Isn't it always the way... You're just about to have something to eat, you turn on the TV and there's something nasty on...

I've just seen a large, not particularly pleasant placenta on TV.

I'm not sure what to say...

I've always thought that small babies look a little like lizzards. In fact Bill Cosby made the same comment in his book "Fatherhood".
However, nothing could have prepared me for the sight of a large liver-like organ that I know came from a female body!

When they showed the membrane that the foetus is wrapped in, all I could think of was that wonderful "dog birth" scene in Alien³...

Now I'll never be able to stay with my wife during birth without thinking of that!

I know alot of men and women think it's a wonderful miracle but I can't help but think that there's bound to be something less hideous...that the human race just hasn't evolved far enough yet...

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"The other Gareth"

Not been through child birth......but I know EXACTLY what you're talking about.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go throw up and take a shower

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LOL! I saw that as well. And to think some people actually eat it... Yum!

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

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Now I'm scarred for life.

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I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?!

a placenta was my room mate for 9 months. *shudders*

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It was an interesting program but bloody hell!
The idea of a great big lump of pigs liver falling out of the woman I love is almost enough to put me off sex forever...almost.

Mind, they did actually show a birth toward the end. In a birthing pool so it wasn't particularly messy. At one point I was practically shouting at the TV, "there's a head...it's a HEAD...a HEAD! Ugghhh!!"

I'm a little worried...what if I end up having kids and there's my wife, just delivered and over the moon and all I can think of this small, slimey, purple lizard that she's holding is "hmm, it looks a bit like Giger's 'Vomit Creature' from 'Poltergeist 2'..."

I'm not convinced that's the kind of sentiment that will make my future wife particularly happy...

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"The other Gareth"

As long as you don't actually say it to her face you'll be fine. Besides, you'll be too busy checking out your new baby that you won't even notice the placenta.

I don't actually remember a lot of my labour as I was completely off my head on the gas and air. And I can't comment on the actual pushing the baby out thing as I had to have an emergancy c-section.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

When my little boy was born, I don't even remember seeing that. Heck, even my wife doesn't know what they did with it!

There was so much going on and so many people in the room, and I was way more interested in the well being of my wife and staying close to our newborn son.

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"Awww, someone tell me that's a boot!

It's a boot!"

III drops

I have to agree there Dropship. The birth of my 2 sons was something I will treasure. The details like what they do with the placenta and things are when considered when you see the new life.

I use to get freaked thinking about it til our first son was born.

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Michael Larson
Minnesota-USA

A03/TQ1.0.92141E1

I guess I'm biased because I don't really want kids.

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"The other Gareth"

Neither did I... up until the second I held my daughter for the first time.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

awww...!

I'm trying not to think about this kind of thing this early in life...

I'm still in school, for Pete's sake! (not you, Fal... )

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Squad Leader, 58th Regt., 2nd Batt., "Morse's Marauders" - U.S.S. Azuera
Primary MOS: Rifleman
Secondary MOS: Combat Demolitions

"When the going gets tough, the tough call on the Colonial Marines."

I'm new here, but this is something I have some experience with. My wife has had 3 boys, each one a c-section. I was there for every single birth. The placenta is nothing once you get to see a c-section! They wrap some organ in gauze and set it on her chest to get to the baby! Its amazing. Creepy, but amazing.

She had c-sections because we make man sized babies. 12 lbs 8 oz, 9 lbs 10 oz, and the preemie (came 1 month early) at 8 lb 10 oz.

Yeah, I'm proud of that.

Placenta eaters creep me out though.

My brother-in-law is from Burkina-Faso. The tradition among his people is to bury it inside a specially prepared clay pot. Not sure why.

My sister had a clay pot made for him as a birthday gift 3 month before the birth of their son. He was really touched - didn't expect it from a European.

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Damn! That's some big babies! Mine was only 7lb 6oz and after 26 hours of labour she still didn't want to come out, hence the c-section.

That's nice about the pot. I suppose it might have something to do with stopping animals trying to dig it up and eat it.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

I suspect something more esoteric. The Mòoré are a very superstitious folk who still embrace their animist traditions.

But hey. It's all good.

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Yeah, I know that they do something similar in the Far East and depending on your astrological sign they plant a certain species of tree or plant above it.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."