A faux-"natural" mother brags about leaving her newborn attached for days to its placenta, which she wrapped in disgusting PCB-laden industrial synthetic plastic bags till it finally fell off. That "musty smell" is the Goddess dying of chemical poisoning, you monster.
Human Placenta Smoothies: Popular in Brooklyn
Welcome to the terrible nexus of Foodie and Earth Mama culture: In "The Placenta Cookbook," New York Magazine reports that the placentas of Brooklyn are no longer content to be buried in gardens, or ground into powder and consumed as nutrient-rich dietary supplements. (That is so 2009.) Every placenta who is any…
This Is Not Why You're Fat
Eating one's own placenta after giving birth is a time-honored tradition in many countries. Oversharing on the Internet is a crazy new trend everywhere. When they combine, you get placenta panini pictures on Facebook!
The Tale of the Kidman/Cruise/McGregor Placenta: Sex, Lies and 'Skanky Pants'
We thought yesterday's news of Nicole Kidman allegedly hanging on to placenta deriven from her 2001 miscarriage was juicy (er, bad word choice?) enough, but it took a little research into the blob's backstory to turn Andrew Morton's claim into a full-fledged screenplay-worthy scandal. As you'll recall, back then we…
Ricki Lake Might Be The Worst Boss Ever
Ricki Lake's documentary The Business of Being Born, which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival, features footage of the sometimes-pudgy former talk show host birthing it up in her bathtub at home. Fine! But the reason she opted for home birth is that "some New York hospitals' Cesarean-section rate tops 40 percent."…
