placenta
Microplastic Pollution Has Even Made It To the Placenta of Unborn Babies
“It is like having a cyborg baby: no longer composed only of human cells, but a mixture of biological and inorganic entities.”
Do We Bury Our Baby's Placenta Out of Myth or Medical Necessity?
Local beliefs say that your placenta is your older sibling.
I Put Horse Placenta on My Face in the Name of Beauty
In my personal investigation into the world of extreme celebrity beauty treatments, I put placenta on my face, hemorrhoid cream under my eyes, and had my own blood injected into my face.
This Birth Photographer Is Fighting Social Media Censorship
Birth photographer and doula Angela Gallo thinks that the way images of birth are banned from some sites reflects larger problems with how people discuss birth.
Things the Internet Suggests You Do With Your Placenta
Kim Kardashian is eating hers to ward off postpartum depression, but the uses don’t end there.
Eat All the Placenta You Like, but It's Not Making You Healthier
Moms know best, but scientists know better.
Mucus, Plugs, and Buttholes: The Secrets of a Young Midwife
If you're about to give birth any time soon, rest assured—they've seen, and been covered in, it all before.
Hospital Regulations Are Forcing Women to Steal Their Own Placentas
Women are turning their placentas into little capsules and swallowing them after birth. But some hospitals are also denying women the right to take their placentas home with them.
Placenta Smoothies Aren't a Bloody Joke, People
If you’re about to bring a new life into this world and were thinking about turning its thick, bloody, in utero life support machine into a tablet to knock back with your cod liver oils and multi-vits, your plans might be buggered, friend.
Not Your Mom's Placenta
This week, our food expert Ian Purkayastha is dropping encyclopedic knowledge about the kind of placenta harvested straight from the briny bellies of trout and salmon mommies.
Not Your Mom's Placenta
This week, our food expert Ian Purkayastha is dropping encyclopedic knowledge about the kind of placenta harvested straight from the briny bellies of trout and salmon mommies.