Lotus Birth is the practice of leaving the umbilical cord unclamped, nor tied, after the third stage of labour so that the baby is left attached to its placenta until the cord naturally separates at the umbilicus, generally 1–3 days after birth (as compared to approximately 5 to 15 days (World Health Organization (WHO), when the cord is clamped and cut. WHO state that infections of the cut cord have children treated for bacterial infections of about 400,000 annually. Those who die of cut cord infections is about 500,000, annualy. The deaths include infants born in modern day institutions. The risk of modern day methods of cord care are a weight on the stump of the cord, causing navel hernias, and a cut cord causing the blood infections, such as Tetanus, to name one risk, of many viral infections, many, as stated, are fatal. A newborn at 45 seconds. ... Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy with the emergence of a newborn infant from its mothers uterus. ... The placenta is an ephemeral (temporary) organ present only in female placental mammals during gestation (pregnancy). ... An umbilicus which appears as a depression in the abdomen is referred to as an innie. The umbilicus (commonly called a navel, or belly or tummy button), is essentially a scar caused at birth by the removal of the umbilical cord from a newborn baby. ...

This prolonged contact of a no harm to leave the placenta and cord alone can be seen as a time of transition, allowing the baby to slowly and gently let go of his/her attachment to the mother's body.

A special cloth bag or a cloth diaper, called a placenta cloth, may be used to contain the placenta. The cloth used to wrap the placenta must allow air through, so that the placenta can dry out. The placenta is first thoroughly rinsed and then treated by having salt rubbed into it. Sometimes scented oils, such as lavender, are also applied to mask any unpleasant odors. A placenta cloth is used to wrap a babys placenta during a Lotus Birth. ... Species About 25-30, including: Lavandula angustifolia Lavandula canariensis Lavandula dentata Lavandula lanata Lavandula latifolia Lavandula multifida Lavandula pinnata Lavandula stoechas Lavandula viridis The lavenders Lavandula are a genus of about 25-30 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region south to tropical...

Different cultural practices use the preserved placenta in different ways. Some people like the child to have the placenta so that it can be buried with the child at the end of his or her life. Others simply keep the placenta until it falls off naturally and it is then buried where often a tree is planted over it. The pioneers in Canada often put lime on the placenta and buried it with or without religious ceremony, or cremated it.

The keeping of the placenta and all tissue, today, for such similar ceremony of discarding assure privacy of the genetic codes. To leave the placenta and tissue at the hospital is to risk genetic research, knowing by the tissues and hormones, the sex of the child, and likely by the blood type, the race, and even the color may be revealed, but not the name of the child or parents. But much information is being obtained without true informed consent, of what appropriate discarding means in institutional control of such tissue and organs.

To take tissues for research is to have a benefit to those that donate blood and organs. In the event of informed consent to research, if any disease is found, there is a benefit to those who knowingly donated blood of tissue, for control of any predisposition to a fatal disease and early treatment. When tissue is just taken without informed consent, as to the Policy Statement of the Tri-Council, the rights of benefits have been denied the family of the infant, the owner of the placenta tissue. Such taking of tissue is not regarded as ethical and the benefits intended of even keeping the tissue banks and blood banks free of disease may also be compromised, let alone violation of genetic privacy rights.

Privacy of genetic information is of importance to many families, and informed choice or failure of it, must be considered. Violations of constitutional rights and religious beliefs can be imposed, without our knowledge or right to know, when blood is being used in transplants, or stem cells or any form of human tissue.

The common practice in institutional births is to clamp and cut the cord once the baby is born rather than leave the placenta attached. Many institutional births, under third party billings, at their discretion, even that of doctors and midwives, can sell the placenta, placenta blood if left in the placenta by early cord clamping, may sell these tissues, and the cord, and the membrane around the placenta for personal profits.

This has been approved in Canada, by the Tri Council Policy Statement, Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. To quote: Page 10.4, C. Previously Collected Tissue, Article 10.3 (b) "When collected tissue has been provided by persons who are not individually identified (anonymous and anonymized tissue), and when there are no potential harms to them, there is no need to seek donor's permission to use their tissue . . ."

When the umbilical cord is clamped while pulsation is yet possible, The Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice (from 3rd to current edition) states the risk to the child of blood deprivation that would otherwise go into the child's expanding lungs, is, to quote: Circulatory Changes, B. Blood Volume 5. Placental transfusion at birth -- increase in blood volume of 60% if cord is clamped and cut after pulsation ceases."

Other known risk of shock caused by even 20% total blood volume deprived the child, is stated in the Chow-case-law, Ontario Canada, Sommers and Roth; and Policy #71 December 1998 of The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC), also state anemic conditions are yet present in children early clamped, six months later, and that early clamping (about 30-second clamping) deprives the infant up to 50% total blood volume. Knowing this, SOGC, in Policy #89 May 2000, directed to be routinely done, immediate umbilical cord clamping.

The increase of revived children in Canada, alone, is estimated to be now 1 in 16, reported by review in revival of children by the Anethesists of Canada. In a statement of the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) 2003, it was reported that children under one year of age now have health care costs second to seniors.

In Canada, it is estimated that 1 in 6 families have an autistic child. Ontario (Canadian Press) has already reported that 1 in 10 teenagers now have mental problems, are addicted to drugs and alcohol, have been in trouble with the law, and face depression. It is believed a problem all across Canada. Could the problem be caused by the anemic conditions resulting from early umbilical cord clamping? This is the new trend, unknown to the public. It has been an undisclosed means to obtain stem cell blood for experimental transplants.

We must consider the wisdom of interrupting the infant's circulation system, to weaken any one child, no matter in what Nation they are born. Claire Lotus Day, was wise to consider the natural ways of the primates, and may we copy their wisdom of leaving well enough alone, as did our pioneer grandmothers. It is very difficult for man to improve on nature!

For the child to gain the advantage of blood infusion, and to remain a blue ribbon baby, all children must have the right to be born equal, the best nature intended them to be. We are talking about a method of safe leaving of the cord alone. This is the natural right all children, premature to full term, and even C-section births may have. We are talking between 12 and 20 minutes, not to do clamping or cosmetic removal,if that is the choice of the parents, and all risks known of cord clamping. Surely, after 9-months of gestation, our medical persons, can be patient that long.

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Origin

In the 1970s, Clair Lotus Day, a pregnant woman living in California—became interested in the practice amongst chimpanzees of leaving the cord attached to both newborn and placenta until it simply dropped off. If it was a good idea for chimps, she reasoned, then why not for humans? She managed to find a sympathetic obstetrician and, after her son was born, she took both the baby and placenta home. Over the next few days her son apparantly seemed more content which, Lotus Day reasoned, was because he felt secure in his attachment to his placenta. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... Type species Simia troglodytes Blumenbach, 1775 Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often abbreviated to chimp, is the common name for two species in the genus Pan. ... This article needs cleanup. ...