The Effectiveness of Neck Massage in Increasing Puerperal Mothers’ Breast Milk Quantity from Day One to Day Three in Bantul

Authore(s) : Lisa Putri Utami Damanik || Department of Applied Midwifery of Stikes Guna Bangsa YogyakartaIndonesia.

Volume : (13), Issue : 205, May - 2018

Abstract : Objectives: The common problem is that the mother experiences interrupted production of breast milk during day one to day three. Neck massage and pectoralis major muscles massage have been proven to be effective in milk production but  there  is  yet  any  information explaining about  which  of   neck   massage  and  pectoralis  major muscles massage that is more effective in increasing the quantity of breast milk. The study is to investigate the effectiveness of neck massage in increasing the number of puerperal mother’s milk during day one to day three in Bantul using pre-experiment, the static group comparison design research method. The samples of the research are 27 respondents in the group of neck massage, 27 respondents in the group of pectoralis major muscles massage. Methods: The sampling technique used Propotionate Systematic  Random  Sampling.  The  massage  was  done once a day in 15 minutes for 3 days. The data were analyzed  using  Mann  Whitney.  The  sampling  results  of this study discovered that the majority of respondents are 21-23 years old with normal nutritional status and have more than one child. Results: It was obtained that p-value of 0.000 (p<0.05) shows that neck massage has a significant effect on increasing the quantity of puerperal mother’s milk on day one to day three in Bantul. This research discovered that neck massage is more effective than pectoralis major muscles massage  in  increasing  puerperal mother’s milk from day one to day three in Bantul. Conclusion: After researched that neck massage is effective in increasing the quantity of puerperal mother’s milk in Bantul. And neck massage is more effective than pectoralis major muscles massage in increasing puerperal mother’s milk production from day one to day three in Bantul.

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