Celebrity moms who ate their placentas for health and fertility

Placentophagy – the consumption of afterbirth, has become the latest fad among celebrities. While the thought of eating one’s own placenta can be obnoxious to many, the phenomena is common among most mammals, and doing so is believed to expedite the healing process of a mother, stimulate milk production, and even ward off postpartum depression. Some Chinese cultures recommend devouring dried placenta for health and fertility benefits.

Kim Kardashian wrote in her blog that she felt energized and didn’t experience any sign of depression after she took her placenta pills. 

Kim’s sister Kourtney Kardashian as well consumed her placenta in pill form. 

‘Clueless’ star and popular vegan Alicia Silverstone gushed about her placenta ingestion experience in her parenting book ‘Kind Mama’. 

Mayim Bialick, The Big Bang Theory acterss, who is also a neuroscientist, defended placentophagy saying mammals are evolved for that purpose. 

Mad Men actress January Jones claims that she hadn’t experienced postpartum depression, thanks to her placenta pills.

Holly Madison, a former Playboy model, consumed placenta pills to aid her speedy recovery.

Coleen Rooney, wife of English footballer Wayne Rooney, is the latest celebrity mom to jump on the placentophagy bandwagon.