‘Mad Men’ actress January Jones’ recent confession that she consumes pills made from her own placenta, the organ that connects the developing foetus to the uterine wall, is likely to have shocked at least some of her fans, if not most.

In an interview to a glamour magazine, the actress mentioned that the pills were one of the reasons she was able to get back to work just six weeks after giving birth in September of last year, to continue filming the fifth season of the American drama series.