Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Washington Post/Getty Images Eating your own placenta is marketed to come with benefits such as increased milk production.

You may want to wait until after lunch to read about the latest fad in childbirth: placenta-eating. The practice has been around for a while, and many animals do it, but it’s now enjoying renewed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer Elle King plans to eat her own placenta. Here's what to know about the practice. Interest in consuming one's placenta, ...

Sara Pereira is a pre and post-natal massage therapist and a licensed placenta encapsulation specialist. She dehydrates the placenta and pulverizes it into capsules. There is no data or research ...

Before you imagine someone eating a raw human organ, know that Lindburg — and some other mothers — actually swallow capsules containing powdered placenta that has been cleaned, steamed, sliced, ...

Alex Farr hits out at the latest health fad, saying there is no scientific evidence to support its health claims. Sign Up and be kept in the loop each and every day with our free Daily newsletter. Did ...

Why eat the placenta? The tricky part of placentophagy is that a mother must be programmed to eat the placenta and chew the umbilical cord but stop before harming the newborn baby. So why do most ...

When I was eight months pregnant, I decided to spend quality time writing down a comprehensive birth plan. While so many of my friends who were already moms told me that there are many unknowns when ...