regret of one womens account

While doing some digging on the topic I ran across a story that caught my attention, and it answered my question with some insight to the effects of eating afterbirth. In modern times "afterbirth" is referred to as the "placenta" and in this story one women takes placenta pills and she experienced many side effect that she regretted doing so here is what she recalls of taking placenta pills which I did not even know existed( shows how much I know about medicine lol) :

"After our son’s birth, I was meticulous about what went into my body. I declined all pain medication stronger than ibuprofen, and I even stopped using deodorant, fearing the rumors were true that aluminum might seep into my breast milk. I was a cheerful and healthy new mother. So why did I gobble placenta ground with what the processor mysteriously referred to as “cleansing herbs”? Somehow, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
But in my case, it was a terrible idea. Shortly after my first dose of two pills, I felt jittery and weird. By the next day, after just eight placenta pills, I was in tabloid-worthy meltdown mode, a frightening phase filled with tears and rage. This lasted another couple of awful days before my husband suggested that it wasn’t postpartum mommy madness finally making its appearance, but the hormone-and-goodness-knows-what-else-filled placenta pills. " http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/i-regret-eating-my-placenta/?_r=0

So we have answered the mystery question, but now I would like to see what side effects can occur besides this poor women story.


Would you ladies like some?