Comments on: Placenta in my freezer http://www.tinygrass.com/2009/02/placenta-in-my-freezer/ Simple living, natural learning & exploring the world Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trish http://www.tinygrass.com/2009/02/placenta-in-my-freezer/comment-page-1/#comment-7524 Trish Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:33:09 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/?p=932#comment-7524 I think people have different reasons for saving them which are very personal. Some people eat a piece of it after the birth, although I haven't tried that. I'm a vegetarian, and I think the texture would just about kill me. For me, I just get a little emotional about the placenta because I know it helped me to feed my baby for 9+ months. Sort of like pre-breastfeeding. If I imagine it going in a garbage bag to the garbage dump, it seems like sacrilege. Somehow the idea of it going back to nature, sort of like where it came from, just seems right in my soul. So that's why I think burying it somewhere special will be right for us. And maybe telling my baby where his/her placenta is, someday, will resonate? I hope so. But either way, you will have to find what works for you, what seems right. Maybe my tale will get you off your butt and out to the garden to bury it sooner after the birth than we did. Wouldn't want to find that placenta in back of the freezer twenty years down the line, eh? Major freezer burn! I think people have different reasons for saving them which are very personal. Some people eat a piece of it after the birth, although I haven’t tried that. I’m a vegetarian, and I think the texture would just about kill me. For me, I just get a little emotional about the placenta because I know it helped me to feed my baby for 9+ months. Sort of like pre-breastfeeding. If I imagine it going in a garbage bag to the garbage dump, it seems like sacrilege. Somehow the idea of it going back to nature, sort of like where it came from, just seems right in my soul. So that’s why I think burying it somewhere special will be right for us. And maybe telling my baby where his/her placenta is, someday, will resonate? I hope so. But either way, you will have to find what works for you, what seems right. Maybe my tale will get you off your butt and out to the garden to bury it sooner after the birth than we did. Wouldn’t want to find that placenta in back of the freezer twenty years down the line, eh? Major freezer burn!

]]> By: kate http://www.tinygrass.com/2009/02/placenta-in-my-freezer/comment-page-1/#comment-7519 kate Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:49:25 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/?p=932#comment-7519 Now I can't remember how I happened upon your site. Maybe API? Anyway, yes, what DO you do with placentas? We're due in 6 weeks and this will be our first homebirth and I've heard people keep their placentas for things... but what? I'd like to put all those nutrients to good use. I've heard of planting a tree too, but we're in a rental house right now. I guess I could freeze it, but, yeah, not sure how I feel about keeping a placenta in my freezer for years...! Now I can’t remember how I happened upon your site. Maybe API? Anyway, yes, what DO you do with placentas? We’re due in 6 weeks and this will be our first homebirth and I’ve heard people keep their placentas for things… but what? I’d like to put all those nutrients to good use. I’ve heard of planting a tree too, but we’re in a rental house right now. I guess I could freeze it, but, yeah, not sure how I feel about keeping a placenta in my freezer for years…!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.tinygrass.com/2009/02/placenta-in-my-freezer/comment-page-1/#comment-7512 Sarah Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:40:04 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/?p=932#comment-7512 Ha ha, now I feel better about the placenta I've had in MY freezer for two years.!! This made me smile... Hey, if you're interested, would love and appreciate help spreading the word about this contest: I work with a nonprofit that is sponsoring a contest with a $1000 prize for the best educational video about options during pregnancy and childbirth. It would be fantastic if you wanted to help us spread the word by blogging about it. Contest rules are here: http://www.birthmattersva.org/videocontest.html or you can send people to the Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73753459808#/group.php?sid=e146cf29ff029d1148a6a465af742146&gid=73753459808 Couldn't get your "contact me" page to work or I would have left this there. :) Ha ha, now I feel better about the placenta I’ve had in MY freezer for two years.!! This made me smile…

Hey, if you’re interested, would love and appreciate help spreading the word about this contest: I work with a nonprofit that is sponsoring a contest with a $1000 prize for the best educational video about options during pregnancy and childbirth. It would be fantastic if you wanted to help us spread the word by blogging about it. Contest rules are here: http://www.birthmattersva.org/videocontest.html or you can send people to the Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73753459808#/group.php?sid=e146cf29ff029d1148a6a465af742146&gid=73753459808

Couldn’t get your “contact me” page to work or I would have left this there. :)

]]>