THE EFFECT OF ACUPRESSURE MASSAGE ON BREAST MILK EXPLOSION IN BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS

Abstract

The benefits of breast milk are numerous, but not all mothers are successful in breastfeeding their babies due to various factors, one of which is substandard breast milk production. Based on data from the Baiturrahman Health Center, Banda Aceh City in 2022, of the total number of children aged 0-6 months of 892 babies, it is known that 514 babies received exclusive breast milk (57.7%) and 378 babies (42.4%) did not receive exclusive breast milk. This study aims to determine the effect of acupressure massage on breastfeeding mothers in Neusu Village, Aceh, Baiturrahman District, Banda Aceh City. Quasi-experimental research with a one group pretest-posttest design. The sampling technique was purposive sampling with a sample size of 15 people. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that after the acupressure massage, no mother experienced a decrease in breast milk flow (negative value, rank 0), there were 14 people who experienced an increase in breast milk flow after the acupressure massage (positive value, rank 14) and there was 1 person whose milk flow remained stable after the acupressure massage (fixed value 1) with a ρ value of 0.001. There is an effect of acupressure massage on the flow of breast milk in breastfeeding mothers. It is hoped that health workers will improve health services and provide information to the public, especially breastfeeding mothers, about how to increase the flow of breast milk and apply acupressure massage as a non-pharmacological effort to increase the flow of breast milk.