It seems that the government in Indonesia has come to realise that they have
a problem in this area. The WBW theme from last year (breastfeed within the
first 30 mins) was really taken up and they are trying to educate. The video
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9_KivNnEe0 is one example of efforts in
this area (before anyone posts picking apart some of the practices I'm just
posting to show the emphasis that is being placed on keeping mothers and
babies together and to let babies breastfeed- I'm not a midwife but I'm sure
there's lots to criticise).
You have to watch to the very end to get the song midwives use to remember
the 58 steps of normal delivery...it's a treat!
Karleen Gribble
Australia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heather Shelley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:52 PM
Subject: Indonesia


> When I was in Bali, Indonesia Nov 2006 the main reason that I noticed for
> formula usage, was in fact the hospitals. They separated mom and baby for
> many hours, had scheduled feeding times and visit times for a baby to
> visit
> it's mother.
>
> To top it all off if a family couldn't pay the hospital bill the baby was
> held by the hospital until the parents could pay the bill. Sometimes this
> could be a week or well longer, the whole time baby was being fed by the
> nurses.
>
>
>
> I worked at Bumi Sehat for that month which is extremely breastfeeding
> friendly (in fact there is no formula on the premises), but if we had to
> transfer, then who knew what would, or could happen.
>
> One transport was about an hour after the birth, we had the mother leave
> the
> baby with us to prevent the hospital from holding the baby until the bill
> was paid, and  seeing as mom had nursed the baby until we transported, we
> had a few hours while we waited for her family to arrive to take the baby
> to
> her lactating sister to care for.
>
>
>
> Heather Shelley CD, LCCE
>
> Midwifery Student MCU
>
> www.birthingyourway.com
>
> Utah, USA
>
>

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