PENGETAHUAN IBU NIFAS TENTANG MANFAAT PIJAT OKSITOSIN DALAM MENINGKATKAN PRODUKSI ASI

Abstract

Insufficient breastmilk is the main reason for a mother to stop breastfeeding early, as she feels that she does not have enough milk production to meet the baby's needs and support adequate weight gain because it does not come out or the production is not smooth. Effective treatments to increase milk production include breast care by maintaining hygiene and massaging the breasts, as well as oxytocin massage. The aim is to find out how the knowledge of postpartum mothers about the benefits of oxytocin massage in increasing breast milk production at TK IV Hospital 01.07.03 Padangsidimpuan. This is still far from the national target of 80%. This study used Accidental Sampling as many as 30 respondents. From the results of the study it is known that the majority of knowledge is lacking as much as 96.7%, the majority of knowledge is lacking with age 20-40 years is 93.3%, knowledge is lacking with high school education is 60.0%, knowledge is lacking with housewife work is 66.7%, knowledge is lacking with parity Multiparous mothers are 46.7%, the majority of knowledge is lacking with information sources and Electronic Media is 73.3%. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the majority of postpartum women's knowledge about oxytocin massage in increasing breast milk production is still lacking, so it is expected that postpartum women to increase knowledge about oxytocin massage in increasing breast milk production by performing oxytocin massage on postpartum women.