Pagans,On the show BabyMom, the Pagan Ritual = eating the placenta, Is the placenta raw?cooked? obsolete pract?

It's nothing whatsoever to do with paganism. Some women feel a strong urge to eat the placenta - usually cooked. I'm not in the US, so I've no idea about the show. Many animals do eat the placenta, as people have already said - and it is generally accepted to be for nutritional reasons. Perhaps humans have largely lost the instinct to do this because we generally manage our nutrition in such a way that we're not in a bad way after childbirth.