Alternative birthing choices such as water births, consumption of placenta (Placentophagy), lotus birth (umbilical nonseverance), vaginal seeding (the practice of inoculating an infant born by cesarean section with a sampling of fluid from the vagina of the birth parent), and deferring newborn vaccinations have gained popularity in recent years. This week, a new clinical report was published in Pediatrics, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, that