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Mom Celebrates Birth With A Pic Of Her Newborn’s Umbilical Cord Spelling Out ‘LOVE’
Placenta is not something you may want to look up on Google images. However, Australian photographer Emma Jean Nolan not only snapped a photo of a Maori newborn Harper with his placenta still attached, she also spelled out ‘LOVE’ with his umbilical cord.
“I aim to empower and inform women through my artwork and to show the world the beauty of life and motherhood in all its forms,” said Nolan to Bored Panda. “Birth is beautiful, raw and awe inspiring, it never loses it’s magic no matter how many you see.”
“I wanted to show what a physiological birth looks like as most people have never seen a baby still connected to their placenta,” said Nolan. “The placenta is not something that is appreciated or honored in the Western culture. It is generally discarded, ignored and considered disgusting. However without the placenta none of us would be here.”
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“I wanted to show what a physiological birth looks like as most people have never seen a baby still connected to their placenta”
“The placenta is not something that is appreciated or honored in the Western culture. It is generally discarded, ignored and considered disgusting”
“As a Maori baby his placenta will now be returned to the land. The word ‘whenua’ relates to the placenta and to the land. Whenua (placenta) is returned to the whenua (land) with the pito (umbilical cord) the link between the newborn and papatuanuku (mother earth).”
Thank you, Emma Jean Nolan, for talking to Bored Panda about your wonderful work!
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JenniferP 9 years ago
Does everything have to be spread around the internet? We do many things that are simply to be shared with our loved ones and not with the whole wide world / the world wide web...
YvonneBernal 9 years ago
I don't need to see somebody's hemorrhoid to know that it exists. This is just another pathetic attempt to awe people with something out of the ordinary. Why can't some memories be kept for those intended to be included. NOT EVERYTHING needs to be shared and NOT EVERYBODY cares to see what is meant as a personal experience.
Mariët Maanen 8 years ago
No need to shout. We get your point. Personally i like the picture. U don't, so u might like to look at something else? Just swipe!
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fredericeeckman 9 years ago
I'm not grossed that the fact it's a placenta, I mean it's a part of life. But maybe it's not the kind of things you exposed for the world to see ? Someone going to his doctor should start to post his stool sample ? I understand that the purpose of that is beautiful, but...
RomkeEgbers 9 years ago
Only 3 out of 28 reactions are positive. So, 25 of them are that far separated from the wonders of nature, that they perceive it as disgusting. As the author of this article already predicted: people from the western "civilisation" are taught to think negatively about things like these. Because, you see, it's just culture, it's the way we are taught to think. By the way: there is nothing in the picture that can call disgusting. I see not even red bloody slimy masses or things like that. No, gross and disgusting is not the picture itself, but these comments without any nuances, they are.
maryhadalittlelamb 9 years ago
ya, why are there so many negative comments? i thought it is beautiful
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Mehmetİnceoğlu 9 years ago
Now everything is usable to get some likes on Facebook. Even your newborns...
AlanAurmont 9 years ago
Mom also should celebrate baby's first poop by spelling "love" with poop. That would be so cute. Awwww.
MandyDelaforce(PCGirl) 9 years ago
Nope. Not cute - just ridiculous. New mothers are unfortunately affected by the huge amount of hormones, so its not her fault.
auśrora 9 years ago
Thank you for so beautiful post Julia! If it was a photo of heart or kidney everybody would be ok with it, but it is PLACENTA omg!?! Some people have twisted perception and it is sad that some people don't see story behind the photo and that is delayed cord clamping - so much better for baby's health , and yes that is worth of sharing and seeing
MaryTonningsen 9 years ago
I love it - beautiful baby, beautiful concept! I like the story behind it, too. These kinds of posts always touch my heart. So call me a sap. :)
helen 9 years ago
Thanks for posting this. It fulfills people's natural curiosity. I'm glad everybody can post whatever they want these days, and nothing about the human body remains a secret kept by doctors any longer. Everybody can choose to look at whatever they want to. Now I wish the baby didn't look as if it was photoshopped clean (they don't look like that right after birth), and the photo had the original colors, but still, that's your interpretation of stuff. Thanks for posting, again.
NalaSkye 9 years ago
Actually they do my daughter did bc they clean them up after birth now they dont want the newborns to have vernex on them anywere at all i didnt even get to hold her untill she was that spotless like that baby in this picture.
Load More Replies... JenniferP 9 years ago
Does everything have to be spread around the internet? We do many things that are simply to be shared with our loved ones and not with the whole wide world / the world wide web...
YvonneBernal 9 years ago
I don't need to see somebody's hemorrhoid to know that it exists. This is just another pathetic attempt to awe people with something out of the ordinary. Why can't some memories be kept for those intended to be included. NOT EVERYTHING needs to be shared and NOT EVERYBODY cares to see what is meant as a personal experience.
Mariët Maanen 8 years ago
No need to shout. We get your point. Personally i like the picture. U don't, so u might like to look at something else? Just swipe!
Load More Replies... fredericeeckman 9 years ago
I'm not grossed that the fact it's a placenta, I mean it's a part of life. But maybe it's not the kind of things you exposed for the world to see ? Someone going to his doctor should start to post his stool sample ? I understand that the purpose of that is beautiful, but...
RomkeEgbers 9 years ago
Only 3 out of 28 reactions are positive. So, 25 of them are that far separated from the wonders of nature, that they perceive it as disgusting. As the author of this article already predicted: people from the western "civilisation" are taught to think negatively about things like these. Because, you see, it's just culture, it's the way we are taught to think. By the way: there is nothing in the picture that can call disgusting. I see not even red bloody slimy masses or things like that. No, gross and disgusting is not the picture itself, but these comments without any nuances, they are.
maryhadalittlelamb 9 years ago
ya, why are there so many negative comments? i thought it is beautiful
Load More Replies... Mehmetİnceoğlu 9 years ago
Now everything is usable to get some likes on Facebook. Even your newborns...
AlanAurmont 9 years ago
Mom also should celebrate baby's first poop by spelling "love" with poop. That would be so cute. Awwww.
MandyDelaforce(PCGirl) 9 years ago
Nope. Not cute - just ridiculous. New mothers are unfortunately affected by the huge amount of hormones, so its not her fault.
auśrora 9 years ago
Thank you for so beautiful post Julia! If it was a photo of heart or kidney everybody would be ok with it, but it is PLACENTA omg!?! Some people have twisted perception and it is sad that some people don't see story behind the photo and that is delayed cord clamping - so much better for baby's health , and yes that is worth of sharing and seeing
MaryTonningsen 9 years ago
I love it - beautiful baby, beautiful concept! I like the story behind it, too. These kinds of posts always touch my heart. So call me a sap. :)
helen 9 years ago
Thanks for posting this. It fulfills people's natural curiosity. I'm glad everybody can post whatever they want these days, and nothing about the human body remains a secret kept by doctors any longer. Everybody can choose to look at whatever they want to. Now I wish the baby didn't look as if it was photoshopped clean (they don't look like that right after birth), and the photo had the original colors, but still, that's your interpretation of stuff. Thanks for posting, again.
NalaSkye 9 years ago
Actually they do my daughter did bc they clean them up after birth now they dont want the newborns to have vernex on them anywere at all i didnt even get to hold her untill she was that spotless like that baby in this picture.
Load More Replies...
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