Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

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You are reading page 11 of Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

SmilingBluEyes

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Well this is not happening in hospitals anyhow, Mermaid. I would not worry on this issue.

nurse_wannabe

201 Posts

Well, I know where I'm headed after this... to walmart.com to add a velvet, satin-lined placenta bag to my Baby Gift Registry!

I already tease my mom that I chew on pens, pencils, etc. because I wasn't breastfed as an infant (this is an actual theory). I know now that her callous disregard for my cosmic well-being is also to blame for that red purse I bought a couple months ago. Come to think of it, I always get compliments on that purse wherever I go... I guess THOSE women are pining for their placentas too!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

URO-RN

451 Posts

I find it odd and think anyone who believes their kid remembers having their cords cut is a bit of a fruitcake.

I also think the author of that second article is nuts and dangerous. The people who tell women that hospitals are these terrifying places where we'll hook them up to machines and load them with drugs before we rip the baby from their bodies should be ashamed of themselves.

:yeahthat:

talaxandra

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I just wanted to let you all know that, since reading this thread, every single time I see a handbag that is any dark shade of red/purple/brown, rounded, and had a strap, I think "placenta substitute'. This is driving me nuts, which is a short trip on a good day... :chuckle

SmilingBluEyes

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rofl!

BENNETTRN

28 Posts

This woman is nuts and as others have said dangerous!!!!

Mermaid4

281 Posts

Yuck...I have occasion to care for some earthy crunchy scientist types (one of whom floored me by having her husband suck on her nipples to increase her milk flow rather than pump-I felt like I was party to to an xrated movie) and there was one lotus birth. Yuck. I decided that I would have the patient take care of her own placenta, which made her unhappy since apparently, in her eyes, since she and the baby were hospitilized, it was my job. It did smell. It was gross and if it is to each their own then it is my position that THEY care for it....

Mermaid4

281 Posts

I believe the quoted person who is nuts is supposed to be a doctor....

firefaeries

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well, this is my first post here so let me do a quick intro: I'm a mama of 2 homebirthed babies, thinking about going back to school to become an L&D nurse, and maybe a CNM in the future. I signed up here partly to see if a crunchy natural birth type could handle the "real world" of hospital births. This thread is a good reality check for me, but I don't thinkI've been scared away yet :chuckle

Personally, I think the only interesting part of this thread is the discussion about whether there is any medical harm or benefit to this practice. As to whether there is any spiritual benefit, who can say? I mean, I'm not religious at all, but who am I to tell you that praying is a waste of time?

And yeah, maybe it seems gross to some of you, but circumcision seems way grosser to me. So, I think the gross factor is kind of irrelevant anyway. Especially since Lotus birth is really only happening at homebirths. And it does seem quite reasonable that anyone who wants one at a hosp/birth center should do all the placental care, and nb care too -- hard for me to imagine someone who wants a lotus birth sending their kid off to the hospital nursery, yk? I mean, if you believe your kid is so attached to their placenta, you would likely believe they are also attached to their mama!

so. there's my thoughts, for whatever (not much) they're worth.

Oh, and FTR, I did want both my boys' cords to finish pulsing before they were cut, but, both were cut just after the baby was out, in the first case b/c the baby's head was blue and the mw was worried that he needed O2, and in the second case b/c the cord was very short and we couldn't lift him up to me with out cutting it. And no, I'm not heartbroken about them having to be cut early, and my boys seem okay with it too! :p

lady_jezebel

548 Posts

I imagine that a drying, rotting placenta would be an ideal breeding ground for bacteria/fungi & consequently disease!!!! And someone is advocating leaving the baby attached to it??!?

teriadn2004

38 Posts

Well, I stumbled on to this post and couldn't stop reading - I have wanted to be a CNM since my first child was born in 1976 - but I didn't pursue my dream because I listened to all the people who told me that CNMs were basically one step up from "witch" - I think it might be things like this that make people think that way. Personally, I think as long as there are no health or safety issues, if the parents have some strong spiritual need to do this - what's the harm? I do think, however, that the hospital staff should not be expected to participate in this any more than they are expected (or in some cases, not even allowed) to participate in any religious or spiritual activities of the new family. Just a thought....

LPN1974, LPN

879 Posts

Yuck...I have occasion to care for some earthy crunchy scientist types (one of whom floored me by having her husband suck on her nipples to increase her milk flow rather than pump-I felt like I was party to to an xrated movie) and there was one lotus birth. Yuck. I decided that I would have the patient take care of her own placenta, which made her unhappy since apparently, in her eyes, since she and the baby were hospitilized, it was my job. It did smell. It was gross and if it is to each their own then it is my position that THEY care for it....

OMG....you have to be kidding....they expected YOU to take care of it?

Well, why didn't you....hmmm....JUST take CARE of it???

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