TV star took huge bite of raw placenta and says it's 'lovely'

Sister Wives star Mykelti Padron is bringing her family closer together during season 19. The reality star welcomes two additions to her family during the all-new episodes which see some of the formerly estranged Sister Wives stars reunite. Things get a bit awkward for Christine Brown, but fans are feeling even more uncomfortable as Mykelti reveals she “eats her placenta.”

Any squeamish TLC fans may have to look away and close their ears during Sister Wives season 19 as Mykelti gets candid about her birth story this fall. The reality TV star is now a mom of three after welcoming Avalon, Ace, and Archer to the world with her husband, Tony Padron.

Sister Wives Mykelti eats her placenta

Mykelti’s birth story is featured during Sister Wives season 19.

It wasn’t all plain sailing for the star welcoming twins into the world as her heart rate spiked during the birth.

But, as her dad, Kody Brown, checks in with her, she expresses how she’s in good spirits.

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“Post-partum I don’t have any depression, I’m doing great. I’m eating my placenta,” Mykelti explains.

She continues: “It’s lovely.”

Robyn Brown chimes in: “Yes, that helps like crazy with that.”

Mykelti tells the cameras she “highly recommends every woman eat their placenta.”

She explains how it’s made up of “all the nutrients” and “all the really good stuff that helps feed the baby when you’re pregnant.”

By the sounds of things, Mykelti had her placenta made into capsules, she adds: “…it’s very good for you.”

Some people claim eating your placenta offers health benefits when recovering from childbirth, including better milk production and less risk of postpartum depression, but it is not scientifically proven.

The risk of eating placenta is that it can be contaminated with viruses or bacteria. It can also contain toxins such as heavy metals that it filters out of your blood.

Sister Wives ‘bit a chunk of it raw’

It turns out Mykelti has been down this road before. She’s no stranger to motherhood and no stranger to eating placenta. The first time around, she did things slightly differently, though.

Kody Brown’s daughter proudly tells the cameras how she ate her placenta raw after giving birth to her daughter, Avalon.

She tells her dad: “I straight up took a bite out of it… it doesn’t have a taste.”

Speaking to the cameras in a confessional, Mykelti says: “I did, I ate a chunk of it raw,” before imitating the moment.

“Then they turned another chunk of it into a smoothie,” she adds.

Her partner, Tony Padron, appears grossed out by the moment, much like many fans who took to X (Twitter) on the placenta topic.

One says it’s “TMI,” while another tweets: “I can not listen to them talk about the raw placenta. Please stop.”

Mykelti doesn’t stop there, though, she adds: “I have a picture on my phone of my placenta and you can see the bite mark I took out of it.”

Tony puts in his two pence: “It’s big, too, like a flank steak…”

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