The placenta is an organ that forms in the uterus during pregnancy. It carries oxygen and nutrients from the mother's blood to the fetus via the umbilical cord. After birth, the placenta naturally ...

First, Alicia Silverstone and January Jones did it. Then Girls star Gabby Hoffman. But it wasn't until Kim Kardashian did it on her family's reality show that eating your own placenta after giving ...

Placenta encapsulation is a two-day process that converts afterbirth into pills. For a growing number of women in Las Vegas and across the country, consuming the placenta after childbirth has been ...

The placenta is a fascinating organ. It grows during pregnancy to support foetal development, and once the baby is born it’s no longer needed. It can be something of an afterthought following birth, ...

Throw it back a decade or two and if a well-known, mainstream celeb said they were off to eat their placenta after giving birth, they’d probably be met with an arched eyebrow or two. Yes, the placenta ...