Postpartum bonding in father with baby in the East Jakarta sub-district's community health center

Abstract

The father's ability to form bonds both physically and emotionally with his baby is a condition that is very important for the development of a father's mental health. This study aims to identify postpartum bonding images in fathers and infants. This study used a cross-sectional design with consequtive sampling, which conducted to390 fathers who had babies aged three to six months. This research was conducted in the East Jakarta Sub-District Community Health Center from March to June 2019. The instruments used in this study were modified from the English-language Postpartum Bonding Questionaires (PBQ). The results of this study found that the images of the father's relationship with the baby, in which about 142 fathers (36.4%), had a bad bond. The study is expected to provide motivation for fathers to bond with babies from the wife's pregnancy to prevent the occurrence of paternal depression in the postpartum period.