Hi I am researching the Lotus and Empowering Birth, has anyone experienced this 1st hand?
If you have I would be really interested in your stories, we are trying for our second child. Having a 10 year gap (being only 19 years old for the 1st one) I feel I can make a more informed decision for the next one and I am really interested in both of these areas.
Did not want to read and run!
In my 10 years as a community midwife only one person ever requested a lotus birth and unfortunatley this could not happen due to circumstances at the time. Personally, I can't imagine why someone would want to have rotting placental flesh attached to their baby for days until the cord separates! The smell!!!! 😮 I am sure essentail oils would not mask the smell.. I would also be concerned about potential ascending infection too... Once delivered the placenta has done its job therefore surplus to requirement. However, I do have a number of women who keep their placentas and put them in the garden under a new tree for their baby etc which is nice idea as the placenta is noursishing the plants new life... 🙂
As far as empowering birth, surely if you are well informed and make an 'informed choice' about your care you would be empowered? :confused: Home birthers (and many hospital births by choice) do this all the time!
I have not probably helped at all sorry!!!
Good luck in the practice of making number 2! 😀