The Cultural Factors in Early Postpartum Care Society in Manurunge Village, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Post-partum is the period after delivery finished up 6 weeks or 42 days. Once during childbirth, reproductive organs will undergo changes as before pregnancy. To know the cultural factor in postnatal care community in Manurunge village, south Sulawesi, Indonesia. This type of research is qualitative research. The participants were 10 peoples including the mother postpartum / breastfeeding, midwives and leader community. The research shows that 1) Care during childbirth is very important in Maintaining the health of mother and baby both physically and psychologically. Puerperal period is a period of no less importance to the pregnancy, because the baby's life is depending on their mother. 2) Manurunge Village community in postnatal care including a) tied a cloth on the abdomen when after birth, b) Do not lift the burden is too heavy, c)Push breast while showering, 4) Mothers should be encouraged shower 2 times a day and evening. 3) It is recommended consuming foods such as vegetables and legumes such as leaves of kale and peanuts to help augment milk production of mother. 4) matters/things become taboo in the puerperium namely: a) Do not eat maize, hot food, acidic foods, and water ice, c) Do not take the child out of the house up to 40 days because it may cause the disease to the children or entitled to be follow spirits, 5) an important thing to do is aqiqah or Islamic tradition. The conclusion of this research is: there are still many postnatal care cultures are applied in Manurunge village, south Sulawesi, Indonesia