Background: Various surgical specialties have made use of the amniotic membranes in wound care with good success. In Yoruba land, south western Nigeria, the placenta is taken as a very important tissue that had to be taken home by the father after the child is born. Objectives: The present study was designed to assess the willingness or otherwise of pregnant women in Osogbo, South Western Nigeria to allow amniotic membranes to be harvested from the placenta after they deliver their babies. It was also to find out what the community does with the placenta. Materials And Methods: Structured questionnaires were distributed to consented pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at the Lautech Teaching Hospital, Asubiaro State Hospital and Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Hospital, all in Osogbo, Nigeria. Biodata, methods of discarding the placenta, willingness to donate etc. were some of the information on the questionnaires. Results: A total of 279 women were interviewed. Only 26(9.3%) were willing to donate placenta for medical use of the amniotic membranes. Placentas are taken as an important part of the baby both in utero and after birth and they are usually carefully discarded. The beliefs as well as the culture on placenta use, appear to be the important factors in knowing who may consent to harvesting of amniotic membranes for medical use. Conclusion: There are sociocultural impediments in this part of the world to the use of amniotic membranes. Education of the women as well as their husbands (who have great influence on them) on the uses to which placenta may be made, is likely to make more women consent to harvest of amniotic membranes from the placenta for therapeutic uses.