A Sprig of Jasmine Saves High-Risk Pregnancy

Infant and maternal mortality cases continue to haunt poor people. They cannot afford proper medical treatment. With a sprig of jasmine, midwives in the remote villages of Jepara attempt to prevent it.

Twenty-five pregnant mothers gathered at the house of Supomo, 74, resident of Karanggondang village, Mlonggo district, Jepara regency in Central Java on Saturday (18/3) morning. The wives of laborers and fishermen were ready to do pregnancy exercises. They were women with high-risk pregnancies.

Dewi Pusporini, a village midwife, instructed the more than five-month pregnant women.  The women were asked to lie on the floor, with their left leg bent upward, which they would slowly lift, while their right leg was straight.