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Help me cope with new motherhood in the heat

  1. Nur Yanayirah
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Nur Yanayirah describes how extreme heat affected her pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood

In 2013 I was heavily pregnant with my daughter during a period of extreme weather in Indonesia. A long dry season had caused drought, and the water where I lived had become full of sediment and was undrinkable.

The day I gave birth to my daughter was hot, and the air conditioning in the delivery room wasn’t working properly. The room was poorly ventilated, and there was no privacy, which made me feel uncomfortable and short of breath. I had previously had a traumatic experience with the stillbirth of my first baby, and the heat compounded my stress and discomfort, so the doctors and I decided to opt for a caesarean section.

Breastfeeding in the hot weather was challenging because I needed so much water to stay hydrated and to regulate my body temperature.I was …

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