a friend of mine led me to believe something which really disturbed me, but I didnt believe her and decided to ask other women she doesn't know to get an honest answer. Alot of them had heard or directly knew another woman who had done this.

After birth they had requested to keep the placenta and then cooked it and hidden it in a dinner they prepared for the father of the child, and occasionaly the child also.

Also because of this apparently being quiet common some men know about this so the mothers freeze it and weeks or months later sneak it into the dinner.

Seriously how disgusting and vindictive is that?

Apparently it's payback for the mother having to go through painful labour and having to be "stitched back up".

Eh...crap imo...they eat it in france though, upfront...un"delicacy" or something like that

Talliesin

It's highly nutricious and good for you. Really the mother should eat it to help get her strength back, and this is common in some cultures.

We buried those from our first two kids under trees. The twins' were kept for tests because they were quite premature which was quite upsetting as it meant breaking with the family tradition (we still planted trees for them of course).

KTRIC

Jaysus, that's a bit scummy.

Who would possibly fall for that. I'm sure I could tell the difference between beef and the GF's inards.

I'd put that in the same catagorie as cannabilism.

r3boot

In old, old, old times it used to be customary for the midwife to cook it for the mother while its fresh .....

Now adays this has fallen out of fashion....

very strange custom I think but its probably because people didn't know what to do with it. (bury it? throw it in the bin ?)

Ok, so a friend of mine led me to believe something which really disturbed me, but I didnt believe her and decided to ask other women she doesn't know to get an honest answer. Alot of them had heard or directly knew another woman who had done this.

After birth they had requested to keep the placenta and then cooked it and hidden it in a dinner they prepared for the father of the child, and occasionaly the child also.

Also because of this apparently being quiet common some men know about this so the mothers freeze it and weeks or months later sneak it into the dinner.

Seriously how disgusting and vindictive is that?

Apparently it's payback for the mother having to go through painful labour and having to be "stitched back up".

Esel

Worried about 'consuming' placentae? Do you use cosmetics/'rejuvenating' creams etc?

What do you think maternity hospitals do with all the off-cuts? Umbilical cord anyone?

Stem cells?

Talliesin

r3boot wrote:

its probably because people didn't know what to do with it

It's because people knew exactly what to do with it.

gaui3d0pnbz86o

still a custom i n a lot of societies, may seem wrong by you, but right by others

Gordon

Many animals eat the afterbirth don't they?

Love the idea of burying it under a tree.

Con9903

you'd have to be fairly blind to eat a placenta burger

Victor

Sharza- wrote:

Apparently it's payback for the mother having to go through painful labour and having to be "stitched back up".

As if the mother had nothing to do with being impregnated. :rolleyes:

Only Human

Does it smell?

Shabadu

Er... Spiteful placenta dinner for daddy and baby. Bullsh!t.

How'd she smuggle it home?

Babies don't eat until they're at least four months old.

DrIndy

If a mum asks for the placenta, they hand it over if they want.........

Placentas have a unique and indescribable aroma. Some cultures have a tradition of eating the placenta.

If unclaimed, its stored for a number of years just in case there is a problem with the baby and they have a ready supply of tissue they can test. Then its incinerated.

r3boot

esel wrote:

Do you use cosmetics/'rejuvenating' creams etc?

They stopped using them for that aages ago. Big disease scare. Hospitals used to make good money from it though

esel wrote:

stem cells?

PLEASE ! Its still very much sci-fi and even then the stem cells in the cord aren't "as convertable" as the ones people keep talking about like they are the cure to all our problems.