Lotus Birth

Lotus Birth is the practice of not cutting the umbilical cord immediately after the babies are born, and leaving it attached to fall off by itself. When the reasons are understood and the resulting peacefulness of the babies is seen, it becomes the most logical thing to do. There is no medical reason to cut the cord. This practice highlights and calls into question the standard practice of immediate cord clamping and the recently popularized 'cord blood banking' procedure which places the newborn in a highly compromised situation, depriving it of 30% to 50% of its full quota of blood. This is the amount of blood in the cord and placenta at birth, and which is, in the natural order, destined to fill the infant's major organs. There are grave ethical issues here. Immediate cord clamping, which is current obstetric practice leaves the mother's body coping with the implosion that results from the clamping, leaving her more susceptible to post-partum haemorrhage (PPH). Lotus-born