THE INFLUENCE OF EARLY BREASTFEEDING INITIATION ON POSTPARTUM MOTHERS’ BREAST MILK PRODUCTION IN LISMARINI INDEPENDENT MIDWIFERY PRACTICE PALEMBANG

2017-11-05

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Early initiation or early breastfeeding is the process of allowing the infant with his own instinct to suckle immediately within the first hour after birth, along with the skin contact between the baby and the mother’s skin. The baby is left for at least an hour in the mother’s chest until he does breastfeeding alone. This study purposed to analyze the influence of early breastfeeding initiation on breast milk production in post partum mothers at Independent Midwifery Practice Lismarini Palembang. This study was a posttest only control group design. The sample withdrawal is conducted by using “purpose sampling” technique with 30 respondents. The measurement scale in this study used nominal scale, data in this study using chi square statistical test with 95% confidence level. The results of this study showed that the sufficient milk production on the first day was (16.7%), third day milk production was (46.7%), and the tenth day of sufficient milk day was (73.3%). Chi Square statistic showed that there was significant influence of early breastfeeding initiation on breast milk production in post partum mother between the group who initiated early breastfeeding and group who did not initiate early breastfeeding with (ρ value = 0,035 <α 0,05). Keywords : Early Breastfeeding Initiation, Breast Milk Production