Keeping Placentas

I've got my angel baby and placenta buried with a stunning little Japanese weeping-style maple planted on top - around the time I lost her it's a gorgeous shade of red, then over summer it goes green. The tree is doing really well.

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Aithne wrote: My mum convinced me to keep mine. but not to bury it. She thinks i should be able to keep it preserved just incase Rory needs anything from it. Its just the same as cord blood banks except im not paying heaps of $$$ for someone to keep monitoring the temp. Has anyone else done this?? Im not sure if it would work the same but mum thinks it would.

I'm not sure, it would be worth investigating! The concern I have lurking in the back of my mind is that food in residential freezers go off after some time, so will that happen to our placentas? I don't think it matters much if you're going to plant the placenta as you want it to decompose anyway.... If it's going to be used for blood cells or what have you, would they still be able to use them if it had turned? I have absolutely no idea!! Better to have it and have a shot, but gees, hopefully you'll never have to find out.   

Codys is under a Magnolia Tree that I gave DP for his 30th. I didn't even think about if the tree will do ok with all the extra nutrients. . Though it seems to be doing alright at the moment.