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Suffering from the Baby Blues? Try this.

Posted on December 18, 2007

Home remedies are a huge part of life. My grandmother had non-traditional methods for just about every ailment we had growing up. In fact, I don't think I took traditional medicine until I was a teenager. But, the latest unusual is making news.Placentophagy. What is it? Its when a woman who just gave birth ingests her placenta. Why? To help combat, cope, and fight postpartum depression, or the baby blues, a condition over 80 percent of new moms suffer. According to an article on MSNBC, the unusual practice is not new. A Nevada woman recently fought for the right to get her placenta from a Las ...

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depression , nutrients , postpartum depression