Postpartum Mothers Knowledge About Kangaroo Mother Care in NICU Room RSUD Buleleng

Premature and LBW in Indonesiais diminishing but is still quite high at 52% per 100 live births. In RSUD Buleleng in the last year of 2015 there were 275 LBW, handling can be done one of them is by doing.Kangaroo Mother Care is skin contact immediately the baby to the mother, which can inprove infant survival, especially that experienced LBW (Low Birth Weight) or premature. This method actually mimic animal marsupial kangaroo where baby kangaroo born normally stored in the mother’s pouch to prevent cold (hypothermia). The purpose of this study was to Postpartum Mothers Knowledge About Kangaroo Mother Care in NICU Room RSUD Buleleng. Method: this reseaerch is using desceriptive. Collecting data using purposive sampling with a sampler size of 35 people. Result: of the research I have done one 43 respondents mostly have good knowledge of as many as 23 (39%) and small portion  have less knowledge as much as 9 respondents (14%). Conclution: based on the data analysis has beeen carried out the research So it can be councluded that the majority of respondents already have a good knowledge of the Kangaroo Mother Care as many as 23 (39%)  .   Keywords: Knowledge, Puerperal women, Kangaroo Mother Care.