Archive for July 25th, 2010

Mary Zwart – Midwife

Babies are hardly ever born pink. Why?

The first hour after birth we now think of as very important to the bounding of mother and child.

So ideally the mother takes her baby after the shoulders are born, to her breast and no one should say anything. She worked for it very hard so it is up to her to enjoy this moment to the top. In the first hour the baby should not be removed of the breast. The placenta can be born like this and the cutting can be done anytime even some days after (Lotus birth). Read the rest of this entry »