OHbaby! Forums : Placenta https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:01:22 +0000 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:00:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=18229 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Placenta : emma, I like the sentiment. my...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412854&title=placenta#412854 Author: mummyofprinces
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 9:00pm

emma, I like the sentiment.

my fear would be my labrador digging it back up again

]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:00:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412854&title=placenta#412854 <![CDATA[Placenta : Emma I thought it was bad enough...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412837&title=placenta#412837 Author: busymum
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 8:31pm

Emma I thought it was bad enough that the placenta was sitting in your freezer (and presumably clearly marked!!! ) at all, let alone for over a year! Go out and bury it, woman!



And totally gross about the Chinese pills. Ugh. I don't like even looking at the thing, I don't really care what the hospital wants to do with it except for (a) me not eating it in any form and (b) me not seeing it either!

I thought that burying the placenta was good for the nutrients in the soil.]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:31:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412837&title=placenta#412837 <![CDATA[Placenta : I&#039;m the same as CadensMum...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412826&title=placenta#412826 Author: Joelle
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 8:18pm

I'm the same as CadensMum - have asked to see it but don't want to keep it]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:18:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412826&title=placenta#412826 <![CDATA[Placenta : We didn&#039;t keep the placenta...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412821&title=placenta#412821 Author: MrsMojo
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 8:12pm

We didn't keep the placenta but I was fascinated to see this thing that had kept my baby alive for nearly 40 weeks so my midwife showed it to me when she did the check.

I have friends who are surfers and they kept their babies placenta and awhile after the birth paddled out to sea and sunk it. 

]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:12:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412821&title=placenta#412821 <![CDATA[Placenta : eew i dont want mine lol, I said...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412771&title=placenta#412771 Author: Shezamumof3
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 7:05pm

eew i dont want mine lol, I said to my midwife Id like to see it afterwards but i dont want to keep it....I would just like to take the baby home thanks ]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:05:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412771&title=placenta#412771 <![CDATA[Placenta : Ewww Pepsi! I wrote an article...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412769&title=placenta#412769 Author: Maya
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 7:03pm

Ewww Pepsi!

I wrote an article on placentas a while ago and some of the things people do with placentas are just freaky, in China it's traditional to dry it and make it into capsules for the mother to take for the first x number of days post partum.

We buried Maya's, and will bury the gremlins when we get around to it, atm it's in the freezer still. Will prob bury it with baby's one, and the baby we lost, up at Willie's family homestead near Helensville.

He is Maori so keeping the placenta is not optional, they believe that what comes from the earth must be returned to the earth as a thanks for the safe delivery of the baby. I kinda like that reasoning too.]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:03:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412769&title=placenta#412769 <![CDATA[Placenta : I wasn&#039;t interested in keeping...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412739&title=placenta#412739 Author: pepsi
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 6:21pm

I wasn't interested in keeping the first one, but I think I might keep the second one and eat it...









Kidding!]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:21:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412739&title=placenta#412739 <![CDATA[Placenta : My SIL has buried two (or was...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412738&title=placenta#412738 Author: happymumma
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 6:20pm

My SIL has buried two (or was planning to the last time we talked about it!) with a small garden on top.

I guess if you found out which plants like iron rich soil it might be quite succesful?

We're not planning on keeping this one - although I like your idea monster. I'm not sure why but I just don't feel any particular attachment to it although I'm very grateful for the job it's doing currently!]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:20:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412738&title=placenta#412738 <![CDATA[Placenta : ew I got mine taken away.. I honestly...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412725&title=placenta#412725 Author: MissAngel
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 5:56pm

ew I got mine taken away.. I honestly dont think I would have been able to stomach looking at it!]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:56:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412725&title=placenta#412725 <![CDATA[Placenta : We planted ours with a tree as...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412715&title=placenta#412715 Author: monster
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 5:31pm

We planted ours with a tree as part of his naming ceremony. We actually planted the placenta a couple of hours earlier and put a thin layer of soil over it, then did the tree at the end of the ceremony. ]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:31:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412715&title=placenta#412715 <![CDATA[Placenta : yeah, am not sure why I&#039;m...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412692&title=placenta#412692 Author: fire_engine
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 4:35pm

yeah, am not sure why I'm not so keen on throwing it out. I like your logic - if my leg was amputated, I wouldn't be keeping it!!]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:35:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412692&title=placenta#412692 <![CDATA[Placenta : I didn&#039;t keep mine, I just...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412686&title=placenta#412686 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 4:25pm

I didn't keep mine, I just figured it had served its purpose and could be discarded. But then I would feel the same if they removed my kidney or something as well.
My mw told me that a lot of people plant them up on the port hills in christchurch. And I think that our AN teacher told us they can kill trees if you plant them directly under (I could be mistaken though)]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:25:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412686&title=placenta#412686 <![CDATA[Placenta : what does it do to the garden??...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412681&title=placenta#412681 Author: nekes
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 4:18pm

what does it do to the garden?? so many people do this..... im not keeping mine cuz i dont see the use for it after its out lol]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:18:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412681&title=placenta#412681 <![CDATA[Placenta : What did you do/are planning to...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412663&title=placenta#412663 Author: fire_engine
Subject: 18229
Posted: 14 June 2008 at 3:46pm

What did you do/are planning to do with your placenta? I don't have any strong beliefs about the placenta, but have just realised what a bloody amazing thing it is, and don't know if I want to send it to be incinerated. Could you plant them at the bottom of a large pot and then put a tree on in (in case we move)?]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:46:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18229&PID=412663&title=placenta#412663