THE EFFECT OF MARMET MASSAGE TECHNIQUE ON INCREASING BREAST MILK PRODUCTION IN BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS OF INFANTS AGED 0-6 MONTHS

Abstract

Breast milk is the most suitable, best and most perfect food for babies. Breast milk contains substances for development, intelligence, immune substances (preventing from various diseases). Many obstacles are faced by breastfeeding mothers for the lactation process, one of which is not producing enough breast milk. This study aims to analyze the effect of marmet technique on breast milk production in breastfeeding mothers aged 0-6 months. This study is a pre-experiment approach one group pre-test post-test design. Data was collected on August 18 - August 31, 2024 from 56 respondents by accidental sampling. Data processing included editing, coding, scoring, and tabulating. Then analyzed with McNemar test because the normality test was not normally distributed. The results of data analysis Breast milk production before the marmet technique was obtained entirely not smooth as many as 56 respondents (100%) and after the marmet technique was obtained almost entirely smooth as many as 51 respondents (91.1%). Translated with DeepL.com (free version)The results of the McNemar statistical test showed P Value = 0.000 < alpha (α) = 0.05, meaning that there is an effect of the marmet technique on breast milk production in breastfeeding mothers aged 0-6 months. It is very important for health workers, especially midwives, to provide continuous services regarding the marmet technique in increasing breast milk production. A midwife is responsible for carrying out services as optimally as possible based on professional ethics. The role of midwives is more dominant in the management of successful breastfeeding and the provision of non-pharmacological therapy