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By Victoria Moore Last updated at 8:07 AM on 18th November 2009 Between pre-match rituals and nights on the town, footballers get up to some pretty weird stuff. But the latest revelation, from Arsenal striker Robin van Persie, has stupified even the most credulous of fans. The Dutch player, who ...
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Celebrity Baby Blog - People.com —
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PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive is smoldering dad of two, Johnny Depp — PEOPLE
The latest beauty trend? Placenta facials — Daily Mail
Six smart spots to scout a sitter — lilSugar
Twins born joined at the head are successfully separated during surgery — ABCNews.com
Parenting magazine announces their “Stinky Diaper Awards” — INO Mommy ...
Smearing the Placenta on Your Face
Strollerderby —
Move over placenta loaf. Bye bye placenta pill. The new way to remain ultra close with the sac your baby lived off is by smearing it on your face!
Well, sort of.
The placenta facials that are catching on are made up mostly of regular old face creams. There’s just one added ingredient: somebody else’s afterbirth.
We’ve got a lot of mega fans around here on the healing powers of the placenta - they came out in droves to support the consumption of post-natal pill made up of placenta pureed and served in capsule form.
But this isn’t your own placenta going on your face. It’s someone else’s. Or how about this side of the coin: would you want to send your placenta off to a factory to be made into a facial cream for other people’s ...
The Pleasures of Placenta Keep Expanding
LilSugar —
Often called the "tree of life," placentas are known to have special healing powers for postpartum moms and some even believe they have a way with spirits. Taye Diggs's wife Irina had hers turned into pills while Camila Alves and Matthew McConaughey had plans to plant theirs under a tree. Some, like myself, told the doctors to take it to a place never to be seen again. Perhaps I should have saved mine and sold it as they seem to be a hot commodity among the elite these days. Hollywood's hotshots are ...
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Eating Your Baby's Placenta
babble.com 5/28/2009 — Placentophagia is term for eating of the placenta, and you know if there's a name for it, it's a real deal. Animals, of course, do it al the time. Anyone whose cat had kitten can attest. Humans also engage in the pratice all over the world because it's said to stem postpartum depression and help ...
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DOING IT FOR THE KIDS Design Exhibition: Placenta Teddy Bear
inhabitots.com 10/1/2009 —
Doing it for the Kids is a current exhibition put on by [re] design to showcase the latest, most innovative sustainable toy designs from around the globe. Among them, the Placenta Teddy Bear by designer Alex Green. A crafty alternative for those ...
Would You Eat Your Placenta In Pill Form?
blogs.babble.com 10/27/2009 — Forget mashing up the placenta into loaf form or that creepy teddy bear. You can now have the little sac that kept baby alive in the form of “placenta pills.”
Thank Gawd for celebrities - otherwise I wouldn’t hear of these creepy, er, curative methods.
Time Writer Makes Fun of Wife for Eating Her Placenta
blogs.babble.com 7/10/2009 — You’re likely familiar with placentophagy…you know, the art of placenta consumption. Apparently the practice is brand new to Time writer Joel Stein who spent an entire article mocking his wife for wanting to consume her own placenta (with herbs!) for its many benefits.
“when Cassandra told me...
I Ate My Baby's Placenta!
momlogic.com 4/13/2009 — After Chrissy Schilling had her first baby over the weekend, her twin sister Kathy cooked up the placenta and they had a feast. Here's why, in their own words.
Placenta Cells for All?
blogs.babble.com 6/29/2009 — Placental cells may prove more promising than cord blood. But will only the wealthy benefit?
Is that a placenta in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
theonlythingiknow.com 1/27/2009 — Okay, I'm gonna come right out and say it:
I have the shittiest luck in the world.
No, seriously, if something really random and crappy and totally against the odds is happening out there in the world, chances are it's happening to me. ...
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