MUM PLANTS HER PLACENTA INTO TREE OF LIFE <br />WITH VID AND PIX <br />BY SHANNON PICKETT <br />This mum has shared how she decided to plant her placenta into a 'tree of life'. <br />Kasey Sheather from the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, has taken the meaning of 'new life' to a whole new level by planting her placenta under a magnolia tree.<br />After keeping it in her freezer for nearly six months, Kasey turned the life-giving organ into a heartfelt family symbol that can move with them wherever they go.<br />She said: “It’s what kept our baby alive for nine months.<br />“Planting my placenta under it felt like the perfect way to honour our journey and watch it grow right alongside our family.”<br />Instead of leaving her placenta buried in a backyard she might one day leave behind, Kasey came up with a genius twist, planting it in a pot.<br />The move means her 'tree of life' can travel wherever her family does.<br />She chose a magnolia tree, known for symbolizing new beginnings, strength, and love.<br />Kasey told how for her, it’s the perfect tribute to motherhood - beautiful, meaningful, and full of life.<br />“So my placenta has been living in our freezer for almost six months, which I know sounds a bit weird and probably gross to some.<br />"But it’s incredibly special to me.<br />“I knew from early on that I wanted to keep it and plant it with a tree. But the problem was what happens when we move?<br />"I didn’t want to plant it in the backyard and then have to leave it behind one day.<br />“So I decided on a pot, that way it can come with us wherever life takes us, a portable tree of life.<br />“We ended up choosing a magnolia tree because they symbolize new beginnings, strength and love. Plus they’re beautiful when they bloom.”<br />ENDS
