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00:00It's more about having the confidence and empowering yourself to do something that is enough for that baby.
00:06Mothers receive more constant criticism that it's not enough when it's a food designed specifically for that baby.
00:16So, through the education that Carol and I offer, it's empowering her, and not just her, but the people around her.
00:24Because she can be very safe, but if she has a person next to her saying it's not enough, she gets hungry,
00:29that affects a woman in her most vulnerable state, which is postpartum.
00:34So, at the center of Fort, we provide the correct information, both for her, her family, her partner, and the doctor.
00:44Do you have the statistics of how the indexes of maternity leave are in the country?
00:49Look, yesterday I was talking to a doctor about the new statistics, and she told me it went up by 2%.
00:56So, it's around 8% of mothers who breastfeed up to 6 months.
01:01Which is very, very low. Sad.
01:06When almost 100% of mothers have the capacity to breastfeed.
01:11So, with this conference, you're trying to raise awareness?
01:17Well, with this conference, if we're going to raise awareness, invite mothers to keep looking for information,
01:23to look for breastfeeding doctors who are their allies, not against breastfeeding.
01:30We have to break a lot of myths, and I think the first two or three months are the most difficult.
01:38Because then people say, oh, but look, look how chubby, oh, it's breast milk.
01:44But those first months, the mother feels a lot of insecurity.
01:47In addition to receiving a lot of, she does not receive the cultural support that she requires.
01:53We know that in the country there are many mothers with scarce resources.
01:56How can these women from vulnerable sectors break with these myths?
02:00Look, if you knew that even in clinics, in public hospitals, mothers go out to breastfeed.
02:07Because breastfeeding is not allowed.
02:10Yes, but the problem is outside.
02:12When they finally go out, they understand that it is a social status to say, let's buy the milk.
02:19When they have the best milk.
02:22So, you have to break with many myths, many beliefs that are not based on evidence.
02:29We have the launch program of our maternity reference.
02:33It is a program of benefits aimed at pregnant women.
02:37I try to provide them with a positive and personalized experience.
02:40To all our patients, both in our laboratory branches, as in the blood bank and also in reference.
02:47What kind of benefits?
02:49They will get discounts, they will have the participation of talks, of raffles.
02:53They will also be able to participate in workshops.
02:56As well as they will also have unique attention, a personalized exclusive service.
03:02And this type of benefit.
03:04How do you see the maternity in the Dominican Republic?
03:10Has it decreased or increased?
03:13The truth is that it did not touch that age.
03:17Your name please?
03:19Maria Iniguez.
03:21In your position?
03:22Manager of Mercadel.