"I'm crunchy, but not THAT crunchy!"

My doula called me yesterday to answer some questions that I had asked her over e-mail. Nothing major, just inquiring about prenatal yoga, childbirth prep classes and just shooting the shit. So our conversation took an interesting turn. I asked her "Um did you do anything with your placenta?" She said "It's in my freezer." "What are you planning on doing with it?", I asked. She said that when they get a house, she wants to plant it in her garden or under a tree. I thought that was nice. I said "Oh I thought you were going to say that you were putting it in a smoothie or something!" LOL! She said "I'm crunchy but I'm not THAT crunchy!" I told her that although I guess some people would consider me "crunchy"(all natural, hippie, alternative type moms, also known as "granola") to some extent, the thought of taking bites out my placenta, aka afterbirth, while it's still warm just makes me want to hurl. Some people like to freeze it and put it in a smoothie. Or they cook it up. There are actually websites devoted to recipes for the placenta. I was like "Um......no." I definitely believe in the power of the placenta and its nutrients though. So my happy medium will be having my doula dehydrate it and then put the powder in capsules. Apparently consumption of the placenta, even in capsule or tincture form helps stave off postpartum depression. I have researched things like lotus birth, which is when you leave the baby attached to the placenta until the umbilical cord naturally falls off in a few days. I also I have read things about delayed clamping, where you do not clamp the umbilical cord until after you have birthed the placenta and it has stopped pulsating. I believe I am going to opt for the latter. I can't imagine carrying around a stinky placenta for like 3 or 4 days. Apparently you have to massage it with oils and clean it... Yeah lotus birth seems a little bit too crunchy for me. Another idea that seem a little too extreme for me was frying the placenta up with onions and garlic. I don't eat red meat and I RARELY eat fish, so even if technically the placenta is not animal flesh, it would still freak me out to be chowing down on my own afterbirth. I was explaining the lotus birth to B and he was like "Ok now you are going too far, that's just WEIRD!" LOL In some of my next posts I plan on discussing the controversial topic of co-sleeping and also the concept of "attached parenting"(new to me!). Later people!