I might be wrong, but I think many mammals eat the placenta. I'm trying to remember from when my family had goats when I was a young girl. I certainly remember being absolutely fascinated watching a goat give birth even though my parents tried to tear me away - I couldn't do anything but watch! Joy
Joy Cocks RN (Div 1) RM CBE IBCLC BRIGHT Vic 3741 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Quanchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 14:32 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Lotus Birth I cant imagine any animal doing this as it would be too dangerous. A dragging placenta would attract to many predators and one sitting in a nest or a den would be attractive to flies etc which would bring their own problems. Andrea Quanchi On 18/10/2005, at 11:01 PM, Vedrana Valčić wrote: > Just being curious, does anyone know what other mammals do? I suppose > they cut the cord with their teeth, but I don't know when. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tania > Smallwood > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 1:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Lotus Birth > > Here here Belinda! This notion that anyone has the right to "allow" or > "disallow" women to do or not do anything when it comes to their > birth, is > just not cricket! > > Before we start debating the semantics of lotus birth, we need to all > be > going in to bat for women and their right to birth the way they need > and > want to. If this means wearing a polka dotted clown suit, or singing > Dixie > at the top of her voice, (or God forbid, not cutting the cord), and > that's > what she truly needs to be able to birth in her own way, then we need > to > respect that! > > Now that's enough from me for tonight... > > Tania > Xx > > PS I have a copy of Shivam Rachana's Lotus Birth book, very > interesting, > lots of gorgeous photos, and certainly made me think twice before > cutting > the cord of my babies, we ended up leaving it for a few hours and then > it > just seemed right for us to cut, but I can see how and why for some > families > it just seems right to leave it. A bit like birth, if all's well, > leave > well alone... > > > > -- > 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. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
