"One of the most important lessons modern cultures should relearn from their tribal neighbours concerns the time for the separation of the newborn child from the placenta" ~ Judith Goldsmith, 'Childbirth Wisdom From The Worlds Oldest Societies'.
Our Campaign
We are campaigning for the birthrights of newborn babies and the worldwide human rights violation of routine immediate umbilical cord clamping!
This harmful practice denies the infant of almost half their total blood volume at birth and has no benefits to mother or baby and became routine practice to save on bed linen!
There are two (rare) indications for immediate cord clamping
(ICC):
1. When a short cord ruptures spontaneously and bleeds during birth
2. When a c-section for anterior placenta previa involves incising or damaging the placenta. In these cases, cord blood should be stripped into the child, and the placenta should be preserved; any blood left in it may be used for auto transfusion.
We know that the umbilical cord will physiologically clamp itself ~ it will close naturally when the baby has self regulated the right amount of blood for them, so why mess with nature?
Placental mammals have been in existence for over 175 million years and homo sapiens for nearly 200,000. If the cord needed medically clamping we would have died out many moons ago!
Chimpanzees whom are our closet relatives practice both Placentophagia (eating the placenta for nutritional value) and Lotus Birth (leaving the
placenta attached to the baby).
Our mission is to raise awareness of the value of the placenta for
both mother and child beyond the third stage of childbirth so that
humans can learn to love again through understanding the
unknown and trusting the natural process.
We do not support the use of umbilical cord blood for Stem Cell
Research as the collection of this blood interferes with the
Placental Transfusion, known as the baby’s first natural Stem Cell
Transplant. The best bank for this vital blood is the baby .
Lovingly Endorsed By Dr. Sarah J. Buckley
"A great resource for a gentle practice for mothers, babies, fathers and families" ~ Dr. Sarah J. Buckley
Australian Lotus Mama and Author of the highly recommended book
"Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering"
