Eating a placenta may not give you the health benefits some people want you to believe it has, but using it as a bandage might. The placenta is an organ created during pregnancy that provides ...

Danielle Miles of Council Bluffs has been trained to prepare a placenta for human consumption. She took the online course from Placenta Benefits and has prepared about three dozen placentas for ...

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 ...

If Kourtney Kardashian and Mayim Bialik do it, is it good for you? Pills made from a woman's placenta are being promoted for postpartum... It was "life-changing" for Kourtney Kardashian. Mad Men ...

After a baby is born, the placenta is usually destroyed and considered medical waste. But some women believe there are medical benefits to their own placenta. Khloe Stoute was born on July 4, and her ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — Doulas provide spiritual, emotional and physical support to expectant mothers and their families. Doulas help with things like breastfeeding, during the loss of a child and ...

When Calvin Harris posted to Instagram intimate photos of his wife, Vick Hope, during and immediately after the birth of their son Micah, fans were full of congratulations. But the last few slides ...

January Jones has certainly been mysterious about the paternity of her son, but one thing she hasn't been shy to admit is how she ate her own placenta following his birth. Eating the placenta however, ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. When Brooke Brumfield wasn’t battling morning sickness, she craved nachos. Like many first-time expectant mothers, she was nervous and excited about her ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marley Dewey, University of California, Santa Barbara (THE CONVERSATION) Eating a ...