If a womb conceived life, the lining forms into a placenta. It is the part that is connected to the new soul and growing baby via the umbilical cord.
During birth time it is important to wait with cutting this cord. Since it connects us to the source of nutrition for 9 months. It will disconnect naturally or you can cut it when it turns completely white.
There’s something called a lotus birth where you keep the placenta attached to the baby after birth. This has a range of benefits for the newborn baby.
Ask your baby energetically if this is what’s needed. You’ll know.
The placenta is more than a physical connection to the baby, it is an energetic umbilical cord. That connects us to our Mother Earth.
One of the beautiful rituals you can do with the placenta is to offer it back to the earth and bury it. Is magic. It reminds the child that it is forever connected to Mother Earth.