How to deal with the placenta after giving birth

The placenta is an outer membrane left after a pregnant woman gives birth to a baby. There are many ways to handle the placenta. The placenta has high medicinal value and can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine to treat physical diseases. In general, hospitals can also handle it. Some people can take the placenta home and eat it after cleaning. It has a tonic effect on the body and can also prevent physical diseases.

How to deal with the placenta after giving birth?

After giving birth, you can take the placenta home and deal with it yourself, or you can have a doctor handle it centrally. If the placenta is useful, you can take it home and process it yourself and preserve it. First of all, you need to take it home and clean it thoroughly, clean all the blood stains or congestion on the placenta, then put it in the refrigerator to freeze, and take it out to thaw it when needed.

First, let's take a look at the structure of the placenta. Structurally, the placenta is a combination of embryonic and maternal tissue. It is composed of the amnion, chorionic villi and decidua basalis. 1. The amniotic membrane constitutes the placenta for some fetuses and is the innermost layer of the placenta. Its thickness is only 0.02-0.5 mm, and it is composed of 5 layers of thinner membranes: epithelial cell layer, dense layer, basement membrane, fibroblast and spongy layer.

2. The chorionic villi constitute the fetal part of the placenta and are the main part of the placenta. The main structure of the placenta is the villi. It goes through three stages of development, namely primary fluff, secondary fluff, and tertiary fluff. About 3 weeks after fertilization, when blood vessels are formed within the villi, the fetal placental circulatory system is established. The fetus relies on the placental blood circulation to obtain the nutrients it needs for growth from the mother's blood flowing through the placenta.

3. The decidua basalis constitutes the maternal part of the fetus. There is a very thin plate at its bottom, called the decidual plate. The mother's uterine spiral artery enters the maternal lobe from here and enters the intervillous space at a flow rate of 500-600 ml per minute. The fetal blood goes directly to the capillaries of the villi through the arteries and exchanges substances with the maternal blood through the intervillous spaces.

So after giving birth, what should be done with the placenta to be good for the child? It can be handed over to the hospital for disposal. Generally, before delivery, the doctor will ask the family whether they want to keep the placenta. If so, they can take it home by themselves. If not, they can hand it over to the hospital for disposal and sign their consent. Most women do not have any special requirements for the placenta after giving birth and will hand it over to the hospital for disposal. If the pregnant mother has hepatitis B, the placenta is also best handed over to the hospital for disposal. It must be compulsorily destroyed to avoid it falling into the market and causing danger.

Buried under a tree and used to plant trees; some mothers are more creative and use the placenta as fertile soil to plant trees. This is very meaningful. For example, if you plant a small tree, bury the placenta under the tree. The placenta will turn into nutrients to nourish the tree, and the tree and the baby will grow together. However, I would like to remind you that the placenta must be buried deeper, because the placenta will degenerate in the process of being converted into nutrients. Burying it deeper can avoid odor and reduce insects and ants.

The placenta is the connection between the baby and the mother, providing nutrients for the baby. Chinese medicine calls it placenta. It tastes sweet and salty, and is warm in nature. It belongs to the lung, liver, and kidney meridians. It is a product of blood, flesh, and emotion. It has the effects of warming the kidney, benefiting the essence, replenishing qi, and nourishing blood. It is also regarded as a fine tonic. Modern medicine has discovered through research on the placenta that it is rich in mesenchymal stem cells, which scientists believe are extremely precious medical resources.