The birth of the lotus (or umbilical impartiality ) is the practice of leaving the umbilical cord cut after delivery so that the infant is left attached to the placenta until the rope naturally separates in the umbilicus, usually 3-10 days after born.
No research has been done on the birth of the lotus and therefore there is no evidence to support the medical benefit of the infant. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have warned about the risk of this infection leaving the placenta attached. This exercise is done primarily for spiritual purposes, including for the perceived spiritual connection between the placenta and the newborn.
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History
Although recently emerging as an alternative birth phenomenon in the West, super-delayed (1 hour after birth), umbilical severance is common at birth at home, and umbilical impartiality has been recorded in a number of cultures including those from Bali and some aboriginal tribes such as! Kung.
Early American pioneers, in diaries and written papers, reported practicing umbilical impartiality as a precautionary measure to protect infants from open wound infections.
Modern practices
In the 1980s, yoga practitioners brought the idea to the United States and Australia, with the "lotus-born moniker, creating a connection between the value of placenta and the high price in which the lotus is held in Hinduism and Buddhism." Yoga teacher and midwife Jeannine Parvati Baker became the main supporters for practice in the United States.
This practice spread to Australia by midwives, Shivam Rachana, founder of the International College of Spiritual Midwifery and author of Lotus Birth .
In the full-lotus birth clinic protocol, the umbilical cord attached to the baby's navel and placenta, is not clamped or cut, and the baby is immediately placed in the mother's abdomen/chest (depending on the length of the umbilical cord) or kept near the mother in cases when the procedure Medically necessary as resuscitation may be necessary. At the birth of the lotus, after the placenta is born through the vagina (often with maternal information options for passive management of the third stage allowing natural release of the placenta in the right time allowed for it, without hormonal injection like oxytocin) or by caesarean section (the most common operating room procedure in the US).
After birth, the placenta is simply inserted into a bowl or quickly wrapped in an absorbent towel and placed near the mother-baby baby step backward to allow unaffected mother-child bonding to occur as a main event for an hour or more. Only after this initial intense bonding period, the placenta is administered by rinsing, drying, applying preservatives, and positioning it in a way that allows abundant air circulation and proximity to the baby. Organs that separate from their blood supply begin to rot within minutes and the placenta is susceptible to infection. After a few days, the umbilical cord dries and is released from the baby's stomach, usually 3-10 days postpartum. This practice requires the mother to be tied at home as she awaits rotting flesh from the placenta and umbilical cord to dry and separate from the baby.
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Spiritual
Relationship with nature
Significantly delayed umbilical cord cuts and impartiality are found in birth anthropology along with the universality of respect for the umbilical cord & amp; placenta (as found in the Tree of Life beliefs of tribal cultures worldwide and reported to the world by scholar & professor Joseph Campbell).
Primatologist Jane Goodall, who was the first to study long-term chimpanzees in the wild, reported that they did not chew or cut their offspring, instead of allowing the whole umbilicus, like many other monkeys. Although other mammals can cut their offspring, they only do so after acceptance of early maternal sensory, cord binding, massage/cleansing (through touch), and initiation of the observed nursing phase to involve at least one hour, if left undisturbed.
Energy
Proponents of the lotus birth see babies and placentas as one at the cellular level, since they come from the same source, eggs and sperm conception. They also assert that newborns and placentas are present in the same quantum field, thus affecting the expression of quantum mechanics affecting health. Transfer of energy & amp; mobile information continues, moving gradually from the placental tissue to the baby during the drying process. Scientists challenge this claim from the metaphysical dimension associated with quantum mechanics.
Medicine
The birth of the lotus is a very rare practice in the hospital. The birth of the lotus is a routine practice found in contemporary Balinese culture, a practice recently established in Australian hospitals (including in the case of prematurity and caesarean section) and is sometimes performed at birth center and home birth centers around the world.
Risk
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG) states, "If left for a period after birth, there is a risk of infection of the placenta that can spread to the baby.The placenta is very susceptible to infection, it contains blood, and in the post-natal stage, circulation and basically dead tissue, "and RCOG strongly recommends that every baby who experiences lotus labor is closely monitored for infection.
Other risks include Jaundice caused by high bilirubin and abnormal Polycythemia, a high percentage of abnormal red blood cells in the circulation
References
Further reading
- Buckley MD., Sarah. Gentle Birth, Soft Mothering , Australia, 2006
- Davies RN, Leap RN, McDonald. Newborn & amp; Neonatal Health: Multidimensional Approach , Elsevier Health Sciences, 2008. ISBNÃ, 0-443-10339-9
- Lim, Robin's BPS. After Infant Birth: A Complete Guide to Postpartum Woman , Ten Speed ​​Press, U.S. 2001
- Parvati Baker, Jeannine. Prenatal Yoga & amp; Natural Nifas, North Atlantic Book, USA, 2001
- Trevathan, Wenda. Human Birth: an Evolutionary Perspective, Univ. from New Mexico Press, 2011
- World Health Organization (WHO). Normal birth care: A handy guide, a report from the technical working group , Geneva, Switzerland, 1997
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