THE DIFFERENCE OF BREAST MILK PRODUCTION IN POST PARTUM MOTHERS PERFORMED ACUPRESSURE POINTS TECHNIQUE FOR LACTATION AND BREAST CARE TECHNIQUE

Abstract

During pregnancy, the prolactin hormone from placenta increases but breast milk
usually does has come out because it is still inhibited by high estrogen levels. On the second
or third day of postpartum, estrogen and progesterone levels drop significantly, so the effect
of prolactin is more dominant and secretion of breast milk begins. By breastfeeding earlier
the secretion of breast milk gets smoother. Based on a preliminary study, 46.0% of post
partum mothers experienced non-breast milk. This study aims to determine the differences in
the production of breast milk in post partum mothers who performed acupressure techniques
for lactation and breast care techniques.
This research is a kind of research of quasy exsperimental design with non equivalent
control group design. The samples were 7 post partum mothers that used acupressure
techniques for lactation and 7 post partum mothers used breast care techniques from in
February to March 2017. The sampling technique used was non probability sampling
(consecutive sampling).
From the statistic test of Independent T-Test indicates that α = 0.05 and P value 0.03 thus
P Value<alpha (0.03 <0.05) so that H0 is rejected and Ha accepted there was a difference in
breast milk production in post partum mothers performed acupressure and breast care
techniques in the BPM Sri Wahyuni area, S.ST Surabaya.
Midwives are able to socialize this acupressure technique to all post partum mothers, so
that midwives can help secretion of breast milk production for post partum mothers with
acupressure techniques with relatively cheaper costs.