2005-08-19 - 4:24 p.m.
Oh I forgot to mention that lotus birth thing, a recap, you have a baby and the placenta. You don't sever the cord and leave the baby attached to the placenta until the cord dries up and seperates from the baby. Now know that no cultures in the world do this, chimps do sometimes, but not really. Now I interject a resounding WTF!?
The article goes on to explain how with her 2nd child she had a little pouch for the placenta and she would dry off the organ and salt it daily and add a few drops of lavender oil. And after a few days it had a meaty smell "which intresteted the cat" again, eww. But with the next children she didn't salt the placenta she just put it in a sieve and in a bowl next to the baby. When you read it you get the impression that she left the children alone for the next couple days, I am sure that she took care of them and all that. But she explained one as drinking from wells of stillness, I don't care to get the exact wording it disturbs me somewhat. Anyhow, I say again ew. She mentions that there was a funky smell from the non salted variety. To which I comment, "duh! rotting organ, meant to be disposed of!" The she quotes her children saying that they were connected to their love thing and felt love, I think that they suffered some kind of infection from being attached to a rotting organ. And her first born who didn't get to keep her placenta said having her cord cut was like being hurt in her heart. Sigh I really think that she has put that in her child's head. How often do people have any memories from their birth, especially to identify them at a young age? Anyhow all in all, I was truly mortified by the whole idea. I think that there is a much better use of the placent and cord, that is for the cord blood.
Oh yeah she also would save a piece of the cord for her children when they get older.
again ew.
H.A.N.D!
