OT Re: Lotus birth (was Homebirth)

[Guest guest]

> I also have concerns about my directions regarding cord cutting

Have you ever heard of Lotus birth? This is when the cord is not cut

at all, allowing all the blood, nutrients and antibodies to flow from

the placenta into the baby, until the cord itself dries up and falls

off naturally a few days later. Here are a couple of websites

describing several Lotus births:

http://www.familiesfornaturalliving.org/ONSITE/render.php?currentObjId=176

http://www.sarahjbuckley.com/articles/lotus-birth.htm

And here's a page with some amazing photographs of placentas that look

for all the world like the Tree of Life:

http://www.pattiramos.com/Placenta.html

elan