A UK midwife has been taking women's placentas after births and turning them into a health pill.

The allegedly health booting capsules are being created by Caroline Baddiley who sells them for $260 a batch, reported The Daily Mail.

Ms Baddiley makes the capsules in her home kitchen using a food dehydrator and a coffee grinder after steaming the placenta.



The report claimed that consuming placenta would boost iron levels and milk production as well as reducing the chances of post natal depression in new mothers.



"The benefits for the mother if they consume the placenta is well documented,” she told The Daily Mail.



"Taking it in capsule form is certainly more appealing and palatable than the alternative. It takes away the yuck effect for some people."



Ms Baddiley says she had to pass strict food hygiene standards before being allowed to make the pills, but the report did not mention if there had been any scientific trials testing her claims about the benefits of the pills.



Read more about the placenta pills at The Daily Mail.