Well this is total garbage: "Jan then realized that she had never heard of animals hemorrhaging to death...after birth, and so Jan hypothesized that...consuming the placenta guards animals from postpartum hemorrhage."https://twitter.com/fromhanan/status/1036453941108776960 …
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And apparently people are actually using this advice (based on the original birth plan) Women who might be hemorrhaging to death Using A PLACENTA BASED ON SOMEONE'S CAT
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I'm not often speechless with horror, but this is perhaps the worst piece of dangerous nonsense that I've come across in a long time
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There's even a whole mythos built on this one cat-based theory from 2010 This Is Nutshttps://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth/postpartum-haemorrhage-just-eat-your-placenta/ …
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As someone who lost 2½ litres of blood from post partum haemorrhage I can say I was more than willing to have any proven medical means necessary used in my treatment. I seriously despair for people who trust this dangerous guff
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