A P.E.I. woman wants to offer placenta processing as a service for Island women, providing pills made from their afterbirth for them to take when their babies are born.

Processing a placenta into pills for the mother costs about $200, says Amber Morrissey. CBC

Amber Morrisey says she can do the processing for about $200 for each client. She has already performed the service in four other Canadian provinces for 75 mothers.

"There hasn't been many studies done on placenta ingestion," Morrisey told CBC News Monday.

From looking at it, we want to say hormones, is probably the number one. Number two would be amount of vitamins, specifically the B vitamins, and iron and minerals. So it's an entire concoction of replenishing your system post partum."

Kristi Stephen, an expectant mom, is interested in the service, even though she acknowledges there may be an ick factor for some.

Kristi Stephen would like to be able to take placenta pills after her baby is born. CBC

"From the regular people, my mother included, I love her dearly, I got the 'Oh my God, that's disgusting!' And that's carnivorous," said Stephen.

"There is not a mammal that does not ingest theirs, be it omnivore, carnivore or herbivore. If it's safe enough for everything else to digest, why don't we do it here?"

Stephen says the QEH told her she wouldn't be able to take her placenta with her.

Health PEI says no one has formally asked to take placentas out of Island hospitals. The agency says it would have to do some research before allowing any placentas to be taken away, and if they do get a written request it will look into it.