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Placentophagia is not such an unusual behavior for most mammalian mothers in the perinatal period. Nevertheless, many women of modern cultures do not eat their placentas, as they have a learned response to it: revolting, even associated with cannibalism. How can it be cannibalism, when it is the only meat we can get from birth, rather than meat obtained by killing a sentient being?

If the idea of eating placenta is revolting to you, ask yourself: How come? A mother's placenta is exactly formulated to give her optimal benefits. No other animal meat will come close to helping her as much as her own placenta. the placenta is so rich in nutrients that it is believed to prevent postpartum depression when ingested. It contains iron and all the minerals that a high-quality meat can offer.

Whenever we see the placenta, cord and baby (root, stem and fruit) intact, we call this a Lotus Birth.

When none of the medications worked, the hemorrhaging stopped immediately within minutes of the mother ingesting a small bit of her own placenta.

We're seeing an increase of velamentous umbilical cord insertion and short cords since the introduction of GMO foods to Indonesia.

If the placenta behaves as a living being for p to five hours following birth, it must indeed still be functioning to assist the baby, just as it did in the womb.

Cord burning was practiced in old China and was believed to help the Qi (Chi), latent in the placenta, move into the baby. Midwives have witnessed babies with dusky blue complexions and low APGAR scores pink right up as the cord is burned. Cord burning brings the element of fire to the birth. Warmth is essential for a baby's well-being and mother's recovery to full strength and ample milk supply.

When I am asked, Why don't you cut babies' umbilical cords?, I say, Isn't the real question: Why do you cut?; it's interesting that those of us on the path of nonviolence are being asked to justify our peaceful non-interventions, by the perpetrators of intemperate protocols.

The Mandinka people of southern Mali believe that a piece of the placenta from the "Great Mother's" womb was thrown down and became the earth, the rest of the placenta became the sun.

The placenta in myth and legend is both protector and monster to the enemies of her children.