I Planted My Placenta

Yes, you read that right.

Warning: Images of placenta ahead.

When I was pregnant, the placenta— or rather, what to do with it post-birth— was a popular topic among my friends who already had babies or were expecting babies. Some had their placentas encapsulated. Most left them at the hospital. I was on the fence about mine: to eat or not to eat?

(For a good laugh, Google placenta recipes. They do exist! … for everything from placenta smoothies to placenta stew. A writer from The Guardian eve...