Holly Madison says she is planning to eat her placenta after giving birth next month.

Madison revealed in an interview with US Weekly that she will have her placenta turned into pills after the birth of her baby girl due in March. Disgusting as this may sound, many other celebrity mothers have done the same, stating that ingesting the placenta is said to help the mother recover after delivery and also help with postpartum depression.

The former Playboy bunny and former cast member of "he Girls Next Door," talked about her placenta plans with the Celebuzz blog on Wednesday. "This might sound gross," she said. "But I'm totally planning on having my placenta turned into pills I can take after giving birth. I heard it helps women recover faster and I want to recover as quickly as I can!"

The placenta to pill process starts when the woman's placenta is cleaned and cooked. It is then dried and portioned into ingestible capsules. Some women choose to eat it raw, cooked or blended into smoothies.

Behavioral neuroscientist Mark Kristal spoke with the Huffington Post about the subject and said that many women feel that eating the placenta can assist with "postpartum depression, 'baby blues,' fatigue, lactational insufficiency and hormone deficiencies."

Holly Madison is one of many celeb moms who have admitted to eating their placentas after giving birth. In 2011, "Mad Men" actress January Jones said she also consumed the placenta after her son, Xander, was born. "Your placenta gets dehydrated and made into vitamins," she explained in an interview with People magazine. "It's something I was very hesitant about, but we're the only mammals who don't ingest our own placentas. It's not witch-crafty or anything! I suggest it to all moms!"

Placenta capsulation is not FDA-approved, but it has started to become more and more popular as many pregnant women turn back to traditional childbirth practices like midwifery and home births.

Aside from its nutritional value, the placenta has not conclusively been proven to help any post-birth ailments. "There is certainly a potential medicinal use," said founder of the Yale Prevention Center, Dr. David Katz. "This is a time-honored cultural practice of eating the placenta. It is nutrient-rich and a source of hormones."

Bon appétit, Holly Madison!