strange request?

kittagirl · Feb 8, 2007

Just a quick link for placenta recipes for any one interested (it's a very new age hippy thing over here at the minute)

http://www.mothers35plus.co.uk/plac_rec2.htm

I know I've read an article recently by a news paper writer who had had very bad post-partum depression with her first baby and was afraid it would happen with her 2nd and this was advised as a preventative? She reckoned it worked.

Cann't find that one but have found this article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/womenfamily.html?in_article_id=412200&in_page_id=1799

I like the idea of burying it and planting a tree or rose bush or some thing over it

prmenrs, RN · Feb 8, 2007

I just love deliveries where I'm up to my rear in granola.

allnurses Guide · Feb 8, 2007

I had a patient (who had no bowel troubles) ask me to give her an enema, even though in 10 years of OB nursing, we have not done this anyplace I worked. When I told her of the possibility of runny poops at inopportune moments, and electrolyte imbalances, she did not care. She wanted a "completely clean" birth, whatever that means. She wound up asking the MD for one and he gave me an order to do it. So I did.
the only time I ever gave an elective enema in 10 years in OB practice.
And yes, runny poop happens after these, even when you think it's "done". Yuck. It was far from a "clean birth" experience for her.

Enemas were part and parcel of labor in the old days. When I had my oldest son almost 24 years ago now, I had an enema (per the nurse's insistence), she shaved my entire peri-area, I got an episiotomy as a matter of course. I also stayed 3 days for a vag deliver. (This was in Reno, NV).

22 months later, in this small town I had a completely different experience. No enema, no shaving (thank God - that was torture growing back), no episiotomy and I was out of the hospital in 24 hours.

I occasionally get a woman who is so embarrassed about the fact that she might just poop during labor that she asks for an enema. And these are not old ladies like me - young girls. They are also appalled at the "mess" of labor. They hate cervical checks due to the mucous on my glove. Some people are just more "fastidious" than others.

steph

allnurses Guide · Feb 8, 2007

A lot of people in a lot of places eat placenta. It's not that unusual in other countries.

We've had quite a few threads regarding placenta issues . . . . .one was about keeping the placenta attached to the baby and having lovely velvet carriers for it until it dries up and falls off. One woman says her dd remembers being prematurely separated from the placenta at birth and hated it. . . . . steph

(maybe I should go search for that old thread).

HR_LPN · Feb 8, 2007

PRMENRS: Aaaahahahaha! That's the funniest thing I've ever heard that called!!!:roll To funny!

allnurses Guide · Feb 8, 2007

Here it is . . . . . there are others but this had the most responses.

https://allnurses.com/forums/f35/lotus-birth-what-do-yall-think-about-94862.html?highlight=Lotus+birth

steph

dumitra · Feb 8, 2007

In my country everybody gets an enema, shaved before giving birth. And we stay in the hospital for seven days after normal vag. delivery.(Paid maternity leave for a year). I had my second child here in US. Gave myself a nice enema before going to the hospital. I liked my OB Dr. too much to s.... on her.

Dumitra

LizzyL&DRN · Feb 8, 2007

I work w/ several docs at my hospital.. And yes one does require his patients to still have enemas. Funny thing though....Almost every one of his patients "refuse" the enema. When I tell them he wants them to have it they always get a horrified look on their faces. I also manage to slip in the conversation they have the right to refuse it if they want. We don't call our docs til baby is crowning anyway, so by that time if anything does come out its all out and cleaned up before he walks in.

Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP · Feb 9, 2007

We've had quite a few threads regarding placenta issues . . . . .one was about keeping the placenta attached to the baby and having lovely velvet carriers for it until it dries up and falls off. One woman says her dd remembers being prematurely separated from the placenta at birth and hated it. . . . . steph
(maybe I should go search for that old thread).

I wouldn't do the lotus birth thing but if if makes someone else happy, go for it. I personally probably wouldn't eat placenta but if someone else does, more power to them.

I am going to check out that thread!

KellNY, RN · Feb 10, 2007

She also requested that the toddler sibling be on the bed with her during birth AND cut the cord. Talk about ptsd.

What is that supposed to mean?

Are you implying that it's traumatic for toddlers to witness the birth of their sibling? Because I've been to many births where the (soon to be) older sibling was present, and only once saw a negative reaction from the child. And that was because those particular parents were pretty demanding of the child.

Usually they're very interested, or just don't seem to care/notice. This is common practice in many parts of the world where birth isn't so regulated and institutionalzed--where they have better birth outcomes as well *hint hint*.

NEVER any ptsd or anything excessive like that, and quite frankly, that was a very uneducated thing to imply.

2curlygirls · Feb 10, 2007

I saw this done on TV. The woman made a pate and served it to guests at a party after the birth. She served it on crackers or bread or something. :barf01:

Ok, yargh. Fine if YOU want to eat it, but don't impose it on others!

Reminds me of the breastmilk ice cream my friend was served...

My sister kept both her kids' placentas (flew one across country) and planted them. We had a wee little ceremony.

We had one mom that was a homebirth transfer for meconium and fetal distress. She was so set on delivering on the toilet that she and her doula locked themselves in the loo until after baby was born (and security had removed the door from it's hinges) Apgars of 0,2,5.

lovemyjob · Feb 10, 2007

What is that supposed to mean?
Are you implying that it's traumatic for toddlers to witness the birth of their sibling? Because I've been to many births where the (soon to be) older sibling was present, and only once saw a negative reaction from the child. And that was because those particular parents were pretty demanding of the child.
Usually they're very interested, or just don't seem to care/notice. This is common practice in many parts of the world where birth isn't so regulated and institutionalzed--where they have better birth outcomes as well *hint hint*.
NEVER any ptsd or anything excessive like that, and quite frankly, that was a very uneducated thing to imply.

I think it could be a bit traumatic for a 2 year old to see mommy moaning in pain and making other noises to cope with the labor. Also, seeing all of the blood and other stuff. I think it could be pretty hard on a youg child, heck, even an older child. I dont think it is an uneducated statement at all. And that is regardless of the regulations/institutions.

Not only that, PTSD is not something you would see in the delivery room, or a few hours later. Children can have overexagerated imaginations and may remember it very different than it actually happens. Ever have a kid recall something big (good or bad) that happened to them? Usually, you get an exaggerated story, because that is how they remember it.