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In Gedeb Asasa, West Arsi, newborns might not be breastfed ahead of the second day as a consequence of perceptions that milk may not commence to flow or that the child will not be as much as it. In the meantime, newborns are offered warm water with sugar: [The very first milk] is like pus or cream. We wash and massage the breasts and squeeze it out since it is not match for the child.... We extract it because it is dirty and so that the baby can feed quickly [Grandmother, Arbe Gonna, Sidama].Identification and care for Low birth weight babiesGrandmothers and TBAs in the majority of the internet sites are conscious of low birth babies, whereas some mothers reported that they usually do not know of such babies. Folks recognize low birth weight babies by their quite thin arms and legs and how light they had been when held by the hands. It is actually typically believed that babies are born tiny if their mother was either sick or malnourished for the duration of pregnancy. `Those who're poor and don't live in comfort give birth to compact babies', stated a twenty one year old mother in West Arsi. Others think that low birth weight could be triggered by a lot of perform or mitcha for the duration of pregnancy, prolonged labour, preterm birth, in addition to a mother's failure to drink a neighborhood herbal medicine called hamessa in Sidama. Some grandmothers and TBAs believe that babies with low birth weight are a lot more probably to die, become sick or remain thin, and N sections also supported small, vegetated should really consequently be taken to overall health facilities. Other people think that the babies would develop to typical weight if they get very good care which include frequent baths and breastfeeding.The placenta fearing for the wellbeing of the child when the placenta is broken. In Liben Chikuala, East Shewa, grandmothers report breastfeeding the infant even just before the placenta is expelled since they have been informed that breastfeeding helped its expulsion. Right after expulsion of the placenta, most babies are bathed. The only exception to this can be in Gedeb AsasaDegefie et al. BMC International Well being and Human Rights 2014, 14:17 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/14/Page four ofwhere babies are bathed with warm water and soap soon after the finish on the first day or on their second day. In Aleta Chuko, Sidama, babies are bathed with cold water due to the fact attendants say they are also occupied by the delivery to warm some water and mainly because they think that "cold water tends to make babies develop and turn into fat". Irrespective of whether they are bathed or not, babies are certainly not dried with cloth, in line with most respondents. Rather the infant is simply wrapped in cloth and placed for the side from the mother or offered to a different caretaker.Breast feedingPost-natal care BreastfeedingEarly initiation of breastfeeding is variable. In most of the study communities, breastfeeding normally commences right after the placenta is expelled as well as the child is bathed, despite the fact that breastfeeding initiation may well happen before bathing at instances in Sidama. Mothers usually express the colostrum since it is perceived to be dirty and not great for the baby and that the subsequent breast milk is thinner and flows far better.