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@pastemoo: now that say that, actually that is what happened to mine since I had a high risk preg.

Mine was sent off to pathology for investigation on why it calcified and deteriorated so much earlier than it was supposed to. Even if it wasn't, mine would have been medical waste.

Just FYI, if your placenta needs to be sent to pathology, they can almost always just send a *piece* for testing, allowing you to do what you want with the rest (if you are interested).

@pastemoo: I dealt with depression for many years of my adult life, and postpartum depression/anxiety/psychosis definitely freaks me out. There is no scientific evidence that placental consumption does anything beneficial, but I've heard enough anecdotal stories about increased energy and stabilized mood that it was worth a shot for me. In my area it runs from $120-160 for encapsulation, although I prepaid $80 during a "sale." I already signed a release with my midwives that will allow me to take my placenta home with me in a cooler bag, and then the woman I hired will pick it up from me and take it to her house for encapsulation (she will also encapsulate on-site at your house if you prefer). She offers tincture/salve/print add-ons, but I'm not planning on any of those.

I didn't know there are that many options besides the first 3~ I might look into eating it if it's affordable!

@pastemoo: It averages $225 in my area.

@pastemoo: Mine was donated to research. I was participating in a study during my pregnancy and they came to get the placenta after I delivered

@mrswin: I wish I donated mine!

@Anagram: ha, i wanted to see it both times!

mine went to medical waste. i thought about encapsulation more this time, but didn't do much research and ultimately didn't do anything about it, so off to the trash they went.

I did 2, 4, 5 and 6 twice!

@hellobeeboston: I think science is awesome, and is the reason I have a DD so it was important to find a way to "give back"

My midwife took A's placenta home and buried it in her orchard but Felix's placenta just went to medical waste. I did ask to look at both placenta's though because I think they're pretty amazing!

@Happygal: That is super cool! How did you find out about that? Does any search and rescue accept donations?

I wanted to see mine last time, but I was so out of it after 3 hours of pushing that I couldn't think straight. I'm hoping this time I'll be able to get a look at it. I'm just so in awe of what that thing does...

All I remember after giving birth is the Dr saying "do you want to see your placenta?" And I said "absolutely not." And that was that!

I requested to see mine, because I'm a nerd, but then it went to pathology and medical waste. My husband wanted to cook it up and eat it, but I wasn't particularly interested in eating it and neither of us was interested in encapsulation. If we were in a permanent home, we might have buried it, but we rent, so we didn't bother.

I heard a story on npr that eating it (through whatever method) may actually be hazardous because part of the function of the placenta is to filter what gets to the baby so it may be "holding" the toxins that don't get through. The story said more research needed to be done, and also mentioned there's no proof it has benefits either, but maybe that's the kind of research that it's being done with the ones that have been donated! Interesting stuff!

Mine was also sent away for testing. I think it would be cool to bury it in my garden so if I have that option next time I might!

I donated mine to research. They came and requested it when I was being prepped for surgery. The first time was medical waste.