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.

Animals do it. Chinese medicine has advocated it for centuries. The practice of eating your placenta, called placentophagy, isn't anything new, but some modern-day moms swear by it in the hopes that ...

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 ...

An obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Akinsola Akinde, has advised women against consuming their placentas, saying there is no medical evidence to support its health benefits to new mothers. Akinde, ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The placenta is what develops in the ...

Calvin Harris and wife, Vick Hope, this week announced they'd welcome their first baby together, a boy named Micah. But, among all of the congratulatory messages, the DJ hit the headlines after ...

The latest dizzy-sounding Hollywood craze has new mothers gobbling their baby’s placenta after giving birth. While celebrity moms, including Mandy Moore, swear eating their baby's placenta after ...

Doctors have a clear message for mothers: Stop eating your placenta — or risk your baby’s health. One group of doctors from Oregon detailed the case of one baby with a grave bacterial infection after ...

Eating your own placenta is marketed to come with benefits such as increased milk production. However, there is no scientific evidence that supports these claims. I chose not to encapsulate my ...