Matthew Coughlan and Eugy Lim had planned giving birth at home from the very beginning but they did bot expect it would be Matthew who will deliver their baby. Recalling the day their daughter Naomi Mei Wei was born, Matthew said: “I delivered the baby myself and was surprisingly calm – we were on the landing and I was running around trying to get towels.
Matthew Coughlan( left) and Eugy Lim (right) had planned giving birth at home from the very beginning
It all happened so fast and we never even made it to the bathroom. I could see the head coming out but kept my cool. When the midwife came 15 minutes later she delivered the placenta and I went downstairs and cooked it. When I was cooking it I thought it actually smelt really nice but I’ve not tried it. It’s got loads of hormones in it so I don’t know what might happen if I did eat it.”
It was a new mum’s idea to cook her placenta as a remedy for a post-natal depression. Eugy convinced her husband of its amazing health benefits that include balancing your hormones, preventing depression, reducing pain and increasing energy level. Although the benefits of eating one’s afterbirth have not been proven, lots of couples do it.
The couple are happily settled with their little healthy girl, who was born on May 19
The couple, who have been dating for three years, now planning to get married in August and are happily settled with their little healthy girl, who was born on May 19. In some cultures, the placenta is eaten, a practice known as placentophagy.
It has become a more recent trend in western cultures and is not without controversy; its practice being considered cannibalism is debated. Some cultures have alternative uses for placenta that include the manufacturing of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food.
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