Sister Wives: Mykelti Reveals She Ate Her Placenta Following the Birth of All 3 Kids: 'I Ate a Chunk of It Raw'

Mar. 15, 2025

Mykelti Padron and her kids.Photo:Mykelti Padron/Instagram

Mykelti Padron/Instagram

Mykelti Brown Padronis sharing her recommendation for all new mothers.

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Mykelti Padron’s twins.Mykelti Padron/Instagram

“It was incredible,” she continues, adding that she also ate her placenta after welcoming her daughter Avalon in April 2021. “I think it really helped me through my postpartum with Avalon. It really helped through my recovery, so I was like, ‘I’m going to do it again with my boys,’ " she recalls thinking. “And so far it’s helped a lot.”

Back in the scene,Kody Brownasks Mykelti if she ate her placenta after Avalon as well. She says yes and clarifies, “So I actually ate my placenta raw, though, after Avalon. I straight up took a bite out of it.”

Mykelti adds, “It doesn’t have a taste. It’s not like carne asada.” Tony then chimes in, joking, “But it looks like carne asada!”

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Mykelti Padron and her family.Mykelti Padron/Instagram

In her confessional, Mykelti explains that after Avalon, “I ate a chunk of it raw and then they turned another chunk of it into a smoothie. I actually have a picture on my phone of my placenta and you can see the bite mark that I took out of it.”

The producers then asked the other moms about their placenta opinions in separate confessionals. WhileMeri Brownsays she would, “in no way shape or form,” eat a placenta,Christine Brownadmits, “I wish so badly I would have known about eating your placenta.” She adds, “I would have done it in a heartbeat.”

“It was something my midwife suggested to me and I just thought I’d try it,” she continues, explaining that it dramatically helped her with postpartum depression.

Sister Wivesairs Sundays at 11 p.m. ET on TLC.

source: people.com