On 1/10/02 10:34 AM, "Larry & Megan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jan wrote > "Rachel and Scott's baby boy, Alejandre was born through water around lunch > time into the arms of both parents where he stayed until his placenta was > born and gently collected (a lotus birth again, as was Stella's") > > Jan, can you please explain to me if Lotus birth is any different in the > case of a stillbirth baby, time it takes etc? Is the palcenta kept with the > baby forever? Sorry if this is a bit upfront but I am genuinely interested. > > thankyou > Megan. > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. Hello Megan I seem to be ages getting to respond to this - but for your information, Stella's placenta stayed with her in the little placenta bag her grand mother had made for it. The placenta was kept clean, wrappings changed daily. It was salted on day two and we put a few drops of lavender oil on the outside of the bag on day four. We kept Stella's skin beautiful with calendula cream that stopped it drying out. Stella was cremated in her best clothes and her placenta in it's little bag lying beside her and still connected. Her ashes are complete in a special sealed container with her photograph on the outside. With Alehandre (AJ) the placenta was floated in a plastic culender and allowed to "drip dry"for an hour or two. After that, Scott and I removed any blood clots from the maternal surface and the placenta was wrapped in white chux towels that were changed frequently during the first 24 hours. By that time the placenta had shrunk dramatically to about one third it's original size and the cord had shriveled too. The shrunken placenta was salted once there was no danger of any transmission through to AJ (helps drying and reduces odor) During the next few days the placenta stayed in it's bag and the cord became very brittle as all the Wharton's jelly disappeared. It was fantastic to see the two arteries and the vein coursing through the clear, dry cord tissue. On day four the brittle cord broke so that was the end of the Lotus connection between AJ and his placenta. The small amount of cord stump remained until he was a week old. Scott and Rachel are waiting until AJ's umbilicus has completely sealed over with new skin before he gets to shower with his father. What a lucky baby AJ is - he could not have gotten off to a better start. He goes for walks each day in the fresh air in his "Hug - a - bub" and after that he usually spends the rest of the rather hot days we are having here in Sydney reclining semi-naked on a bean bag. Nights are spent tucked in with his mother and father. Oh what a beautiful feeling to be so honoured to be involved with such a special family. Jan -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
