Lotus Birth - interesting article

[vanillacourage]

webecomethree.com/2014/02/16/leonardos-hospital-lotus-birth/

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I was unprepared for placenta photos. Not say it's gross, I just wasn't prepared for that.

Interesting. Not for me, but interesting.

[Marmee]

Meh, whatever floats your boat. I will say in 3 days in the hospital for my last birth I heard a baby cry out exactly once. I cant remember ever hearing much crying in the hospital. My baby never cried because soon as I saw or felt her stir I put her on the boob. Lol.

[frlcb]

Look, I am all for natural births. If you want to encapsulate your placenta, awesome. If you want to make a raw smoothie out of it, more power to you. I was fascinated by mine, and have pictures of the placenta from my daughters birth, since the midwife said it was one of the biggest she had ever seen (um, good?). But this is freaking weird. They were happy the placenta kept him company while doing phototherapy? His best friend? it is too much.

Saying that, their baby, their birth. But I find it weird.

[andthentherewere10]

It seems high maintenance.

[matildasun]

I have read about people putting the placenta in a cloth pouch for a lotus birth. Just leaving it hanging around seems even odder. I am surprised the hospital said it was okay.

[ilikedonuts]

Um.... I can get on board with a lot of stuff even if I personally wouldn't do them. This though I cannot. I just find it really freaking weird especially how they were talking about it like it was a living breathing thing.

[Willis Jackson]

Yeah, my babies didn't really cry in the first few days either and I barely saw the placenta.

[undecidedowl]

Hm. It seems really interesting. I could definitely see it causing the baby to cry less since they wouldn't be passed around lol. I was shocked at first since I had never heard of it, but I really just can't get too worked up about somebody's birth choice.

I will say, I thought it was the biggest PITA when DS had to be tied to the bili blanket at home so I can't imagine dealing with umbilical cord.

ETA: I also don't find this to be that much weirder than eating a placenta. It sounds like both occur in nature (though I don't know much about this.)

[biscoffcookies]

They lost me when they started explaining the rationale for the practice in terms of "transferring life force" and preventing the baby's aura from being ripped in half.

But as long as it doesn't endanger the baby, which I assume it doesn't, then I guess whatever floats your boat.

[bunch]

Well that's what I did wrong.


No, fuck that noise, their chakras are just fine.

[Birdie]

The placenta reminds me of really bad eggplant parmesan

[gibbinator]

It looks like a cross section of a brain in a couple of those shots. Kinda makes me want to take a peek at mine next time.

Anyway, I can't imagine having to trade off baby and placenta bowl all night long. It seems very... complicated.

[rbp]

I actually think that this is a reckless practice.  www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2432412/The-craziest-birthing-fad-lotus-birthing-newborns-left-placenta-attached-10-days.html

'Soon after the baby is born there is no longer any circulation in the placenta, so it’s dead tissue and full of blood, making it the perfect culture medium for bacteria.

'Babies who go through the normal process of having the cord cut soon after the birth can sometimes develop infections in the little stump and, if not treated, these can lead to septicaemia which gets into the bloodstream, making the baby very ill. If the baby is not treated with antibiotics, usually in hospital, it can sometimes even be fatal.

'If the placenta remains attached, that risk of infection is greater.'

[littlemisschatty]

Wow. So much weirdness.

Brings new meaning to "dude, cut the cord already" huh?

Eta: rbp - that's what I thought. Once the placenta comes out, its "services" are done. But a risk of infection? So dangerous ..

[karinothing]

Feb 16, 2014 18:32:01 GMT -5 rbp said:

I actually think that this is a reckless practice.  www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2432412/The-craziest-birthing-fad-lotus-birthing-newborns-left-placenta-attached-10-days.html

'Soon after the baby is born there is no longer any circulation in the placenta, so it’s dead tissue and full of blood, making it the perfect culture medium for bacteria.

'The placenta belongs to the baby and they often spend a lot of time touching the cord in the womb, so it's a very familiar, comforting thing for them'
'Babies who go through the normal process of having the cord cut soon after the birth can sometimes develop infections in the little stump and, if not treated, these can lead to septicaemia which gets into the bloodstream, making the baby very ill. If the baby is not treated with antibiotics, usually in hospital, it can sometimes even be fatal.
'If the placenta remains attached, that risk of infection is greater.'

Yeah, I agree with this. It is weird.

[Deleted]

I thought I read this can cause fatal infection. Where did I hear that?

[Deleted]

Feb 16, 2014 18:32:01 GMT -5 rbp said:

I actually think that this is a reckless practice.  www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2432412/The-craziest-birthing-fad-lotus-birthing-newborns-left-placenta-attached-10-days.html

'Soon after the baby is born there is no longer any circulation in the placenta, so it’s dead tissue and full of blood, making it the perfect culture medium for bacteria.

'The placenta belongs to the baby and they often spend a lot of time touching the cord in the womb, so it's a very familiar, comforting thing for them'
'Babies who go through the normal process of having the cord cut soon after the birth can sometimes develop infections in the little stump and, if not treated, these can lead to septicaemia which gets into the bloodstream, making the baby very ill. If the baby is not treated with antibiotics, usually in hospital, it can sometimes even be fatal.
'If the placenta remains attached, that risk of infection is greater.'

.

THANK YOU!

[skib]

Yeah, I think this is pretty weird. Keeping your baby attached to dead tissue? It's not like the placenta keeps pumping blood and nutrients into the baby or anything. I'm not hard core judging, but you couldn't pay me to drag around a placenta for five days.

I do seriously side-eye the comment about the placenta keeping him company in his bili-bed. Really? Is it talking to him or stroking his head or something?

[littlemisschatty]

Feb 16, 2014 19:17:30 GMT -5 skib said:

I do seriously side-eye the comment about the placenta keeping him company in his bili-bed. Really? Is it talking to him or stroking his head or something?

It's his "best friend"!!!!! (eyeroll)

[thebreakfastclub]

We had enough stuff to take to the car for the trip home from the hospital. No thanks to adding the placenta-in-a-strainer.

[h]

It is sweet that his parents wanted to give him a special birthday gift, but twenty bucks says little Leo would have preferred a savings bond over three more days with his best friend Placenta.

I just don't understand engaging in a practice that has no proven benefits, no evolutionary basis, and potentially harmful side effects. I, too, am surprised the hospital went along with it.