Now, pills made of placenta that boosts new mums' breast milk production

London, Jan 24 (ANI): A midwife in UK has been collecting women's placentas within few hours after the birth of a baby and selling them back to the new mothers in the form of health pills.

Caroline Baddiley, who charges 175 pounds for her services, cooks the newly acquired placenta in a steamer, dehydrates it, and grinds the result into a powder, which can be easily ingested by swallowing the capsule.

Some of the benefits of consuming placenta apparently include enhanced breast milk production and a reduction in the risk of post-natal depression.

Baddiley's very personal service results in delivery of up to 120 capsules, the Daily Mail reported.

"The placenta is a rich source of hormones and chemicals and it's thought that by preserving it, some of those factors can go back to the mother. The benefits if they consume the placenta are well documented," she said

Mothers are recommended to take two or three pills a day for the first four to six weeks and then as and when after that.

"Taking it in capsule form is certainly more appealing and palatable than the alternative. My customers don't have to handle it or smell or taste it at all."

Baddiley, a vegetarian from Poole in Dorset, had to undergo strict food hygiene tests for her new business. After her work featured on a recent television documentary, inquiries have trebled.

"Mothers-to-be sign an agreement with me and as soon as they give birth, their husbands call me and I go and collect the placenta."

"I bring it home and cook it for 20 minutes in a steamer. It is then sliced up and put in a food dehydrator for 12 hours and then ground in a coffee grinder to a fine powder.

"I use a machine to put the powder into the capsule and they then go in a jar and are delivered by post to the mother," she added. (ANI)