Kim Kardashian Planning to Eat Placenta after Giving Birth to Look Younger

Kim Kardashian is thinking out of the box again. No wonder the pregnant star has always been successful in finding novel ways to maintain her beauty. The reality TV star, who famously tried the vampire facial earlier, is now planning to eat her own placenta.

According to media reports, Kardashian, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend rapper Kanye West, is planning to eat her placenta after giving birth, to look younger. The 32-year-old revealed her plans during a recent episode of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians".

"Don't you think it makes you look younger?" Hollywoodlife.com quoted the pregnant star asking a doctor on the season 8 premiere of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians". "I really want to do it." During the same episode, putting an end to the suspense surrounding the gender of her baby, Kim found out that she is going to have a baby girl.

With her decision to eat her placenta, Kim will be following in the footsteps of other celebrity new moms like Holly Madison and January Jones. In March, Madison, who was expecting her first child with boyfriend Pasquale Rotella, revealed her intention of turning her placenta into pills to "recover faster."

"I heard it helps women recover faster and I want to recover as quickly as I can!" she wrote, explaining her plans on her blog.

Similar to Madison, last year, January Jones caught headlines for turning her placenta into pills and taking it after giving birth to son Xander in September 2011. However, the actress defended her decision by revealing to Glamor magazine, "I was never depressed or sad or down after the baby was born, so I'd highly suggest it to any pregnant woman."

Kardashian star started dating West in April 2012, shortly after her split with husband and NBA player Kris Humphries. Kim and West confirmed the baby news in December 2012. However, pregnancy was not an easy experience for Kim, and she has always been struggling to accept her pregnancy curves, and wondering about her baby bump: "how...did I get like this?"

She has also been constantly under scrutiny for opting different methods to stay beautiful during her pregnancy. Recently, Radar Online reported seven-month pregnant Kim getting Botox injections to keep her skin smooth. Apart from that, she was shown undergoing a "blood facial" or "vampire facial" (a beauty treatment where blood taken from the arm is injected into the face) during one of her reality TV shows.