A mother who left the placenta in Mississauga Park said that an investigation was the "biggest misunderstanding"

A 27-year-old mother who left a "placenta", an umbilical cord and forceps in a Mississauga park for "holistic" purposes said that a police investigation on the case was "the most great misunderstanding ".

Natasha Das Gupta told CP24 that she had left the objects after the birth at Sugar Maple Woods Park, located in the Duncairn and Glen Erin Drive area, a year after her daughter Indika had gone home.

"I wanted to do something really natural with that," she said. "I did not just want to throw it in the trash and the compost bin was not really a better choice. I wanted to do something really beautiful and serene and just put something natural in nature. "

"I had a childbirth at home and it was a very beautiful natural and calm experience and there is a lot to say about who we really are when we do such an initiation, such as a natural birth, and that things are starting to come back and that you're feeling good and that makes sense and for me (placing the articles for birth in the park) was really something that seemed right and logical to end this chapter. "

Das Gupta stated that she had brought the items that had been given to her by her midwife after she was born, in a plastic container when she moved from Brantford to Mississauga. In her old house, she had stored the items in a freezer, but since she had less space in her new home, she kept the container in the freezer in her kitchen.

After thinking about what to do with the post-birth items, Das Gupta decided Friday night to put them in an isolated spot in the park where she has already seen a coyote wander.

"Some people, right after delivery, encapsulate (placenta) after drying and consume it, others cook it, some eat it raw, many women try to find a way to recover the nutrients from their placenta and in my case, because I had frozen it for a year, I guess it was not the most beneficial time and it's a good time to bury it and put it back to earth because the Earth receives a lot of nutrients from something that is so nutrient dense, "she said.

Regional police officers from Peel were then called to the park at around 3:50 pm Monday for a "suspicious incident".

Investigators said that a man, who was walking his dog at the time, had found "evidence of childbirth" in the area.

The finding prompted her to look for the mother and baby, with police fearing the couple would be in distress and not needing medical attention.

Das Gupta said that she had contacted the police after her mother called her saying that "your placenta was making headlines."

"It's a frightening thing for some people, and I'm the only one who does not have that perspective because I really know what happened and I ended up calling the police and I said," Hey j have information on what placenta you found in the forest "and they said" OK what is it? " And I said "it's mine."

"This is nothing wrong. This is nothing dangerous, "said Das Gupta at CP24. "No woman gave birth in the night, alone in the forest, in the night – it did not happen. I was so touched that people worried about me. "

Das Gupta said the police had an in-depth conversation with her after she stepped forward. She said that she had provided a DNA sample to verify that the items belonged to her.