Kim Kardashian West just gave birth to her baby girl, Saint.
And just like any mother, even the wife of Kanye West isn't immune to the baby blues, which is why the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star has been "eating" her placenta post-partum.
In Kim Kardashian's app, the reality star opened up about eating her own placenta after giving birth to her baby girl and the reason why she did it.
"So, I'm really not this holistic person or someone who would have ever considered eating my placenta," Kim Kardashian wrote. "I actually thought Kourtney would have soooo done this, but I don't think she did."
"And when I say 'eat my placenta,' I mean that I'm having it freeze-dried and made into a pill form-not actually fry it like a steak and eat it (which some people do, BTW)," the 35-year-old mom of Kanye West's baby said.
Kim Kardashian went on to say that it wasn't the first time she ate her placenta. She did the same when she gave birth to her first baby, North.
"I heard so many stories when I was pregnant with North of moms who never ate their placenta with their first baby and then had postpartum depression," Kim explained. "But then when they took the pills with their second baby, they did not suffer from depression! So I thought, why not try it? What do I have to lose?"
"I really didn't want the baby blues and thought I can't go wrong with taking a pill made of my own hormones-made by me, for me," she continued. "I started researching and read about so many moms who felt this same way and said the overall healing process was so much easier."
Kim Kardashian also posted a photo on Twitter, showing her pill-form placenta in a mason jar.
My experience eating my placenta is up on my app! https://t.co/0aC3YXxIgv pic.twitter.com/xcCEtVCvzb
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 14, 2015
Over the past few years, placentophagy or the act of eating placenta after giving birth have become a trend. It is believed to enhance breastmilk production and strengthen mother-baby bonding.
However, some scientists claim eating placenta after birth gives no health benefit whatsoever.
