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Just after expulsion of your placenta, most fantastic control (see Figure babies are bathed. The only exception to this is in Gedeb AsasaDegefie et al. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014, 14:17 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/14/Page four ofwhere babies are bathed with warm water and soap just after the end from the initial day or on their second day. In Aleta Chuko, Sidama, babies are bathed with cold water since attendants say they may be too occupied by the delivery to warm some water and since they believe that "cold water makes babies develop and develop into fat". Regardless of whether they're bathed or not, babies are not dried with cloth, in accordance with most respondents. Rather the infant is just wrapped in cloth and placed towards the side of the mother or given to an additional caretaker.Breast feedingPost-natal care BreastfeedingEarly initiation of breastfeeding is variable. In most of the study communities, breastfeeding generally commences immediately after the placenta is expelled plus the baby is bathed, despite the fact that breastfeeding initiation may perhaps take place prior to bathing at times in Sidama. Mothers usually express the colostrum because it is perceived to become dirty and not superior for the child and that the subsequent breast milk is thinner and flows far better. In Gedeb Asasa, West Arsi, newborns may not be breastfed before the second day on account of perceptions that milk may not begin to flow or that the infant isn't up to it. In the meantime, newborns are provided warm water with sugar: [The 1st milk] is like pus or cream. We wash and massage the breasts and squeeze it out because it just isn't match for the baby.... We extract it since it is dirty and so that the child can feed easily [Grandmother, Arbe Gonna, Sidama].Identification and care for Low birth weight babiesGrandmothers and TBAs in the majority of the sites are aware of low birth babies, whereas some mothers reported that they do not know of such babies. Men and women recognize low birth weight babies by their extremely thin arms and legs and how light they had been when held by the hands. It's frequently believed that babies are born modest if their mother was either sick or malnourished in the course of pregnancy. `Those that are poor and do not live in comfort give birth to modest babies', stated a twenty a single year old mother in West Arsi. Others believe that low birth weight can be triggered by too much function or mitcha through pregnancy, prolonged labour, preterm birth, in addition to a mother's failure to drink a regional herbal medicine referred to as hamessa in Sidama. Some grandmothers and TBAs believe that babies with low birth weight are much more likely to die, grow to be sick or remain thin, and ought to as a result be taken to wellness facilities. Others believe that the babies would grow to regular weight if they obtain great care for example frequent baths and breastfeeding.The placenta fearing for the wellbeing with the baby when the placenta is damaged. We wash and massage the breasts and squeeze it out because it isn't fit for the baby....