How your placenta should be handled after giving birth is a decision for you to make. Placentas are often discarded by your midwife or doctor. However, you may also be able to:
save your placenta - this involves your placenta being collected and stored for you to take home (eg so you can bury or eat it)
have your placenta encapsulated - this involves your placenta being turned into pills that you can take postpartum. This is not a service offered on the NHS
donate your placenta - if you had a voluntary c-section you can consider donating your placenta. As with donating cord blood, you should  speak to your midwife or doctor if you want to donate your placenta.