placenta consumption

I think that first time hearing about it reaction is pretty normal. Most people think EW! and why wouldnt they? We arent exactly a culture that usually finds things of that nature normal. But, like you, the more i have heard about it and learned about the benefits- the more it makes sense to me. I mean, all those pregnancy hormones and nutrients we have are all stored in the placenta and still in it when we dispell it so taking a lil pill dose of it after we have that hormone drop, would give someone a lil hormone boost. My midwife knows a lady who encapsulates out there and will come after I birth and do all the encapsulating and bring it back to me after. I *could* do it myself. Ive studied how to and the supplies dont cost any more than hiring someone but Im figuring right after birthing a baby the last thing Im going to feel like doing is cooking and grinding up placenta. LOL

I dont think Im crunchy enough to eat it raw but I have heard of people cutting it into cubes, freazing them and adding a cube of it every morning to a smoothie. I dont have a problem with people choosing to do that. I'm comfortable enough with placenta conception that it doesnt even make me blink but I personally would rather have the lil berry flavored pills!