Cutting the umbilical cord..Is it mutilation?

[Guava Jelly]

http://sandorian.us/newslog2.php/__show_article/_a000245-000156.htm
"Life presented me with an interesting Meme, a Meme which I never questioned myself until now; the cutting of the umbilical cord.

We, Heloisa Helena and I, have been discussing this Meme for many hours now and I will summarize some of her revolutionary ideas on this topic soon in a separate posting.

Much to our surprise we found NOT ONE SINGLE reason to do this violent interference with the newborn.

The recent counter-meme is called Lotus Birth, a fancy name for a non-action. After all, the cord disconnects by itself after a few days after all nutriments rich in staminal cells passed from the placenta to the newborn. In short, it is LESS work, with LESS risks involved, even members of the medical profession say this now, and they gain substantially from childbirth, as are the hospitals which are selling placenta and cords to the pharmaceutical industry, which in turn, oh well...

A meme, or an image, which we personally held, was that it was necessary to cut the cord in order to disconnect the mother from the child. This image is false. Placenta and newborn disconnect during birth from the mother, the newborn is only connected to the placenta and there is no reason in the world why it should be cut off from this supply with a knife."

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[Writer]

1. Interesting stuff.

Wow. If life is truly as black-and-white as some make it out to be, we'd know precisely what to cut and what not to cut. :thumbsup:

[Left Is Write]

2. Look, I don't want to carry home a newborn AND the placenta.

The placenta can stay at the hospital. They can play frisbee with the placenta. They can cook it and have it for staff lunch. They can enshrine it, throw darts at it, dry it between the pages of a book, sell it, or wear it as a hat. I don't care. I'm not taking it home.

[matcom]

3. you obviously don't own a Crock Pot

:eyes:

[Left Is Write]

4. Yes, I do.

And no placenta will ever touch it!

Damn it.

[Guava Jelly]

5. So what are you saying?

:dunce: I don't blame you.:)
edited to add Happy Early B-day.. :)