Ugggggh Lotus Birth is so dumb on so many levels, I cannot.

OH NO A NAKED HUMAN

But....how can you preserve the placenta for smoothies if you are carrying it around in a pillow case for a week? Choose a side, tree hugger moms!

The latest research shows it is better to delay clamping and for baby to get the extra blood (which is full of stem cells) and that a bit of normal physiological jaundice won't cause any harm.

There’s only bleeding if you cut it without tying it off, I think. Really, an important thing to do is to massage the mother’s uterus after the placenta comes out, so she doesn’t hemorrhage. Fun facts!

Not graphic? Have you seen a placenta? It’s an organ with a ton of blood vessels, and it’s covered in goo.

I would have laughed so hard if it was a brand plug - like “he tied the umbilical cord off with red Beats by Dre headphones, the only headphones Iman uses before a game.”

Related: I had a home birth with two of my babes. The first was born two days before my in-laws’ white elephant. You better believe someone opened their package to find a placenta in a mason jar.

ummmm. okay.

Fun fact: you don't even have to cut the cord. Just tote the cord and placenta around for a few days. http://www.treehugger.com/family/lotus-b…

What’s scary is that a significant percentage of these people do have IQs above 100, but they have abandoned any pretense of critical thinking and instead get all of their political opinions from right-wing media. A friend of mine calls this condition “Fox rabies.”

Dear Henry, the guy who thinks he needs a“safe space” for white dudes: it’s called EVERYWHERE. Inviting more people to the table doesn’t make you unsafe, you sniveling privilegewank.

I disagree about the ethics point (different opinions, no biggie) but starred your comment because I thought your anecdotal tidbit about it being a Catholic hospital was interesting.

duty of care, they had no moral or legal choice but to.

Me patronize you? You were the one who said those who didn’t agree with you were not being logical.

You can’t just leave the infant to die. That’s just not how it works. And you also don’t know anything about how neonatology defines viability.

This woman, for whatever reason, thought that her best option was to stick a coat hanger into her vagina and hope it caused a miscarriage. This is why we need good sex ed in high schools. This is why we need to fund Planned Parenthood. This is why abortions should be state supported.

Beautiful! We went emerald too, and ended up working directly with a Colombian importer (and not a thousand middle men taking their cut).

We went Emerald and found this estate piece from the ‘30’s.