December 21st, 2009 
lia Jakarta. Giving Breast (ASI) is often combined with infant formula milk since birth. But this can not be justified, because breast milk is the only option that should be given from the baby’s birth to 6 months in advance.
Rampant advertising that infant formula found on television, Internet, newspapers and on the fringes of the way enough to give considerable influence on the success of exclusive breastfeeding in the community.
“The level of breastfeeding in Indonesia were admittedly low. Even the state of Afghanistan is often a conflict of feed rate is still higher than we are,” said Mia Sutanto, chairman of the Association of Indonesian Breastfeeding Mother (Aimi) in the morning coffee in Aimi Sambara Restaurant, Jakarta, Monday (21/12/2009).
Mia reveals more information about 50 percent of the problems occurred in Indonesia is due to marketing of formula milk advertising. If the manufacturers of formula milk should not make an ad in all sectors, then half of nursing problems in Indonesia can be overcome. So that the government and community living supports exclusive breastfeeding movement, straighten out the myths that there are about breastfeeding and provide education about breastfeeding.
One of consistency in terms of campaigning Aimi breastfeeding is by joining with organizations and communities to reject the breast care health bill related to the word formula in the Bill. Aimi and until the other party successfully urged the deputies to abolish the formula milk as well as providing articles for all the sanctions that prevent breastfeeding.
Infant formula has been claimed as sterile products, but according to Mia, who can guarantee that the product is actually sterile. Because the process must go through various stages until it can be sold, there are many such as possible contamination in the factory process, delivery process and when making infant formula, whether the bottle and the water was sterile.
“As a newborn, his intestines are still shaped holes and can only be covered perfectly by the colostrum contained in breast milk. Then what would happen if a perforated bowel is filled by foreign substances such as infant formula, it is actually very risky,” said Mia Sutanto .
ASI is already established pregnancy at age 16 to 22 weeks and the baby’s placenta itself out of the pregnancy hormones will decrease while breastfeeding hormones will increase. When 1-3 days after birth, breast milk is likely to grow more and more often sucked by the baby’s milk production will be more and more.
In essence there is no reason for women not to give milk to her baby, because all the substances needed by the new-born babies are found in the milk. It is estimated that only 1 in 1,000 mothers who can not breastfeed her child because there are abnormalities in the breast of the mother and these abnormalities could be detected since the pregnancy.
Mia clearly known, in fact many risks that can be caused if the mother does not give milk and just give formula milk only. One of them is the possibility of bacterial contamination from the outside, babies immune system is not too strong and can damage the teeth later on due to the use of baby milk bottles.
“For mothers who breast-feeding support from husbands, parents, and also the in-laws is necessary for the mother more confident. The year 2010 is expected to breastfeeding rates in Indonesia may rise,” said Nia Umar, vice chairman of Aimi.
Many ways that can be done by the mother to continue giving breast milk to her child, including for mothers who work or are traveling. For example by pumping breast milk and store it in the fridge or if you are outside can be a way to use button-front dress and covered it with a scarf or Pasmina.
“The milk is not the best but the only option (only option) milk for babies,” said Mia.
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