I'd get my m/w to make placenta pills if there is ever a next time. She steams it, dries it and grinds it before putting it in capsules. Gotta be better than my postnatal vitamins.
I'm going to do placental encapsulation with half and then I think ill plant the other half under a special rose bush in a pot so I can take it back to Melbourne when we move home and plant it in my rose garden. I'm disappointed that I was never told you keep the placenta with my last two.
on another note,I had forgotten about this constant urge to pee that comes with late pregnancy. I'm going every half an hour.had to pull over twice on the 45 min drive to Ds ot appointment today.
HotI, I can see your birth story written in ancient calligraphy, decorated like the Book of Kells, on parchment, locked inside a jewelled box. The sacred pleasure you get from opening the box and re-visiting the memories, and the awe on your children's faces when you give them permission to open it and read. And how the written words are a tangible symbol of the heritage you've written on their hearts.
Write from the depths of your soul, your heart-song. It's so precious! Maybe the everyday internet isn't the place to publish it, but there will be other sacred places that will respect your story and keep it safe.
I should get my DH to read this thread. He is so grossed out by the placenta! With our first homebirth, the midwives took it and had it incinerated at the hospital for us. (That was fine with me!). With the second, we put it in a container in the freezer, and had to wait until the ground thawed to bury it. DH nearly gagged every time he opened the freezer, and he was constantly worried that the container of frozen fruit (or whatever) that I took out would turn out to be placenta.... Poor guy. I have no idea what exactly the issue is, but I can tell you, there will be no placenta ceremonies here!
I should send you some Placenta Bliss herbs, Cricket!
our placentas are buried in various gardens around the world. But now that we are home in Australia, we've got one in the freezer awaiting its fruit tree. I'll take note of the tip to let it break down a bit first.
I really wanted to have some for placentophage but by the time I thought of it, my dh said it had been too long in the fridge - bummer.
I was having a chat to my next door neighbour today, who we don't really speak with often. They are pretty old and don't come outside much. Anyway she was telling me how on the day Madeleine was born, that she could hear me labouring and began to time my contractions. She told me how they were about 5 mins apart at 2pm and then spaced out a bit for awhile, and how she wasn't sure if she should check on me cos she didn't think anyone else was at the house. But she didn't want to interfere so they didn't. Ahh the stories that only hb mums have I suppose Pretty funny. I guess I was pretty loud
That's so funny, Bella! The neighbors nearest to where I was labouring were on holidays. I saw the lady from the other side and she was surprised I'd had the baby at home and hadn't heard a thing! But it was the middle of the night too.
Too funny Bella! My neighbours didn't hear anything, even when i was outside putting clothes on the line in between contractions. When DH told them bub was born, they asked where he was born (i.e. which hospital), DH replied, nah in the kitchen.
Lol Bella. We had new neighbors at the time of DDs birth so when I apologized if I made too much noise. They said no and that they didn't think anybody even lived here, I guess I wasn't as noisy as I thought..
Had a scare Friday morning with some bleeding so spent the day in hospital (on my birthday) hopefully that's the only time I have to ever go again! But got the all clear but just been told to take it easy. Obviously easier said than done with a one year old!
Em, I am glad all is well with bub- how scary. I hope you were able to salvage some kind of celebration for your b'day.
Bella, that is hilarious! Have you checked your MW's notes- was your neighbour right?!
I think I am pretty quiet- my mum was asleep in an adjoining room when DS2 was born; and the kids were in another adjoining room- and they slept through it too.
Yeah louloubelle, that is what I found so interesting about it! That she was obviously very interested in what was going on. Which is what makes me both kinda celebrate that it was a real community event and that some of the women in my street got to be apart of it even in a really vague way. Dd went next door for a bath with her doula and so they knew about it. The whole street other than our elderly next door neighbors knew. So when they saw all the cars arrive, they told me later, they all knew and were very excited about it. Kinda cool really. None of them are hb families. They are just our community and were excited for us.
oh bella that is similar to what happened for us lol. i was in labour and decided to go for a walk, everyone knew we were having baby at home, so when we bumped into various neighbours on our walk we told them that she might be arriving that day! it was so lovely! and fortuitious as we scored a whole bunch of hot meals a few hours later i even had the old italian lady (80 years old) come over and cuddle me and DD2 in bed a few hours later...she was so overjoyed, and, yeah, like you said, it brought a real sense of community, that in a way, they were part of it IYKWIM.
Thinking of Ash and Loulabelle ... Happy birthing vibes!
I had my last m/w visit today. she was here for over two hours and had lunch. Bub is now over 4.5 kgs and has grown 8 cm, so she's jumped up to completely average sized from her small beginnings. She won't get weighed much from here because I'm slack. Lol Everything's good with me, back where it should be.
She gave me a copy of her article on high risk HBs so I'm going to have a good read now.
thanks Jen xxx that's fantastic gain for your dd! how are you feeling about it being the last appointment?
bella and cassius- I love it! I wish I could get that here bit we don't know any neighbors yet. also, I don't even know if which house ill birth in, we move Thursday!
finally started rlt and epo, kept forgetting so it probably won't be of all that much benefit by the time labour comes. I was going to insert epo, but (tmi !) when I went to I discovered I was somewhat open down there so decided to just take orally instead. pretty exciting even though it really means nothing at all as to when this baby will come.
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I have no idea what exactly the issue is, but I can tell you, there will be no placenta ceremonies here!
. Glad to hear u and bubba are ok.
I hope you were able to salvage some kind of celebration for your b'day.
...and yep, going to be hard to rest with a 1 year old lol!
i even had the old italian lady (80 years old) come over and cuddle me and DD2 in bed a few hours later...she was so overjoyed, and, yeah, like you said, it brought a real sense of community, that in a way, they were part of it IYKWIM.
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