• Question: Would you eat your own placenta after giving birth?

    Asked by beckycwalker to Christina, Colin, Jess, Samaneh, Steve on 17 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Steven Gardner

      Steven Gardner answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      I’m never going to have a placenta of my very own, but even if I did my answer would be a very firm no!

    • Photo: Christina Pagel

      Christina Pagel answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      Erm, no!! but I might save it because it could prove medically useful for my child in the future!!

    • Photo: Colin Dick

      Colin Dick answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      I’m very passionate about recycling… but we need to draw the line somewhere =)

    • Photo: Jess Bean

      Jess Bean answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      I don’t think I’d eat it, as placenta is a really good source of cells called stem cells, which can turn into any different kind of cell in the body!

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