Lambung Bayi Hanya Sebesar Kelereng

25-08-2008

Jangan pernah memaksakan memberikan makanan atau minuman kepada bayi baru lahir, cukup berikan ASI yang dihasilkan oleh ibu. Namun seringkali ibu berpikir, bagaimana mungkin ASI bisa mencukupi kebutuhan bayi, terutama pada masa-masa awal, dengan tingkat produksi ASI yang masih sangat sedikit.

Kolostrum atau ASI pertama yang diproduksi ibu biasanya hanya berjumlah sekitar 3-5 sendok teh. Tak perlu khawatir, karena volume sekecil itu pun sangat cukup untuk bayi, karena, di hari pertama kelahiran, lambung bayi hanya berkapasitas 5-7 mililiter, atau kurang lebih seukuran kelereng.

Di hari ketiga, lambung bayi mulai membesar dan kapasitasnya bertambah hingga 20-30 ml, atau seukuran bola bekel. Pada hari ketujuh, kapasitas lambung semakin bertambah dan mampu menampung hingga 44-60 ml, atau kira-kira seukuran bola pingpong.

Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kapasitas lambung bayi akan terus bertambah seiring pertumbuhan tubuhnya, secara bertahap. Sebagai orangtua, Anda tidak boleh memaksa memberikan makanan padat kepada bayi baru lahir, karena ASI adalah yang terbaik untuk bayi.

(Grupsehat/dila)

Sumber : Suaramerdeka

Hanya 40% bayi mendapat ASI eksklusif

Jumat, 22/08/2008 15:07 WIB

oleh : Berliana Elisabeth S.

JAKARTA (Bisnis.com): Hanya 40% bayi di Indonesia yang memperoleh ASI eksklusif, untuk itu World Vision bekerja sama dengan mitra lokalnya Wahana Visi Indonesia mengadakan kampanye mendukung ibu menyusui di Jayapura pada 21 dan 22 Agustus 2008.

Kegiatan ini dilangsungkan bersamaan dengan peringatan Pekan ASI Sedunia, sekaligus mengkampanyekan Inisiasi Menyusu Dini (IMD) untuk mengurangi resiko kematian bayi yang baru lahir.

Tahun ini, Pekan ASI mengangkat tema “Dukungan untuk Ibu Menyusui: Mencapai Standard Emas”.

“IMD dapat menyelamatkan sekurangnya 30 ribu bayi Indonesia yang meninggal bulan pertama kelahirannya,” ungkap� narasumber dr. Utami Roesli, pakar ASI di tingkat nasional dalam rilisnya yang diterima Bisnis.

Utami mengatakan air susu ibu (ASI) mengandung semua yang dibutuhkan bayi untuk tumbuh dan berkembang, dan keunggulannya tidak bisa ditandingi oleh susu formula manapun.

Enam bulan pertama setelah lahir, bayi seharusnya mendapat ASI saja (ASI Eksklusif) tanpa tambahan makanan dan minuman lainnya. ASI ekslusif terbukti berperan penting dalam kesehatan, kekebalan tubuh anak, kecerdasan anak, bahkan untuk menurunkan risiko penyakit-penyakit kronis saat dewasa nanti.

“Masih banyak informasi sekitar pentingnya pemberian ASI yang perlu diungkapkan. Gencarnya promosi susu formula menyebabkan banyak ibu maupun petugas kesehatan memilih susu formula yang mahal daripada ASI. Ataupun keengganan ibu memberikan ASI bagi anaknya karena adanya mitos hal tersebut dapat mempengaruhi bentuk fisik ibu,” ungkap Roriwo Karetji, Manajer Wahana Visi Indonesia untuk regio Papua.

Sebagai lembaga yang peduli pada anak, World Vision bekerja sama dengan mitra lokalnya Wahana Visi Indonesia mengadakan sejumlah kegiatan di Jayapura pada 21 dan 22 Agustus 2008. Narasumber utama dalam kegiatan ini adalah dr.Utami Roesli, pakar ASI di tingkat nasional.

Bertempat di Hotel Yasmin, Jayapura, kampanye mendukung pentingnya ASI ini diadakan dalam bentuk ‘Coffee Morning’ pada 21 Agustus. Kegiatan ini melibatkan para praktisi kesehatan di Papua (IBI, Puskesmas), Dinas Kesehatan Provinsi dan Kota, Tim Penggerak PKK Provinsi dan Kota.

Talkshow mengenai ASI bersama masyarakat umum diselenggarakan pada 22 Agustus 2008 di Plaza PTC, Jayapura. Bersama dr. Utami Roesli, turut hadir sebagai pembicara adalah Ibu Barnabas Suebu (Tim Penggerak PKK Provinsi), dr. Bagus S (Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Provinsi Papua), dan Roriwo Karetji (Manajer Regio Papua – Wahana Visi Indonesia).

Sumber : Bisnis.com

New mothers ‘illegally’ lured by formula milk companies

Wilson just had his first birthday last weekend and his mother was busy not only preparing for his party but also entertaining formula milk marketers.

“I got some phone calls from two milk companies and was sent a sample package of formula milk from another one. I think it’s because it’s time for Wilson to change his formula milk,” said Wilson’s mother, Melvin.

“I had a Caesarean section. After he was born, the nurse brought him to me … and we tried to give him breast milk but none came out. So the nurse asked me if I would like to give him formula milk,” she said.

She accepted the suggestion even though she could have chosen to insist on breast-feeding.

“I was told breast milk is better but I have not been producing enough. I don’t think there is any problem with formula milk. He has been healthy so far,” she said.

Reni Ningsih, a mother of a three-year-old and now six months’ pregnant, recalled a similar experience.

Neither was aware that the formula milk companies had violated international regulations in marketing their products to them, or that the medical practitioners should have encouraged them to give their children breast milk as stated in a 2004 ministerial decree on breast-feeding.

Formula milk companies are not allowed to contact mothers, and nurses are required to promote breast-feeding as stipulated in a 1981 World Health Assembly regulation on the marketing of breast milk substitutes.

The regulation says no promotional materials of any breast milk substitutes can be displayed at hospitals and in public spaces. Also, no events involving babies should display the sponsorship of any brands.

“Violations have continued for years. It has not changed much since we published a pamphlet on their violations in 2006,” Sri Sukotjo, a nutrition specialist of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said.

She said many hospitals still display or use promotional products in the form of posters, tissue boxes, clocks, scales and baby name tags.

Some companies distribute pamphlets at children’s events, while many events are often organized or sponsored by these companies.

The head of health and nutrition at Unicef Indonesia, Anne H. Vincent, last month said the marketing of formula milk was very aggressive and could shift mothers from breast-feeding to using bottled milk.

Nationally the rate of breast-feeding dropped 32.4 percent in 2007 from 42.4 percent 10 years ago, government data shows. The rate of bottle feeding rose to 27.9 percent from 21.1 percent during the same period.

The government has also tried to limit companies’ marketing through a 1997 ministerial decree on formula milk marketing. But the latest legislative draft on breast milk substitutes has been in limbo for three years without clear status, Anne added.

Central Jakarta Mayor Sylviana Murni said the government, which poses no penalties for not following regulations, was still distributing information on breast-feeding.

“There has been a reduction. We have circulated letters urging a reduction in exposure, especially in hospitals,” she said.

“The campaign for breast-feeding is actually very intense, just like the anti-smoking campaign. But people are still smoking even though the cigarette companies have stated that smoking is harmful,” Sylviana said.

Not only mothers are bombarded by advertising, but also some hospitals considered nonsupportive of breast-feeding despite the push from the government.

Mia Sutanto, chairwoman of the Indonesian Association of Breast-Feeding Mothers (AIMI), said her medical practitioner insisted on giving her baby (now four years old) formula milk and threatened the baby would lose weight if she did not.

“But newborns can actually survive without liquid for 48 hours and losing weight is normal for them,” she said.

She said mothers must do their homework to pursue breast-feeding and find supportive hospitals.

“The standard practices at many hospitals are not supportive of breast-feeding. Some doctors are reluctant. Without enough support from their doctors, hospitals and family, some mothers may find it hard to breast-feed,” she said.

Roesli Utami of the Indonesian Lactation Center said the campaign for breast-feeding was directed at the failings of healthcare providers, not the mothers.

“Mothers who do not breast-feed should not feel guilty, because that would make it even harder to breast-feed,” she said.

“The father plays an important role in this. In this era, breast-feeding is not only between mother and child but also the father,” she said. (mri)

Further information on breast-feeding is available at www.aimi-asi.org.

Source  : http://www.thejakartapost.com/