Calvin Harris is hard launching new fatherhood on social media, and the post is, well, unconventional.
The DJ, 41, took to Instagram Tuesday, Aug. 5, to share shots of his newborn son, Micah, and wife Vick Hope’s home birth. In the photo carousel, Harris can be seen holding his son, sitting in the sun, and right after birth in a small blow-up pool seemingly set up for the home labor process.
Another photo shows Hope in the small pool, alongside a small altar of flowers and candles. The fourth shot in the carousel offers a hard shift – showing the bloody placenta with the umbilical cord arranged into a heart. The following photo seems to show the placenta being dehydrated, with the final shot displaying a jar of capsules possibly made from the organ.
“20th of July our boy arrived. Micah is here! My wife is a superhero and I am in complete awe of her primal wisdom!” Harris wrote in the caption. “Just so grateful. We love you so much Micah ❤️❤️❤️”
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While some fans in the comment section lauded Harris and Hope for normalizing both home birth and active engagement with the placenta – a temporary organ that forms during pregnancy to provide nutrients and oxygen to the fetus – others felt the post was a bit TMI.
“Love to see the placenta!! amazing we grow a whole new organ to provide life!,” British singer Becky Hill commented on the post. “Good job not wasting it either, that’s some goddess magic right there!”
Others, however, simply commented “why” or asked for a “trigger warning.”
Many in the comment section lamented that they should have “listened to the tweet,” in an apparent reference to a viral post on X that warned users: “Do NOT checked Calvin Harris’s instagram.”
Do NOT checked calvin Harris’s instagram pic.twitter.com/4R4EaJj5jw
— Ivy⸆⸉ (@idkwahatimdoing) August 5, 2025
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Can you eat the placenta?
The placenta, which keeps the fetus alive and healthy during gestation, is “delivered” shortly after the baby itself is born. It is “nutrient-rich,” according to the Mayo Clinic, and some believe that eating it offers health benefits. The Mayo Clinic adds, however, that no studies confirm this idea and that eating the placenta may cause harm, so it’s important to consult a medical professional prior.
Research published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology said the benefits of placentophagy (the medical way to say eating placenta) are likely a result of the placebo effect.
“We found that there is no scientific evidence of any clinical benefit of placentophagy among humans, and no placental nutrients and hormones are retained in sufficient amounts after placenta encapsulation to be potentially helpful to the mother postpartum,” the authors of the report said.
Contributing: Jennifer McClellan
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Calvin Harris’ Instagram placenta post raises eyebrows
