This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. During pregnancy, a woman’s placenta ...

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 ...

Placentas are the only organs women grow for temporary use during their pregnancy. It provides the baby with all its nutrients, and it produces extremely high levels of a few hormones that help the ...

After giving birth, some women save the placenta in order to consume it in the following weeks. In fact, Texas just passed a law giving women the right to take the placenta home from the hospital, the ...

Eating one's placenta, or placentophagy, isn’t necessarily a new trend, but it’s one that’s gained more notoriety in recent years. While most people transform their placenta into pill-form, there are ...