This Parenting Trend Isn't Just Gross. It Could Put Babies' Health At Risk.

Many mothers out there tout the amazing health benefits of eating their placentas after giving birth, but they probably aren't aware that it can also make their babies sick. According to the CDC, an infant tested postive for a group B streptococcus infection last September not long after he was born. The bacterium can make anyone ill, but it affects newborns much more severely, potentially causing sepsis, pneumonia, and sometimes even meningitis. While babies are most often infected by their mothers passing it on during labor and birth, experts don't believe that's what happened in this case... Flickr / Torsten...

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