Total agreement here!
I gave birth to our oldest on a Friday, and I returned to school on Monday. I did not eat daughter’s placenta. Lol. Ick it was summer when #2 was born. She took more out of me for some reason. When #9 was born, we had just moved across the country, and someone had to enroll the older children in school a few days later. Hubby had just started a new job. So who drove the giant van all over town, waited in lines in 100+ degree temps to accomplish these registrations? Yes, it was moi! And I did it with no placental benefits. And then two weeks later, I had to unenroll a bunch of these same children because it didn’t take a day before we realized the schools were horrible.
Anywho, I have heard about various afterbirth practices from nurses in LDRs. What has become more common is the practice of saving the afterbirth and freezing it in case the child has need for stem cells or whatever that is found in the afterbirth if a medical need arises later in life.
You have ten children, don’t you? I think you and I are the moms wit’ the mostest!
None of our medical practitioners has asked me about cryo-izing the placenta or banking umbilical cords. Maybe we’re so white they figure we can type-and-cross-match anything we need.