The practice of "lotus births" has grown by 30 percent in Russia lately. When practicing lotus delivery, women leave the umbilical cord uncut after childbirth and wait for it to dry off naturally. It is believed that the child builds a connection with space and becomes less aggressive.
Lotus births can be found on the list of services provided by private clinics. Newborns are left connected to the placenta for the period of time that they "need.” This period of time can last from a few hours to 10 days.
The followers of the lotus birth practice believe that they thus do not disrupt the natural course of events. In classic childbirth, one allegedly programs an incorrect code of life into the baby, "where breathing is associated with aggression."
The lotus birth practice emerged in Bali in 1995. It gradually developed popularity and affected Russia as well. Russian pop star Sati Kazanova made the lotus birth procedure even more popular when she revealed that she gave a lotus birth to her first baby.
Moscow clinics offer lotus birth services for as much as 200,000 rubles (about $1,900).
Professor and Honored Doctor Yuri Serebryansky told SHOT Telegram channel that such a procedure was very dangerous for the baby. Even animals bite through the umbilical cord of their babies. Lotus birth may trigger purulent inflammation, and the baby will have to be operated on.