Placenta Consumption

Guides And Explainers

The short answer is that there is no credible, publicly available evidence that any Kardashian family member ate human placenta. The question persists because Kim Kardashian Wes...

health

Eating the placenta, commonly called placentophagy, involves preparing and consuming the afterbirth following childbirth. The practice appears in some cultural traditions and ha...

health-and-wellness

Public discussion of postpartum practices can be sensationalized, but informed conversations rely on clear definitions, credible context, and separation of reported anecdotes fr...

parenting-and-fertility

Who eats placenta? People who choose to consume their own or their birthing partner’s placenta do so for a mix of cultural, symbolic, and reported experiential reasons. This e...