People reports January Jones eating own placenta as vitamin
Actress January Jones, AKA Betty Draper on “Mad Men,” returned to work just seven weeks after the birth of her son and was having a hard time keeping up her energy. So she started eating her own placenta to help, according to People magazine.
“Jones explained that her doula — otherwise known as a labor coach — prescribed her a remedy to help her get through the long hours.”
“ ‘I have a great doula who makes sure I’m eating well, with vitamins and teas, and with placenta capsulation,” she told the magazine, explaining that the process involves the placenta getting “dehydrated and made into vitamins.’ ”
“ ‘It’s something I was very hesitant about, but we’re the only mammals who don’t ingest our own placentas,’ she insisted. ‘It’s not witchcrafty or anything! I suggest it to all moms!’ ”
I guess I have heard of people eating placentas but what I have heard more of is people planting the placenta in their yards by a tree for the baby or keeping it in their freezers. I get that it would fertilize the tree. I don’t why they’re keeping it in the freezer.
So what do you think: Would you eat your own placenta? What about dehydrated and in the form of a vitamin? Have you heard of people eating their placentas? What have you heard of people doing with their placentas? What did you do with yours?
How did you keep your energy up after having the baby?
(Sorry for a second “Mad Men” mention but this is really about eating the placenta and not the show.)
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140 comments Add your comment
Jules
March 27th, 2012
10:20 am
“Sewer rat may taste like punkin pie but I’ll never know.”
JeanE
March 27th, 2012
10:22 am
I always knew this chick was a complete idiot, this just proves my point. DISGUSTING!!!!!!!
hamburger steak
March 27th, 2012
10:25 am
When my boyfriends hemmohoids are inflamed I will place my cool tongue on them. But I dont eat them.
THe Necromancer
March 27th, 2012
10:27 am
I enjoy sleeping with dead people but I would never eat placenta. There are some things I just will not do.
Yolanda Weiner
March 27th, 2012
10:30 am
I bet her belly was tore up for days. Just imagine what her farts mustve smelled like.
nibbles
March 27th, 2012
10:31 am
She probably feeds her baby its own mookie stanks.
Pope John Paul the Turd
March 27th, 2012
10:33 am
Having sexual relations with little boys is one thing but eating placenta is against the catholic religion. She should be ex-communicated.
eeeb
March 27th, 2012
10:43 am
I’m considering encapsulating my placenta after I give birth in August. I know a lot of moms in Atlanta who have done it with great success. It nourishes your baby in the womb so it’s not a piece or poop or cat urine as some commenters have been comparing it.
Eaton Peters
March 27th, 2012
10:46 am
Ive heard putting the placenta up ones rear-end makes for easier entry in the anal cavity. Me and my boyfriend will have to get one of these placenta and give it try.
Van Jones
March 27th, 2012
10:49 am
I just threw up in my mouth a little…
Gwyneth Paltrows Doggy Style Nippers
March 27th, 2012
10:58 am
When I was a little girl I a piece of doggy doodee.
Penis Buffet
March 27th, 2012
10:59 am
I like to dine at the Penis Buffet and yes Im a guy!
Mr Ed
March 27th, 2012
11:02 am
I have some man put his his forearm up to his elbow into my cornhole once. Then he realized I was a boy.
bb3
March 27th, 2012
11:04 am
Didn’t they do something like that on a horror show recently?
Takin a Deuce
March 27th, 2012
11:04 am
I once had a girlfriend that enjoyed having different men urinate on her. She believed it was good for her skin.
iggy
March 27th, 2012
11:05 am
Yes bb3, wasnt that Human Centipede?
Al Jolson
March 27th, 2012
11:08 am
I always liked to smear doo doo all over my face and then sing “Mammy.”
Donna P.
March 27th, 2012
11:08 am
OMG. This is disgusting. Do you heat this thing up or eat it cold and raw? GROSS!
well_informed
March 27th, 2012
11:17 am
I am considering consuming my placenta after I give birth, and like the rest of you on here I was pretty shocked to learn that people do this when I first heard about it too. There’s enough evidence that there are many hormones, iron and oxytocin in the placenta that are beneficial to both the mother and the baby after a birth. The hormones can stop hemorrhaging (progesterone) and the oxytocin helps as a mood stabilizer. Also I’ve read that it helps with your ability to produce milk (so if you’re breast feeding that is a huge plus). As for the Iron, with all of the blood loss that you have after birth, for someone like me who is anemic, this is a huge plus. I wouldn’t discount this just because it’s not what you might consider “normal”, or what you think is a disgusting practice…. The placenta is an organ that you create with your body and then dispose of after birth, it’s not cannibalism, that’s a preposterous claim. The placenta is filled with stem cells and other amazing things that aren’t even discovered yet, why not eat it?
homeschooler
March 27th, 2012
11:22 am
Well, Theresa. Now you know what gets a lot of comments. WTH???
jarvis
March 27th, 2012
11:29 am
@well_informed, is a single thing you mentioned not available over the counter?
Ole Grandad
March 27th, 2012
11:30 am
“The placenta is filled with stem cells and other amazing things that aren’t even discovered yet, why not eat it?”
And potted meat is available on the grocery store shelves? Why not eat that, also…
jarvis
March 27th, 2012
11:31 am
By the way, to January Jone’s point of all mammals eating their placentas….does this include large whales that have no teeth? Or elepants that can’t eat anything off of the ground? Or bats who can only eat things that are moving because of their inability to see?
Mr GreenJeans
March 27th, 2012
11:32 am
“things that aren’t even discovered yet,”
And horse manure probably has things that arent even discovered yet but would you eat that?
Cheech Marin
March 27th, 2012
11:33 am
Ehhh man…I once smoked thees girl placenta…it was far out man.
Jed
March 27th, 2012
11:36 am
Proof that plenty of people still have a sense of humor.
Pamela
March 27th, 2012
11:39 am
THAT’S JUST NASTY!!!!!
Razz
March 27th, 2012
11:52 am
Ew.Ew.Ew.
Cindy Lu
March 27th, 2012
12:38 pm
Ugh…. no thank you… I’m full. Kidding aside, I would have to at least try a B-12 shot first…. Anyone have a toothpick, I seem to have some placenta in between my teeth?
Leigh
March 27th, 2012
12:55 pm
DAMN! I Coulda Had A V-8!
Tad Jackson
March 27th, 2012
1:02 pm
A lot of my students eat their boogers. That’s about all I can fathom right now. Thank you.
http://www.adixiediary.com
John
March 27th, 2012
1:02 pm
but we’re the only mammals who don’t ingest our own placentas,’ she insisted.
We’re the only ones with a Space Shuttle too. Makes us a little bit better than all other mammals.
Marges Lover
March 27th, 2012
1:20 pm
Sometimes I enjoy eating my own toeJam. MMMMM….smells like parmessan cheese!!
BL
March 27th, 2012
1:39 pm
Why haven’t I seen this on an episode of Fear Factor?
CS
March 27th, 2012
1:45 pm
My midwife suggested I take my placenta and make a placenta print…I was just going to plant it with a tree. I did this and it turned out beautiful. I painted the background a color to match nursery then painted placenta on veiny side black and the cord too. placed placenta on the painting and laced cord to form a heart shape at end. It looks like a tree – everyone loves it and know one knows what it is until I tell them. Their reaction is usually priceless:)
James
March 27th, 2012
1:56 pm
There are a number of things that separate us from the other animals. Eating a placenta used to be one of them. What next?
FCM
March 27th, 2012
2:00 pm
@ wellinformed: technically you are right the definition of cannibalism is to consume the FLESH of another human being….I don’t think I have ever heard of a term that is specific to the human ORGANS and I quick google found nothing. I do think that to most of the population though the consumption of human organs (ala Hannibal Lector) is considered to also be cannibalism.
FCM
March 27th, 2012
2:01 pm
and i thought opposable thumbs were the distinguishing factor…that and God set us apart from the animals…but then why would Hollywood know that.
Diana
March 27th, 2012
2:29 pm
Mammals eat their own placenta to rid the birthing area of the mess and to remove the smell so as not to attrack predators to the nest and eat their babies. We have evolved past that and have other ways of hygiene. She is just plain wacky.
Jenna
March 27th, 2012
2:37 pm
This kind of topic is guaranteed to bring out the worst in people who are already pretty bed to begin with. Would I do what JJ is doing? No, but I don’t judge her for doing it either. She has made a choice that she believes is best for her. On the surface, it sounds a bit odd and, okay, even a little gross. But with some thought and opening my mind to other ways of thinking about this topic, I can see why she has chosen this path. Good for her. The judgmental and crass among you mean nothing to thinking, intelligent, compassionate people – just so you know.
Biggripatl
March 27th, 2012
2:40 pm
Some of yall folks on here need Jesus LOL
Leigh
March 27th, 2012
2:42 pm
I bet Paula Deen could put some butter on it and you’d never know.
pb
March 27th, 2012
2:44 pm
Just plain disgusting. We are not like all other mammals in eating their placenta, thank goodness. What a weird justification she has for doing it. Well, another pretty but self-absorbed Hollywood nut. And yes, Jenna, above, guess I am one of those judgmental and crass people ! So be it.
pj
March 27th, 2012
2:54 pm
It’s an old tradition (before modern times). I’ve heard “it’s the only meat you can eat without killing an animal.” and some of the nutrients you lose in pregnancy/childbirth are returned to your system when you need them most.
When I was having kids the thing to do was plant it with a tree in your child’s honor, which we did.
Drewbob
March 27th, 2012
3:10 pm
A high-school friend’s mom was a midwife and my friend used to claim her mother would make cocktails out of placentas after deliveries. Not sure if that was fact or fiction, but this reminded me – had not thought of it in years!
Protein
March 27th, 2012
3:12 pm
Placenta breath is a growing problem.
nate from detroit
March 27th, 2012
3:15 pm
I could eat my own crap and drink my own pee, but I don’t! Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you have to do it. I think it just shows that what we already knew, most of the Hollywood elite crowd aren’t exactly the sharpest tools in the drawer.
blkshepherd
March 27th, 2012
3:18 pm
Ok does she also add hot sauce, green peppers and garlic? or do she just have it Bland? perhaps with a little light salt and pepper. In any case I pass. I dont even think my dogs would bother it probably SHREAD it in pieces and leave it strewn throughout the yard. They can be very selective what they eat! You just cant feed them Anything, Not my dogs! They have Standards thank you very much!
Mmm mmm good!
March 27th, 2012
3:18 pm
Put some hot sauce on it and roll it in a tortilla and it tastes just like Taco Bell.
I swear.
Ingvar
March 27th, 2012
3:28 pm
What do you think the meatballs at the Ikea are made of? Ever wonder why they’re such a steal…and so full of vitamins too.