tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post6914490345181651602..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: THE CATTLE ARE LOWINGUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-45114421498809290502012-12-17T11:02:30.446-07:002012-12-17T11:02:30.446-07:00This comment is from a friend who gave me permissi...This comment is from a friend who gave me permission to post it.<br /><br />"I thought most wild animals ate their placentas as a way of cleaning up any evidence of birth to avoid attracting predators. Maybe if cattle had more of their wild roots, it would be universal rather than hit and miss.<br /> <br />"I’ve eaten placenta a couple times. I think it was the second home birth I ever attended. I was invited to the neighbors because it was a deep snow year and I had the only vehicle capable of getting close to their place, plus they figured it couldn’t hurt to have an EMT around. There were quite a few people there at the house. The birth went well and we were all hanging around sharing in the blissful feelings for hours afterwards. I dozed off a bit and someone woke me with a bowl of stew. I plowed into it with gusto until someone mentioned the meat was placenta! Hmmm, had to think about that one some, but all things considered it wasn’t bad.<br /> <br />"Wasn’t until after that that I got hold of a copy of “Spiritual Midwifery” and found that it was somewhat common practice at homebirths as a way to share and to get nutrients back into the mother.<br /> <br />"The second time, my wife wanted to give it a try. I dutifully cleaned and cut the thing up and stewed it with lots of fresh veggies. Wasn’t nearly as good as my memory of the first experience, ended up burying most of it.<br /> <br />"Doubt she could lay her hands on them right now, but kept each of our children’s dried up umbilical cords."<br />__________<br /><br />Collectors of Plains Indian artifacts know that the umbilical cords of babies were sewn into beaded buckskin and kept. Boys's cords were often depicted as snakes and girls as turtles.<br /><br />Prairie MNary<br />Mary Strachan Scriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538160009129822362noreply@blogger.com