.....and Then There's The Just Plain Bizarre Requests
Decorating By LorienSkye Updated 22 Jul 2011 , 4:19pm by malene541
I made the mistake of reading this thread while eating my lunch -- yuck. When I had my first baby, my macho husband who is a doctor asked to see the placenta after the birth. I thought I would hurl, but was surprised when I leaned in close to get a good look and my husband who has delivered babies before (albeit 20 years ago) almost fainted on the spot! It was much fun to see him turn green!
That would be hilarious! The sheen and color on a healthy placenta is luminously iridescent, texturally veiny and shiny. I would get a real kick out of making that. Now there are some badly done placenta cakes where the cord looks weak and thin, so you'd have to do some studying to make it healthy and thick looking and get the colors right.
Unless you are weak stomached, go for it and have fun with it.
I'll voluteer the description of the cord my husband gave me,"It was like white, but with like blue inside it. You could see the blue, but not really. It was thick, like the size of my thumb. The little scissors they gave me wouldn't cut it in one snip, I had to, like, push the scissors and saw through it. It was weird. Kinda gross."
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I'm excited to see the photos. 
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I'm excited to see the photos.
Those are so wrong. what kind of people seriously want that kind of cake at a baby shower? Gross 
<---(As close as I could get to a bout to throw up face.)
EEEWWWW I have had 2 babies, and asked to never see that...so out of curiosity from this post...I googled....OMG YUCK! I would rather have seen a oonie (my "nice word for the lower female anatomy) than that!!! blah!
I saw this post earlier and after seeing today's cake wrecks post, I had to come back and make sure ya'll saw it. OMG how funny, coincedental, and slightly disturbing 
... lol
Well now you have some more inspiration. Can't wait to see your take on it.
When I had my daughter (5 years ago) I had issues with the placenta trying to detach during pregnancy. (I also worked with my OB doc for that past 10 years) So right after delivery she showed me the placenta. I got a super good look and she even picked it up and pulled on it to show me the areas that had died from being detached.
I think this would be a super cool cake idea! When you work around that stuff all the time it looses it's grossness completely. I've made a bloody heart for a cardiologist and a whole torso filled with all of the organ and white chocolate ribs for a internal specialist. (I've also had the pleasure of helping a pathologist with autopsies so nothing really grosses me out)
Besides everytime I eat an apple fritter it reminds me of a placenta and I'm still eating those
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