Placentas
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Topic: Placentas
Posted By: Phat_Cat
Subject: Placentas
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 8:22pm
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Ok I for some reason during my first pregnancy decided that I wanted to keep Tristens placenta so thus of course Ive also kept Rylans & will keep this bubbas too.
Only thing is what can I do with them? Im a little reluctant just to plant a tree in the garden with them under incase we move (even though we do own the house) What other options are there? as they cant really live forever & a day in the freezer lol  ------------- Tristen - 24/06/07 Rylan - 11/12/08 Angel Babies -14/08/05 & 21/01/2010 Curtis - 26/02/12 |
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 8:27pm
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a big outdoor pot and plant something in that so even if you do move it can still go with you
someone told me their are parks or reserves that you can plant a tree at bury the placenta so your child can always visit it Some religions eat them  not my cup of tea tho-------------   
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Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 8:27pm
I have seen them turned into a teddy bear... was kinda creepy, but at least its something physical and movable 
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/placenta-teddy-bear-turns-heads/story?id=9043347 - linky ------------- 
+1 May 09 Angel 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 8:28pm
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We have a river down the end of our section and theres a picnic area down a wee bit that anyone can go to. We planted a flax and buried it under that so she can go back to it if she ever wants to. You aren't suppose to plant them in Council property but this one is quite secluded and only us and the neighbours know its there. There is a special reserve in Nelson that you can plant them in as well so you could see if theres one in your area.
Another option is planting them in a potplant? |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 8:30pm
Um wow I'm kinda speechless |
Emmi_ wrote:Posted By: Phat_Cat
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 8:40pm
Ditto that makes two of us lol I did think of a planter tub but wasnt too sure if it was deep enough. Yeah I kind of want somewhere that the boys can go to & see it grow might have to ring the local council... ------------- Tristen - 24/06/07 Rylan - 11/12/08 Angel Babies -14/08/05 & 21/01/2010 Curtis - 26/02/12 |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 06 January 2010 at 11:52pm
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My mums friend kept her babies placenta's in the freezer, someone broke in and stole the freezer along with the placenta's - heres hoping they didn't eat them!!
I plan to keep my babies placenta when it's born (hence why my mum told me the story above), I've thought about burying it in the back yard along with a tree or something, I'd never really thought about a pot plant. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 07 January 2010 at 6:53am
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I don't think the idea is that gross but the end product looked very creepy and frankensteinish (the teddy that is).
We didn't keep ours but our first mw told us loads of people plant them up on the port hills in CHCH, so I assume they are allowed to do that. She also told us that they can kill some plants/trees so best to find out what is good to plant also. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 07 January 2010 at 8:26am
 That totally tickled my fancy!
The bear looks as if it should be in a Tim Burton film! I'm with Cuppatea - the idea is a nice one. Perhaps find out about placenta cremation (if such a thing exists?), pop it in a box inside a teddy/cusion/keepsake of some kind? I like the bury-it-under-a-plant idea best though ------------- 
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Posted By: MrsH
Date Posted: 07 January 2010 at 12:41pm
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Silence of the Lambsssssss
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Posted By: stefany3
Date Posted: 07 January 2010 at 1:55pm
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teddy bears... that was creepy!
We kept DS placenta and planted it in a big plant pot with a kowhai. We got the kowhai & pot for our first pregnancy which miscarried and we got that cremated and it's scattered in the pot too. We will put all the kid's placenta's in there (Assuming we have more!) ------------- 
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Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 08 January 2010 at 10:18am
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There's a new company out called Birth to Earth that sells eco-friendly placenta storage and planting containers -- I met them at the Parent & Child Show and was really impressed. Another option if you do decide to plant it! http://www.birthtoearth.com/ - http://www.birthtoearth.com/ |
Posted By: Phat_Cat
Date Posted: 08 January 2010 at 12:13pm
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yeah am thinking of going with the planting option a friend suggested a dwarf fruit tree that can go into a pot then the kids can eat the fruit off it.. almost sounds a bit creepy too lol ------------- Tristen - 24/06/07 Rylan - 11/12/08 Angel Babies -14/08/05 & 21/01/2010 Curtis - 26/02/12 |
Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 08 January 2010 at 1:06pm
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I think turning placentas into capsules that other people can eat as supplements is creepy!!
But I thought the teddy was kinda cute and neat but then again the anatomy museum was my favourite thing about Med School, so not exactly everyone's cup of tea.------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |