An After-Birth Alternative to the Placenta: Crocheted and detachable. PLACENTAS are the topic, the afterbirth of child birth. This is an Ethic Soup follow-up to the post "Don't Eat Your Placenta: Make a Placenta Teddy Bear -- Ewww, Cuddlelicious." That post discusses the ways American parents are using their baby's placenta -- from eating it or burying it to making a toy teddy bear out of it. It seems like there is a significant need for symbolic gestures involving the afterbirth. However, you don't really have to swallow it or force your child to view it, let alone play with it. Read more....