Let's hear your birth traditions

[krolik]

+1 to screaming obscenities at Mo!





Oh, and kick him in the nuts while you're at it.

[rgramjet]

There were specific instructions to hide that from me and the wife.

There are folks that actually eat the "thing" as a birth tradition.....

[No_Normale]

Though I would never "eat" the placenta, we saved our daughters, and planted it underneath a new tree in the yard in our daughters name. Very traditional among the white settlers on homesteads in the west... We don't have a homestead but our little house was plenty big enough for one more tree!

For the Natural birth experience!, husband and I kept it low key, just us, the midwife and her assistant. We had a big tub for a water birth and that is where I was most comfortable for the entire labor and delivery (I even got to catch her!). It was a home birth, couldn't imagine having to get in a car and drive while in labor unless something was horribly wrong. Yes, there was pain, noise, and messiness but with a good coach (aka husband) and a high level of comfort with the midwife and her assistant made for a very rewarding experience. Ask if I will do it again... at home? Yes, but jury is still out as to if we really want another... our little churub is now almost 2 and keeps us plenty busy!

[ducatiz]

There are folks that actually eat the "thing" as a birth tradition.....

one of the many reasons that hippies smell.

Though I would never "eat" the placenta, we saved our daughters, and planted it underneath a new tree in the yard in our daughters name. Very traditional among the white settlers on homesteads in the west... We don't have a homestead but our little house was plenty big enough for one more tree!

buried for the same reason that they'd bury an amputated body part : 1) to avoid the smell and 2) to prevent wild animals from coming around looking for a free meal.

nothing earth-mama-ish about it, they just didn't want to smell rotting flesh nor get eaten by a bear.