Breastfeeding Techniques in Breast Milk Dams of Primipara Mothers at Gynecology Room

Abstract

At the time of post-partum often stopped breastfeeding because her breasts hurt improperly i.e. the
sitting position is not upright, the baby's head and body are not in a straight line and the baby's chin does
not touch the mother's breast. The purpose of the study to find out the relationship about breastfeeding
techniques with the occurrence of breast milk dams in first gravid mothers (Primipara) in the Hospital
This research is Descriptive Analytic with cross sectional design that is to know the relationship about
breastfeeding techniques with the occurrence of breast milk dams in primipara mothers. A total of
38 people were taken using accidental sampling techniques. The research data was tested using chi
square test. Respondents who experienced breast milk dams did not apply the majority of breastfeeding
techniques that were lacking, namely as many as 26 respondents (69%), and respondents who did not
experience breast milk dams mostly applied good breastfeeding techniques, namely 12 respondents
(31%). After the statistic test with chi square obtained p value = 0.002 (p<0.05). The conclusion of this
study is that there is a relationship of the level of knowledge about breastfeeding techniques with the
occurrence of breast milk dams in primipara mothers with a value of p = 0.002< α = 0.05. The suggestion
of this research is that the results of this study can be used as input material to nurses, especially about
maternity nursing about the relationship of knowledge level about breastfeeding techniques with the
occurrence of breast milk dams in primipara mothers..