On 10/10/02 12:31 AM, "Kirsten Blacker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Often the placenta of a stillborn baby goes to pathology for examination to > try and find a cause for the FDIU > > Kirsten > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry & Megan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 4:22 AM > Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Lotus birth > > >> Thankyou Jan, >> I appreciate how busy you are. >> It sounds like an experience you will have with you forever. Lotus birth > is >> a beautiful gift for a baby born still. >> We cut the cord on our third baby after a few hours and the arteries and >> vein were visibly sticking out the end, also amazing to see. >> If people can bare with me on the morbid stuff, I would like to know what >> the standard practice(hospital care)would be for a known still baby, in >> regards to the placenta? >> >> thanks again >> Megan. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jan Robinson >> Sent: Tuesday, 8 October 2002 5:30 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: Shivam Rachana >> Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Lotus birth >> >> >> 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. >> >> -- >> This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. >> Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. >> > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. Dear Megan With Stella we took samples from the placenta for investigations and also blood samples from her mother - Neither showed anything unusual. Jan -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
