Love Island’sDani Dyer has turned her placenta into caplets and face creams to try help stave off the baby blues and potentially post natal depression.
In a move that some might label as gross, Dani who gave birth to her baby boy over the weekend, decided to make use of her afterbirth and eat in in capsule form rather than throw it away.
She liased with Placenta Essex, who sent her steamed capsules, baby and mumma balm, mumma face cream and even placenta oil made from her afterbirth.
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The company claim to be fully trained in placenta remedies, health and safety, infection control.
They also say that the placenta boasts plenty of vitamin B6 and hormone CRH which reduces stress.
Dani told her Instagram followers: “Thankyou so much @placentaessex Uk for my package. I always wanted my placenta made int capsules as I’ve heard amazing things but I didnt actually know if it was as common but it is! So happy!”
(Image: Dani Dyer/Instagram)
Dani joins other new mum Charlotte Dawson in turning her placenta into tablets as the trend continues to grow in the UK.
The placenta is an organ attached to the womb that delivers oxygen and nutrients to a growing baby. It is expelled from the body after the baby is delivered and unless it is donated for stem cells is usually discarded as medical waste.
(Image: Dani Dyer/Instagram)
In the 60s and 70s some chose to eat the placenta since it carried so many nutrients while more recently some women opted to make smoothies out of it or cook it like raw liver.
While some claim placentophagy would help with post natal depression, reduce bleeding, improve mood and energy as well as milk supply, many medics also reckon it could be harmful as the placenta can also contain bad bacteria like group B streptococcus.
Although many influencers are taking the placenta in tablet form, and companies around the UK are offering the product to new mums, there are currently few standards in place, so views are mixed..
