She decided she wanted everything to be completely natural, and set her heart on a lotus birth. The unusual method, which has been heavily criticised by some medical experts, sees the new parents not cutting the umbilical cord and leaving the placenta attached to the newborn until it drops off naturally. An old saying "if it aint broke, don't fix it" comes to mind when i think of the lotus birth. "A reintroduction to mother externally cannot be avoided, but a gradual separation from the umbilical cord and placenta seems more emotionally considerate of baby. "Within a short time after birth, once the umbilical cord has stopped pulsating, the placenta has no circulation and is essentially dead tissue."

Source: Daily Mirror February 01, 2018 20:01 UTC