Making Peace for Lotus Birth While speaking in Italy to a large group of Birth Keepers, I noticed that midwives and female nurses sat on one side of the hospital auditorium, obstetrical doctors and pediatricians sat on the other side. The subject of delaying the clamping and cutting of the umbilical cords of babies became a heated argument. Midwives shouted, “They don’t listen to us. They order us to cut the babies’ cords, and we must obey or lose our jobs.” OBGYN doctors protested, crying out, “The pediatricians are not cooperating with our requests for information!” Nurses complained, “The doctors don’t listen to us either.” The shouting became louder and louder. Finally the microphone was handed to me. I waited until an uncomfortable silence fell upon the hall, then I asked, “When you speak to the doctors, are you loving them?” “Of course not! They don’t listen to us, we hate them” was the unanimous response to my question. I waited again for silence in the hall. “Hmmm,” I said, “When a person who hates me speaks, I must protect my heart, but that makes my ears close somehow and I cannot hear that person very well. When a person who is loving me speaks, I hear every word, loud and clearly.” Many midwives and doctors, nurses and hospital administrators began to cry. Soon they were hugging one another. Dr. Giordano reports to me that now, at his hospital in Sicily, the staff is circulating literature on the benefits of delaying the clamping and cutting of babies’ umbilical cords, and changes in protocol are being implemented. Sometimes change, and peace, require that we simply ask the right question. Placenta - The Forgotten Chakra by Robin Lim https://facebook/events/666460300127722/permalink/666463413460744/
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:40:28 +0000
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