Holly Madison shared intimate details about eating her placenta after the upcoming birth of her daughter.

The nine-month pregnant former Playboy model talked about her choice to eat her placenta on her Celebuzz blog on Wednesday.

"This might sound gross, but I'm totally planning on having my placenta turned into pills I can take after giving birth," Madison wrote.

The pills reportedly help new mothers nourish their bodies and are also believed to help curb postpartum depression with high levels of oxytocin, according to The Daily Mail.

She explained that the nourishing effect of the pills is what influenced her decision stating: "I heard it helps women recover faster and I want to recover as quickly as I can!"

Placentophagia, or the act of eating the protective layer that connects the baby to the wall of the uterus, is believed to be a good way to nourish the body following childbirth and is supposed to help bring up hormone levels that drop after the mother delivers the child, according to The Huffington Post.

Madison is not the only celebrity who is linked to eating her own placenta in the form of pills.

Mad Men actress January Jones told People Magazine last March that she used the pills after she gave birth to her son Xander, but added that she was wary about the practice.

"Your placenta gets dehydrated and made into vitamins," Jones explained of the process. "It's something I was very hesitant about, but we're the only mammals who don't ingest our own placentas."

Madison's boyfriend Pasquale Rotella, a music festival producer, recently surprised the Girls Next Door star with a surprise baby shower at Disneyland.

The 33-year-old television personality also shared photos from the event on her blog along with her joy over the work Rotella put into the surprise.

"I was so happy with my surprise baby shower at Club 33 in Disneyland- my boyfriend did such a wonderful job planning it! Here are a few of my favorite pics!" Madison wrote on Feb. 26 post.

Madison is expected to give birth on March 5. The baby girl will be the couple's first child.

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