I've heard of people using their menstrual blood to water plants.
I can see how this might be good for the soil, but...no. Sorry, no.
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Jul 22, 2010 9:28:06 am PDT #14004 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Trudy Booth - Jul 22, 2010 9:30:23 am PDT #14005 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The placenta eating thing is that some/most mammals tend to eat it after giving birth. There are various theories, to varrying degrees of woo woo, about how it helps you recover from the process of giving birth.
The placenta planting/otherwise saving thing is from various cultures. You deliver the baby and then, with a few more pushes, deliver this fairly significant looking organ you just grew and are now done with. It takes on meaning. If you're born "in the caul" i.e. with membranes over your face, for example, it supposably gave the baby psychic powers. There are lots of them pressed between the pages of family bibles from hundreds of years ago.
Hil R. - Jul 22, 2010 9:34:00 am PDT #14006 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
If you're born "in the caul" i.e. with membranes over your face, for example, it supposably gave the baby psychic powers. There are lots of them pressed between the pages of family bibles from hundreds of years ago.
In David Copperfield, he was born like that, and his mother sold the caul to someone who thought it would bring good luck, or something. She put an ad in the newspaper to sell it.
Jessica - Jul 22, 2010 9:36:10 am PDT #14007 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Since I do not anticipate giving birth in a situation where I am at immediate risk for being chased down afterwards by a lion, I think I'll just wait for the nurses to bring me a sandwich.
Trudy Booth - Jul 22, 2010 9:36:34 am PDT #14008 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Please note: I know supposably is not a word.
Amy - Jul 22, 2010 9:38:03 am PDT #14009 of 30001
Because books.
Since I do not anticipate giving birth in a situation where I am at immediate risk for being chased down afterwards by a lion, I think I'll just wait for the nurses to bring me a sandwich.
Oh, you're no fun.
Strix - Jul 22, 2010 9:38:30 am PDT #14010 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The caul, I get.
Eating of the placenta, no. Yes, some animals do it. Humans are animals, oui. But we are animals with multivitamins, grocery stores and PREPACKAGED STEAK.
We also don't rip out the vulnerable underbelly of our prey with fang and claw, lick our butts clean, or eat out of the cat box.
At least, one HOPES.
Jessica - Jul 22, 2010 9:39:03 am PDT #14011 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, you're no fun.
Hey, how was I to know all the caves in Brooklyn would already be booked in advance??
Amy - Jul 22, 2010 9:40:09 am PDT #14012 of 30001
Because books.
Hey, how was I to know all the caves in Brooklyn would already be booked in advance??
I wonder if there's an Orbitz for that ...
Strix - Jul 22, 2010 9:40:30 am PDT #14013 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
GITCHA MATTED STEPPE GRASS BIRTHING HOLE RIGHT HERE, LADIES!
It's all natural.
(I get natural birth, I do. But there are limits.)