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Well, I don't know if that would be true - we had a cow once who ate
the placenta as per usual and still abandoned her young and tried to steal
another cows calf.
The one calf therefore had two mothers and one had none.
I had to hand rear the abandoned calf however, he ended up with what
one may call behavioral problems possible some sort of brain
condition.
I wondered if that was why she had abandoned him - she knew something
that i didn't.
We had a dog who tried to kill one of four pups and he ended up
having some sort of behavioural problems too. We thought he had some brain
damage as he was born green and we revived him.
I think almost all animals eat the placenta however those who abandon
their young you may find it is almost always due to something being wrong
with the baby. That is what I have found anyway.
Interesting thought though.
I wonder if Dogs who undergo c/s at vets are prone to not wanting
their young. That may be somewhere to go. But then that could
be the fact that they had the c/s as well as not eating the placenta - you
may need to get a vet to help with a control study.
Regards
Rhonda
-------Original Message-------
Date: Tuesday, October
15, 2002 09:14:31
Subject: Re:
[ozmidwifery] Placenta and post natal depression
I wonder if there is veterinary research that you can
extrapolate to the human
condition. Eg, mammals who eat their placenta
and incidence of abandoning
offspring or some such. Not sure where you
could start looking for that one
though!
Jodie
On Monday
14 October 2002 17:11, Veronica Herbert wrote:
> Dear Carol,
>
Yep you are right there is no current research into this topic at
all!!!!
> Very frustrating... but I am still pursuing the topic as I
find it very
> fascinating. I have decided to do a Qualitative study
entitled
> "Placentophagy - Personal experiences of an
'unmentionable' practice" in
> which I will interview 5 women who
have undertaken placentophagy. Now as
> for the lit review, I think
I will have to make close links to other
> alternative practices
such as Lotus births. Not sure if I can stretch to
> the 1500 word
lit review but will give it a shot!!! It is my understanding
> that
in the lit review you also critique other research and I can point
out
> the limitations in the research. from Veronica
>
(Midwifery Student, University of Ballarat).
> ----- Original
Message -----
> From: Carol Thorogood
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery]
Placenta and post natal depression
>
>
> Dear
Veronica
>
> Congratulations on your venture. My e-mail isn't
very positive I'm
> afraid. I don't want to discourage you but.....
There are no valid research
> studies that show that eating the
placenta has any beneficial effects.
> There are a few anecdotal
studies which refer to its beneficial effects but
> in terms of
evidence based midwifery there is nothing useful in the
>
literature. So, if you have to do a literature review for your
research
> proposal it will be awfully thin. However, there are a
few women who eat
> it and swear by it but it'd be awfully hard to
prove. So, my advice is to
> find something that others have done so
you'll have lots to talk about in
> the proposal. Alternatively you
could set up a randomised controlled trial
> to see if it has an
effect in reducing the incidence of PND. But that would
> be awfully
hard to do and you'd probably need a couple of thousand women
> who
are prepared to eat their placentas and then match them with a
couple
> of thousand who don't. It all sounds too hard to me! Anyway
good luck and
> have fun. Carol
>
>
> Carol
Thorogood
>
> Visiting Midwifery Scholar
> School of
Nursing and Midwifery
> Flinders University, Adelaide,
5001
>
> Telephone: 08 8201 3924
> Fax: 08 8201
3410
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