Mother and Hospital Battle Over Placenta

[Squatch]

A Las Vegas mother is battling a local hospital over the ownership of a placenta. Anne Swanson gave birth at Sunrise Hospital last month, and wants her placenta so she can ingest it for its nutrients. But Swanson says the hospital has told her the organ was contaminated, and she would have to go to court to get it back. Yesterday, Swanson and a group of other women protested outside the Maryland Parkway hospital, with signs reading "Free the Placenta." A spokeswoman for Sunrise Hospital would not discuss the case, but says placentas are kept in cold storage for three days and are disposed if there is no request to keep it. Swanson says she'll contact the ACLU and Planned Parenthood to get the placenta back. But because it is contaminated, she has no plans to turn it into pills for consumption. Traditional Chinese medicine suggests that the excess hormones in placentas can treat postpartum depression.


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Pardon me while I :puke:

Hey, lady...you know what else is full of nutrients? Bananas and pork chops.

[AngryAmish]

1. now that shit is just gross

[Squatch]

2. Maybe they don't want her to eat the placenta because it fell to the floor.

[AllegroRondo]

4. would the 10 second rule apply?

[LaurenG]

7. Live "throwing copper"? nt

[GirlinContempt]

3. If you find it so revolting, why are you posting it?

[AlCzervik]

5. there is actually a cook book for that. I let the hospital keep mine.

my freezer was already so full.

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. It is a cultural thingy

and her wishes should be honored

[MissMillie]

8. last month?

one would think that it would have "gone bad" by now.

[rug]

9. I don't know, "Free the Placenta" has a ring to it.