<[log in to unmask]> writes: > Contains plenty of iron of course. A small piece of placenta placed in the mouth is often enough to stop haemmorhhaging post-partum - it causes the womb to clamp down. This was in my birth plan but thankfully did not need it. > I certainly could have used that when I gave birth to my first born. 38 hours of labor ended in a c-section and a 2000cc blood loss due to hemorrhaging. Thank goodness my sister had given blood for me *just in case* a week before my due date. I had a transfusion and was so weak, and out of it, I was not able to see my son until 2 days after his birth. The nurses that come in and knead the uterus to help it shrink, makes you want to punch them in the face.