01/08/2025
The incredible placenta. 🌹🌳🥀
The placenta is a temporary organ that develops during pregnancy to sustain and nourish new life. It connects mother and baby through the umbilical cord, delivering oxygen and nutrients while removing waste. It also produces essential hormones like progesterone and oxytocin to support pregnancy and labor.
Beyond its physical function, the placenta carries deep spiritual and symbolic meaning. It is often seen as a sacred bridge between mother and child, a vessel of divine provision—much like manna in the wilderness, sustaining life by God’s perfect design. In biblical and ancestral traditions, the placenta has been honored in various ways, from burial rituals symbolizing a return to the earth to its use in postpartum recovery, recognizing its role in sustaining life both in the womb and beyond.
In the second image you can see that the placenta is surrounded by the amniotic sac, a protective membrane filled with amniotic fluid where the baby grows and develops. This sac provides a cushion, regulates temperature, and allows for movement, helping the baby’s muscles, lungs, and digestive system develop properly.
Biblically and symbolically, the amniotic sac can be seen as a divine sanctuary, a holy veil that encloses and protects life until the appointed time of birth—much like how creation is nurtured in the womb of the earth before being revealed.
There are numerous ways you can honour your placenta, to name a few:
• Burial under a tree or planting a tree
• Consumption
• Placenta prints (makes cute art prints)
• Cord keepsakes (shapes like heart or spiral)
• Sacred ceremonies or blessings
• Placenta burning ceremony
• Medicinal uses (salves, tinctures, skincare)
• Offering to nature (body of water, wildlife)
