Eating your own placenta is marketed to come with benefits such as increased milk production. However, there is no scientific evidence that supports these claims. I chose not to encapsulate my ...

Interest in consuming one's placenta, known as placentophagy, appears to have risen in recent years. Elle King this week shared a photo of her mother, a doula, preparing King's placenta to be consumed ...

CORVALLIS, OR (CBS Local) - A new report has given mothers the green light to eat their own placenta after giving birth. According to the largest study ever carried out on the subject, researchers say ...

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When Brooke Brumfield wasn’t battling morning sickness, she craved nachos. Like many first-time expectant mothers, she was nervous and excited about her pregnancy. She had just bought a house with her ...

A new mother had her placenta turned into a batch of chocolates - and documented the entire process on Snapchat. Beautician Kiley Whitworth, 23, from Georgia, who gave birth to son Samuel on Tuesday ...

Doctors have a clear message for mothers: Stop eating your placenta — or risk your baby’s health. One group of doctors from Oregon detailed the case of one baby with a grave bacterial infection after ...

"I just recently I found out some new, cool stuff about not cutting the cord and sending your placenta..." she confessed. Blac Chyna is doing things differently for baby No. 2! The 28-year-old ...

Sharna Burgess is eating her placenta after giving birth to a child with Brian Austin Green. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Birdie Thompson/AdMedia Dancing with the ...

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