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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2015 19:13:42 GMT
It's not gross. If you have changed a pad in your life you have seen grosser. Perhaps, however, I don't generally have a professional photograph that, hang it on the wall and post it up on Facebook.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2015 19:15:27 GMT
It just looks like a weirdly textured piece of meat. I don't understand what all of the fuss is about.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Apr 10, 2015 19:19:08 GMT
I'm very interested in science health and the fascinating way our bodies work. I looked with interest when my midwives showed me my children's placentas, although of course I was exhausted and more interested in my new babies.
I recently photographed a nieces birth and did get a good shot of the placenta for her, as she is also a person with a thirst for knowledge. Not a portrait with the baby, just a closeup of the thing showing the tree of life.
There is an exhibit in Portland at OMSI that shows several babies with cord and placentas attached, the photo above reminds me of those.
The exhibit states clearly all the babies died of natural causes, no abortions.
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Post by smartypants71 on Apr 10, 2015 19:19:28 GMT
I've never seen a placenta until that pic was posted - I was holding my baby when placenta was delivered so I did not even pay attention. Now that I've seen one, I think I'd photoshop that right on out of the picture.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2015 19:21:43 GMT
It's not gross. If you have changed a pad in your life you have seen grosser. Perhaps, however, I don't generally have a professional photograph that, hang it on the wall and post it up on Facebook. Am I sensing a niche in the market?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2015 19:27:50 GMT
Perhaps, however, I don't generally have a professional photograph that, hang it on the wall and post it up on Facebook. Am I sensing a niche in the market? Lol...somebody should get right on that!
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Apr 10, 2015 19:30:06 GMT
I don't think it is gross at all, but those things don't gross me out at all. I asked to see my son's which was sitting right next to us in a bucket.
I google searched Newborn baby placenta attached, and just saw similar pictures, nothing too gross for me.
Okay also, the nurse that took over the camera during my C-section too ALL kinds of interesting photos. That was ummm interesting.
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Post by ChicagoKTS on Apr 10, 2015 19:31:42 GMT
Well, to each their own and all of that but for the love of God just don't use that on your holiday photo card and please don't describe the birth in detail in your holiday letter.
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Post by melissa on Apr 10, 2015 20:51:06 GMT
Lotus.
Could be a home birth, could be hospital or birthing center. Will agree to do this if patient asks and there's no reason for the baby to be separated from the placenta. We hand the mother the baby before cutting the cord these days anyway. It's just another step. Not a huge deal though, in a hospital, it means an additional stick for the baby if we cannot get blood from the cord.
Had a doula last week who does all sorts of things with placentas- makes capsules from them, shakes, you name it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2015 21:02:53 GMT
I don't understand why so many are grossed out about it. It's a natural, and necessary, part of childbirth. I think the one in the picture looks more like an alien than a tree.
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Post by alittleintrepid on Apr 10, 2015 21:03:23 GMT
Had a doula last week who does all sorts of things with placentas- makes capsules from them, shakes, you name it. Shakes? I'll stick to green monsters, tyvm! OP, would you share the name of this photographer so we can all google more successfully? Personally, I don't really want placenta art but I don't think it is gross to see it either.
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Post by mlana on Apr 10, 2015 22:14:47 GMT
Apparently some choose to leave the cord in-tact and let it continue nourishing the baby until it dries up on its own...from ten minutes to ten days. (I did like 5 minutes worth of reading about it.) it's called lotus birthing. You can google. YUCK. Can you imagine that trailing around your house for 10 days? You'd have to buy a second bouncy seat just for the placenta. Great, now that SNL skit with Jim Carrey is stuck in my mind (the one where, as a grown man, he was still attached via umbilical cord t his mother.) Marcy
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Post by anonrefugee on Apr 10, 2015 22:35:45 GMT
Thanks freebird for sparing us the Google risk. I'm not too concerned about anyone photographing it. But when it comes to a FB post, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should applies"!
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Post by Nicole in TX on Apr 10, 2015 22:54:29 GMT
Not something I needed to see.
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Post by chrissypie on Apr 10, 2015 23:09:31 GMT
I think the phrase "separated from the tree of life" is lovely - I've never heard that before! I'm not generally into euphemisms, but that is a very poetic one
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 10, 2015 23:25:10 GMT
It's not gross. If you have changed a pad in your life you have seen grosser.
My periods look NOTHING like THAT!!!
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Post by Grom Pea on Apr 10, 2015 23:25:25 GMT
I'm really curious now as to the original photo. My friend had placenta encapsulation done to prevent PPD. My husband mentioned that while I was giving birth and a nurse mentioned that you can have a teddy bear made ... No I didn't research that further so I don't know if that's a real thing. Anyway the nurse midwife who delivered asked me if I wanted to see it so I said yes and she said "does this look like a teddy bear to you?" And we all burst out laughing
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Apr 11, 2015 0:02:06 GMT
I don't understand why so many are grossed out about it. It's a natural, and necessary, part of childbirth. I think the one in the picture looks more like an alien than a tree. ...never had kids, never going to, never really wanted to see what it looked like. (glad my mom went through it, of course, but don't need photos of it, and she would probably say she didn't need photos of it either.)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 0:02:29 GMT
It's not gross. If you have changed a pad in your life you have seen grosser.
My periods look NOTHING like THAT!!!
When I was a kid mine sure did so not LOL. It was pathetic! I didn't get time to come back to my post as someone (see avatar) threw up a whole big poodle stomach contents on light carpeting. Now THAT was gross! I don't know what she ate but it was gross all right. I would not post it and put it on Facebook either. Nor a placenta. My own paper photo album, no but it isn't offensive either. JUST NOT ON FACEBOOK!!! I wish I could tell people how gross this is to post on your wall. Sure it's your wall but honestly who wants to see this? If I want the Discovery Channel I will put ON the Discovery Channel. Facebook is not the place for it. Not now. Not ever!
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Post by scrapsuzy on Apr 11, 2015 0:51:43 GMT
Frankly, some of the pictures I've seen posted on FB that are of plates of food are more gross looking than a placenta. IN MY OPINION. But I will admit to being a possible freak when it comes to placentas. I think they are absolutely fascinating, and in my time as a student midwife, doula, and childbirth educator, I've examined many and explained them to whoever they belonged to (if she wanted that). I wish I'd had the opportunity to see my own placentas (or my kids' placentas... to whom do we assign ownership, mother or child), but that was before I knew how cool they are.
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Post by peasapie on Apr 11, 2015 1:06:14 GMT
Well I wouldn't show it around to friends -- but I would have loved a photo like that for myself.
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Post by blue tulip on Apr 11, 2015 2:21:34 GMT
the way she put it, separated from the tree of life, made me think the child had died! it didn't? I get what she was going for, and maybe my view is tempered my having a friend recently birth a stillborn baby, but....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 2:30:31 GMT
the way she put it, separated from the tree of life, made me think the child had died! it didn't? I get what she was going for, and maybe my view is tempered my having a friend recently birth a stillborn baby, but.... No. The child is alive and presumably healthy. I'm sorry...I just don't feel comfortable copying and sharing the photo.
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Post by BuckeyeSandy on Apr 11, 2015 3:14:17 GMT
So we're discussing a "lotus birth" practice, or the practice of taking a photograph of it? (DD was interested in this for DGD is the only reason I even know about this)
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Post by zztop11 on Apr 11, 2015 3:17:40 GMT
My sister in law gave birth at a birthing center. They take the placenta with them. She planted it near a tree at my parent's home.
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Post by momof3pits on Apr 11, 2015 3:23:11 GMT
I think I'd need to see the photo first. I suspect it could go either way. These were my thoughts.
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Post by gryroagain on Apr 11, 2015 3:24:14 GMT
When my oldest was born, I found the placenta way more fascinating than her. I mean, it has veins and just looks like something you really need inside you, not laying in a tray, it was fascinating my body made this extra organ and now it was not needed and here it was. Oh, and a whole other human being, lol.
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Post by momof3pits on Apr 11, 2015 3:25:15 GMT
Apparently some choose to leave the cord in-tact and let it continue nourishing the baby until it dries up on its own...from ten minutes to ten days. (I did like 5 minutes worth of reading about it.) it's called lotus birthing. You can google. YUCK. Can you imagine that trailing around your house for 10 days? You'd have to buy a second bouncy seat just for the placenta. I'm not sure how that even works. We are doing delayed cord clamping and the doctor told us the cord stops pulsing after about 2 minutes. So I don't see how it could still be nourishing baby for ten days.
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Post by ~KellyAnn~ on Apr 11, 2015 3:42:22 GMT
My dd is a little over a month away from graduating as an RN. One of her classmates had a baby, saved the placenta and gave it to someone to bring to class. Dd was the only one that gloved up and closely examined it. Nothing fazes her. There was a picture, so I was able to see how fascinating the placenta is.
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Post by anonrefugee on Apr 11, 2015 4:08:51 GMT
Frankly, some of the pictures I've seen posted on FB that are of plates of food are more gross looking than a placenta. IN MY OPINION. But I will admit to being a possible freak when it comes to placentas. I think they are absolutely fascinating, and in my time as a student midwife, doula, and childbirth educator, I've examined many and explained them to whoever they belonged to (if she wanted that). I wish I'd had the opportunity to see my own placentas (or my kids' placentas... to whom do we assign ownership, mother or child), but that was before I knew how cool they are. I was expecting something more root-like and thready than the photo here. Do they really look like tree silhouettes in real life? Your post makes me imagine a version of palm or finger prints in every one. Blame it on the cranberry Moscow Mule if this is a dumb question ...
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