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The Placenta - The Tree of Life, The First Mother, a Twin or Guardian Angel?

Oct 10, 2025

They say a Beloved Child has Many Names & the Placenta has been Revered & Honored throughout the Ages.

An organ created for the sole purpose of nurturing and protecting the baby. This blog post is here to honor and bring focus to this most Sacred Organ.

 

For nine months, it nourishes, protects, and sustains life.
It is the first altar, where mother and baby meet in the quiet intimacy of the womb.
And yet, in modern birth culture, it is treated as medical waste.

Thrown away.
Discarded.
Forgotten.

 

But in many cultures, past and present, the placenta has always been honored as the Tree of Life, a bridge between earth and heaven, between ancestors and descendants, between the seen and unseen.

 

I'm here to remind you of this...

... if you have forgotten.

  

The First Mother

The placenta teaches us the blueprint of mothering.

She Exists Only for the Baby.

Selfless giving, the constant nourishment & the sacred protection.

In her form, we can see the patterns of nature itse...

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