Things I learned at prenatal class:
- If you don't sleep with the baby in your room for at least the first six months, it will die.
- If you install bumpers on the crib too early, your baby will die.
- If you give your baby a thick blanket, it will die.
- It is not uncommon to dream about rabbits when you're pregnant.
- A rolling pin is a sensible item to bring with you to the hospital when giving birth.
It's extremely disappointing that E&I couldn't get in to any of the pre-natal classes offered by our midwives and had to settle on the classes offered by the Toronto East. Going to it tonight feels a lot like showing up to one of her office functions and realizing how little I have in common with everyone in the room. Everyone seemed really nice but our beliefs were just a little too whacked out and our personalities not quite square enough to jive with the room.
It was a bit like being part of a group of adults sent to take grade 5 sex ed and watching them giggle when the teacher said words like 'penis,' 'vagina' and 'ejaculation.' Granted, it's the first of six classes but overall it has re-enforced our beliefs that we're on the right track doing things our way and that having a home birth is the right decision.
While watching a video of a woman giving birth, I saw a placenta for the first time and couldn't help but feel that it looked kinda gross and that maybe turning it into a fry up wasn't such a good idea. Later, when the nurse was describing rolling one out in a tray to make sure it had completely detached it's self, I couldn't help but think about it sizzling in a skillet in garlic, olive oil & lemon juice. A home birth would facilitate the quick cooking and consuming of the placenta so now I really don't know what I'll do.
Home birth classes on Monday should help me decide.
This week's homework: Ask any fathers; if you were to become a father again, what would you do differently this time around? Any takers?
Are you joking? Why would you eat the placenta?
ReplyDeleteThe site below neatly encapsulates why one would want to. Technically, E should (and probably) will do it to regain the nutrients while she gives birth. I want to do it because it'll most likely be the only chance I have to do it so why not?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.squidoo.com/eat-human-placenta
If you grind it up and stuff it into the umbilicus, you could have some afterbirth hot-dogs. Maybe more of a haggis, actually. Washed down with a nice lukewarm glass of amniotic fluid.
ReplyDeleteShould women eat their mentsruations? Yummy nutrients there.
Maybe you can make money if you freeze the placenta and sell it on eBay! Looks like it's a rare ingredient for all those placenta recipes. I'd like some placenta stroganoff, please.
Placenta stroganoff sounds delightful and is most likely what I shall make. Or placenta lasagne. I don't think doing it as a hot dog would cut the mustard, so to speak.
ReplyDeleteWomen should not drink their menstruation but it should be diluted in water and fed to plants as it contains the nutrients they need.