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suggested by Esterberg (2002) was employed for
data collection process and the interviewing proc-
ess. The interviewing method offers the researcher
to access women ideas, thoughts and memories
in their own words instead of researcher's word
(Reinharz & Chase, 2003). Interview pretest ques-
tion were conducted to see the formality of the
language, the sense-or non-sense of the question
and familiarity of the question need to be tested
as noted by Esterberg (2002) to avoid pitfall dur-
ing data collection process. The questions were
revised and reworded as followed to form an open
ended question as women are more spontaneous
to it (Reinharz & Chase, 2003). The actual data
collection took approximately thirty to forty
minutes.
own food intakes, Informant 3, the older genera-
tion mother really depending on her mother from
the first until the fourth child when she articulated
in short:
“Definitely my mother….”
The husband does not really play their role dur-
ing the postpartum period when Informant 3 later
added on her deceased husband:
“my late husband doesn't really care because he said
that there is no such thing as 'pantang larang' in
food…everything is good”
Informant 2 did not explain directly about how
hospital plays a role in constructing her first food
intake during postpartum but it is understood in a
same notion as previous informant:
4
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Social influences on food intakes during the
postpartum period
It is not surprising to hear that all informants give
an almost similar answer on who is determining the
food consumption during the postpartum period.
“During my time in hospital, I just ate whatever that
is served by nurses and food that were brought by my
mother and mother-in-law since I have no idea about
food that is beneficial for my health”
Informant 1 demystified it:
“My mother and mother-in-law [determining food
intakes] during my first baby”
“I have to admit that I obtained the information
relating to postpartum guidelines firstly from nurses
who took care of me”
Yet, women are becoming more independent to
select food that is suitable with their body needs
when they undergone the next postpartum period
of the following child as Informant 1 explained:
Informant 3 pondered and recalled her memory
which offers an insight the limitation of reading
material that lead to why old generation mother
accept every food intake and practice from her
mother's experience during her first confinement
period:
“For my second baby, still my mother and mother-in-
law determine my food intake but I also decide it for
myself based on the experience I gathered on my first
child postpartum period and knowledge I obtained
through reading”
“…following my mom and grandma's experience
should offer me an advantage”
She added further that she personalized her die-
tary intake during the postpartum period due to
the factor of allergy to certain food:
Informant 2 took an easy understanding thus
creating her own opinion by looking on the con-
dition of her mother and mother in law. Never-
theless, she did state the differences of dietary
practices from both mother and mother in law but
decided to follow anything that would benefit for
her health:
“After I deliver my second baby, I eat food that would
be based on my body tolerance because I am allergic
to certain food such as nuts.”
Informant 2 added relatives played their part in
easing the postpartum period:
“Most of the traditional belief that has been told by
my mother and mother-in-law are good. …there are
so many traditional beliefs which in my experience
based on my mother and mother-in-law…different
set of traditional beliefs but I cannot say that one is
better than the other”
“My mother and mother-in-law [decide the food]
during my first baby. Also, my cousins who had
undergone this painstaking food preparation and
consumption during postpartum period”
Unlike Informant 1, the young generation
mother who has the eagerness to personalize her
Informant 2 provides a ground for a slight disa-
greement when she said:
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