Lotus birth - leaving placenta on.

This has to be the most unnatural and risky things I've ever heard.

It is NOT natural it goes against our natural instincts, there is not a single placental mammal on the planet that leaves it on! They chew it off immediately. The fact that all placental mammals remove it at birth should be enough evidence in itself.

Once the placenta is detached the blood coagulates from that moment onwards, there is no magical nutrient travel happening thereafter that defies basic logic.

The only thing this does is put the baby at risk of blood poisoning.

Anything you read as research on this is not peer reviewed.

Don't believe everything you read on these ridiculous websites.

For those ladies who are considering this please do your research thoroughly and read all opposing studies.

At the end of the day it's your baby and your choice.

Good luck on the journey you choose.