Burning the umbilical cord - now with pictures!

I thought that too, still not sure it is something I would fancy.

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lol my thoughts exactly canu. i wouldn't want to participate in this. just the thought of playing with fire so near to a newborn baby? and i believe our ancestors bit the cord, like animals, not burn it. so if daddy wants to chew it, it's okay by me
btw, thanks for the photo's, though it's clearly not my style, it's very cool to see how they did it

My understanding is that in some birth rituals eions ago the cord was severed using fire, along the lines of fire earth air water etc, I agree re the biting of the cord - cant say I fancy that much, not for dads with dentures LOL.

Im happy to go with the womens wishes and Id have done this if its what she had wanted (and if Id had training and knew what I was doing of course!) but Id have been petrified - like you say - babies and fire ....eek! Kudos to the midwife who practices this way she is one confident and cool lady. Ive been checking her site out (link on previous page) and shes's amazing

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I'm doing some research for my own personal use in my own homesbirth, and I would love some information on burning the umbilical cord. Anything you can provide would be great. Mahalos