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Designer Alex Green thinks a placenta teddy bear is a good idea. Credit: jupiterimages / Photodisc
Yes, you read the headline correctly. You may retreat to your nearest powder room.
All done? OK, let's discuss.
Toy designer Alex Green has created something called the Twin Teddy Kit. The blog Inhabitots, which focuses on sustainable "green" design for parents and babies, described the bizarre creation as "A crafty alternative for those who don't necessarily want to eat their baby's placenta, but want to pay their respects to the life sustaining organ by turning it into a one-of-a-kind teddy bear."
Ooookay. We're with you so far. But can we ask why?
"Green's 'Twin Teddy Kit' 'celebrates the unity of the infant, the mother and the placenta.'"
Right. Celebrate the unity. Got it. So, um, we may regret this, but ... how does it work?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 2)
10-14-2009 @ 11:23PM
queenoqueens said...stoopid
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10-15-2009 @ 9:45AM
trinah1016 said...Umm, pardon me while I finish regurgitating this awful product idea. No thank you!
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10-15-2009 @ 10:31AM
LS said...There are no words.
Oh, wait. yes there are. What the HECK???
Ok, first off, this is not "green". (it's actually sort of brown! HAHAHA!) It is the opposite of "green". Green means allowing what is natural to be natural. Allowing, for example, your leaves to decompose on your lawn, which will enrich the soil (rather than raking them into big plastic bags and sticking them in a landfill).
So how is this "green"? "Green" would be discarding it... yes, perhaps burying it, if that's what you do... it would provide nutrients to the soil while it decomposes.
This? This is just weird, and a gimmick, and yet one more thing to sit on a shelf, take up space, and collect dust. And, of course, lots of bucks for the "artist" who thought it up.
GAK.
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10-26-2009 @ 3:08AM
donna said...It is 'green' because if they let the hospital dispose of the placenta, which is what usually happens, the hospital will incinerate it. Inceration uses a lot of energy and who knows what is released into the atmosphere. THIS IDEA IS STILL REALLY GROSS!!!
10-18-2009 @ 6:32PM
Deigon said...Unbelievable@
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10-18-2009 @ 2:39PM
Ann said...This is a terrible sceme for money. I had babies and this is not the way to bond with a baby and it is just plan crazy. What people can think of.
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10-18-2009 @ 2:49PM
Awesome said...This is really gross.... What's wrong with AOL to post such disgusting things like this, and who cares. Much like everything else they put on here nobody cares.... AT ALL!!!!!
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10-18-2009 @ 2:52PM
punkycolour said...Sadly, there is an idiot out there who will actually buy into this. The average female body gets rid of a potential placenta every 28 days. Are we supposed to be saving this as well?
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10-18-2009 @ 2:56PM
Susan said...Yuck. Stupid. Rip-off.
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10-18-2009 @ 3:20PM
maryhmonroe said..."Honor your afterbirth" ??? W T F people, in the wild, animals eat afterbirth for much needed nutrition, modern day human beings put it where it belongs, in the trash. The really stupid part of this is some people must actually be ordering these little teddy beat rip offs, Theodore Roosevelt must be turning over in his grave!!!
10-18-2009 @ 3:50PM
Ann said...Why turn the placenta into a teddy bear. That's disgusting and not really green. I think it's better to save the placenta and spinal cord in case the baby needs it to cure a disease in the future. It's called cord blood banking and so much more valuable than what has to be the most awkward teddy bear in the world. Can you just imagine this conversation...
"Hey sweetie, you know that bear you were always dragging around, putting in your mouth, and cuddling when you were a baby... yeah that was your placenta."
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10-18-2009 @ 3:58PM
Martesa said..."A crafty alternative for those who don't necessarily want to eat their baby's placenta,..." Oh -- I just threw up a little in my throat. Is this becoming some sort of weird, new age trend, eating the placenta? Yeah, animals do it, but we have adequate food sources, so are folks actually doing this? I don't have children, so I'm not up on these things...
Second, "green" my a$$! Taking something that is naturally biodegradable, and putting it into something that is not? And the kid can't even play with it, so it has no functional use whatsoever.
STUPID!!!!!
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10-18-2009 @ 4:04PM
Meka said...unfortunately people actually do save and eat their placenta. i learned of this during my last pregnancy. there are actually placenta recipes if you google it you will find it. people usually have a big party/ ceremony where they cook up and eat it. I don't understand it but peoplein the USA does it. some people save the placents and have it turned to powder to eat beause its supposed to be healthy for you. when my dr asked if i wanted to see my placenta i said "no way!" lol.
10-18-2009 @ 4:01PM
watdafuk said...Yea that's pretty foul.
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10-18-2009 @ 4:08PM
BoredinOC said..."preparation of the placenta so it may be transformed into a teddy bear. The placenta must be cut in half and rubbed with sea salt to cure it. After it is dried out, it is treated with an emulsifying mixture of tannin and egg yolk to make it soft and pliable" @@@@@@ WTF?!?! and do I get to do this?!?! omg just throw me in front of a speeding train now - i've officially heard it all.
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10-18-2009 @ 4:55PM
Riley said...This is so disgusting. What's next, stuffed liver buddies from deceased loved ones?
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10-18-2009 @ 4:57PM
Stefan said...Meka said: "there are actually placenta recipes if you google it you will find it. "
Thats not placenta, it's POLENTA... a dish made of boiled cornmeal.
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10-18-2009 @ 6:08PM
alicia said...noo u can find placenta recipes online for the mothers placenta and how to prepare it....
10-18-2009 @ 5:13PM
steph said...Ok people Im now sick to my stomach and dinner is off for the night. That is the worst idea ever! After the birth of my second child, I sat up and saw my placenta in a bucket. It was GROSS!! Now lets make it all pretty and give it to kids! WTH!!! I did learn about eating it during my last pregnancy and was disgusted. Partys for it, now bears? Save it and the cord blood in case your child gets sick. Not make it into a bear! People are completely insane!! But the guy who thought of it knows it and will profit from it now.
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10-18-2009 @ 5:20PM
alicia said...this is the dumbest thing i have ever heard of;....i dont get why this is "green" because like they said the placenta is biodegradable anyway soo why would someone make a nonbiodegradable iten with it???
sincerly,
confused and nauseus
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