I personally think that the placenta should not be eaten because, 1) it’s gross. 2) It comes out of your own body. 3) Even though animals would eat it to stay away from their prey. We are not animals that have to fight for our safety of someone eating us. Also the placenta is not sterile once it comes out of the vagina cavity. Also people think the placenta gives you more oxytocin but once you eat it the body filters out the oxytocin and you don’t end up getting any from the placenta. Also this debate was fun the end.

I agree that male circumcision is the best and smartest decision if you have a male baby. It lowers your child’s risk for getting an infection and protects his future partners from getting cervical cancer or an infection. Also, if your baby is not circumcised you have to take more time into cleansing their genitals and it seems like such more of a hassle than what it actually has to be. The baby may be in pain for a few days following the circumcision, but later in life they would suffer more since there is higher risk for infection. If the genitals are not cleaned correctly they can get sore, and that is extremely painful. I also think it is somewhat degrading to the child as well. 

I enjoyed hearing different views on how people feel. I did not realize that people could not breast feed simply because there baby does not latch on. I am for breast feeding even though I was not breast feed. I think that a certain amount of immunity does not necessarily come from breast feeding since I do not get sick very often and I was not breast feed. I thought it was interesting to hear what people thought about consuming their placenta and some of the benefits that might come from it even though I do not think that I would be ingesting my placenta. 

In my opinion, I believe bottle-feeding is okay as long as it is breast milk. I believe breast milk is better for the baby rather than formula. It should be the mother’s first option and then of course if she runs into problems with pumping milk or latching, then the alternative would be formula. On the topic of circumcision, I understand why people don’t circumcise their child, but I see no harm in it and I think it will be easier for the boy going through life. As far as lotus birth, I am very open-minded and see no harm in keeping the cord/placenta attached. There are many potential benefits. If you are willing to go the extra mile and believe it is best for your kid, then all power to you. As far as eating the placenta, I believe it is no stranger than eating another living organism’s organs. If you feel like it’ll make you healthier, and even if it is just placebo, there is no harm done. I probably would consider doing so.