The DU Lounge

...we felt weak. We were exchanging stories of weird experiences in our health care careers, and I asked her if she had ever heard of what I consider to be a strange practice called "lotus birth." Lotus birth, for those who may not know, involves leaving the placenta and cord attached to the newborn infant until it dries u and falls off naturally, which may toke up to 10 days. During this time, the mother is provided with a shoulder bag into which the placenta and cord are put, so it/they can be carried around.

One description of this noted that, "After several days, the meaty smell of the placenta attracted the attention of the family cat." I'll just bet it did -

We also were highly amused at the description of several Victorian mourning brooches made from the hair of deceased humans that noted in bright red print - "Low in stock. Only one left." Presumably, such pieces are all one-of-a-kind, so that caveat struck us as completely unnecessary and quite hilarious.

This led to a discussion of the various companies that will make jewelry out of breast milk, pieces of the umbilical cord &/or pieces of the placenta. (I post this with some trepidation, anticipating that my finding amusement in something that someone else may have found meaningful might be coming across as insensitive. If so, I do apologize.)

After the profound post-election despair, it felt really good to laugh that hard.