Lotus Birth

Long awaited, the Lotus Birth book was enthusiastically received at the 'Festival of Birth' on 18 November 2000

Lotus Birth is the practice of leaving the umbilical cord uncut, so that the baby remains attached to the placenta until the cord naturally separates at the navel - exactly as a cut cord does - at 3-10 days after birth.

"This prolonged contact can be seen as a time of transition, allowing the baby to slowly and gently let go of the attachment to the mother's body" - Dr Sarah Buckley, Pregnancy Magazine Spring 1998.

Many babies in many countries have been born this way, including babies born at home, in hospital and even by caesarean surgery.

Compiled by Shivam Rachana, Lotus Birth contains many case histories, photographic illustrations and writings by health professionals.

In his foreword, Dr Michel Odent says: "We need to relearn what a birth can be like when it is not disturbed by the cultural milieu. We need a reference point from which we should try not to deviate too much. Lotus Birth is such a reference point."

"At last Shivam Rachana has gathered together the Lotus Birth lore from around the world so that we might welcome babies more fully by honoring the fourth stage of labour. This book is destined to be a classic in the conscious birth literature and will re-earth the evolution of humanity by its invitation to explore Eros' museum, the placenta. Being a grandmother and a midwife, I am by nature quite patient yet I think 6,000 years is long enough to remember the original Tree of Life. I am grateful to Rachana for co-creating this volume of wisdom, so that we can become the families the Earth wants now. I hope anyone who is called to heal the Earth by healing birth, as well as anyone who was born and who cares about our future, will read and share the beauty of this book."- Jeannine Parvati Baker, author of Prenatal Yoga & Natural Birth; HYGIEIA-A Woman's Herbal; Conscious Conception; and Elemental Journey through the Labyrinth of Sexuality (with Frederick Baker).

A world-first, this book is a groundbreaking work for parents, midwives, obstetricians and other health professionals working with pregnancy and birth.

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