Research Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: October | Volume: 6 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 116-117
The Effect of Breast Treatment Towards Mother’s Breast Milk Volume on Post Partum in Midwifery Practice at Primary Health Care of Andalas, Padang West Sumatera Province Indonesia
Eltriya Septiyani1, Yusri Dianne Jurnalis2, Hirowati Ali3
1Master of Midwifery Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang City, Indonesia
2Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang City, Indonesia
3Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang City, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Eltriya Septiyani
ABSTRACT
Background: Breast milk production can be stimulated with breast treatment. Breast treatment could stimulate prolactin and oxytocin glands and hormones for increasing the production of breast milk. The aim of the study was determine the effect of breast treatment towards mother’s breast milk volume on post partum in midwifery practice at Primary Health Care of Andalas, Padang West Sumatera Province Indonesia.
Methods: The study was conducted using an experimental study with post test and control only group design, in the midwifery practice at Primary Health Care of Andalas, Padang West Sumatera Province Indonesia from September 2018-September 2019. The populations in this study were all pregnant women with gestational aged 30-34 weeks until the pregnant women undergo childbirth and post partum, sample size 24 respondents in intervention and control group. Sampling technique was done with simple random sampling. Hypothesis test used mann-whitney test. A two-tailed P-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: The results of the study known the average breast milk volume was higher in the intervention group than in the control group were 56.91 ± 10.90 ml and 14.16 ± 3.19 ml. There was an effect of breast treatment towards mother’s breast milk volume on post partum (p<0.05).
Conclusion: This analysis confirmed an effect of breast treatment towards mother’s breast milk volume on post partum.
Key words: Breast Treatment, Breast Milk, Volume, Post Partum
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