Placentophagy: Pro? Cons?

I'd be very skeptical.
How do you know the pills they send you are made from your placenta and not someone elses?
Dried placenta. I suppose it's about as safe as beef jerky but it's human tissue and if it's really yours you would not be exposed to any germs/diseases/viruses you don't already have, but if you got someone else s would that still be true?
How do you really know what's in them? I couldn't tell the difference between dried placenta from liver pills.
Most hormonal treatments I've heard of are injections or skin patches because if taken orally they would never survive the digestion process. Why would this be any different?
The benefits all sound very good, but if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
Additional:
I've been informed 'every other mammal eats their placenta' and 'ingesting the placenta has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years'.
Every other mammal is avoiding predators.
They also tend to eat their young s excretions and vomit for the same reasons.
What's next, amniotic fluid smoothies?
The Chinese use to bind women s feet as well for a very long time.
It doesn't make it something that is a healthy practice.
Hey, if you are into it - feel free to go ahead, but it's not something I would do.
Additional again:
In response to someone who keeps bashing me through email over this:
"about hormones not making it through the digestive process. That is wrong. The birth control pill is taken orally. It is all hormones. It makes it through the digestive system just fine."
Some do, most do not.
"The skin efficiently delivers medication to the blood stream since it does not have to first go through the GI tract and liver. Pills often require "extra" medication because a pill must be absorbed by the GI tract and liver first (called the "first pass liver effect") where it may be metabolized before entering the blood stream.
As the medication passes through the liver it may be converted into a less active form before reaching the blood stream to be delivered to target organs. This difference can lead to lower dosages of medication for the same relief of symptoms among topical users."
Having been through infertility procedures, they most defiantly inject hormones related to egg maturation.
As far as I'm concerned, eating your placenta is about as appealing as cannibalism.
With 7 billion people on the planet, if it were something we all did, there would be more recipes out there for it.
And like I said before - if you are into it - feel free to go ahead, but it's STILL not something I would ever do.

There's a place online where you can send the woman the placenta and she takes care of it. I did it with my last two births out of fear of depression. I never got depression, so I never used them. I froze the pills though just to make sure they stay safe to take. My physician said if I ever have a bought of depression, to try taking those first, then come to him and he'll monitor me. My midwife swears it works! She's had clients it worked for.

I say give it a try. (Just don't do the smoothies, or the recipes they have online. Actually dry it out and take it in pill form.)

I have a friend who's a doula and she does it. Maybe look up doulas or midwives in your area and see if any of them offer it! I know my friend does it even if you don't hire her as your doula. I hear GREAT things about it but still haven't brought myself to actually have it done :o)

http://placentabenefits.info/
You can read all about it here. You can even look up your city and find a certified person to prepare your placenta for you. Yes, it does work. It has been used in traditional chinese medicine for thousands of years not only to cure depression but also cure fatigue.

Edit: In response to the poster that said you wouldn't know if you are getting your own placenta back; go with someone that is certified. All certified people will prepare your placenta at your home. They never remove your placenta and take it somewhere else. Also every other mammal eats their placenta. It also boots a woman's iron stores which are always low following childbirth and it aids in bringing in the milk quicker.

Second edit: Even mammals that have no natural predators eat their placenta so to the poster that claimed they only do it to keep predators away is wrong. There have been numerous studies done that all agree that eating the placenta is extremely healthy and beneficial to the woman. It has even been proven that ingesting the placenta increases milk production. This has helped lots of women who were having trouble with their milk supply. These women were then able to go on and exclusively breastfeed their baby.
And also to the samer poster that said hormones don't make it through the digestive system. That is wrong too. Ever hear of the birth control pill? That is clearly hormones making it through the digestive system.