Breast care is one important part that must be considered as a preparation for breastfeeding later, this is because the breast is an essential organ that is the staple food-producing breast milk newborn, so maintenance should be done as early as possible. By doing breast care properly and regularly can strengthen, flex and overcome terpendamnya nipple so the baby to suck milk easily and also to maintain the success of breast, prevent blockage and useful to strengthen the skin thus preventing the occurrence of injuries at the start of breastfeeding. This study aims to determine the effect of treatment of breast engorgement.
This study uses a design study of a correlation with the number of samples as many as 30 people. The instrument used was a questionnaire. The data was collected in January-March 2011. Data were analyzed using simple linear regression analysis model with t-test at a 5% error level.
The results of this study show that there is a significant relationship between breast care with the level of maternal postpartum breast engorgement with t count value = 10.066. Swelling of the breast affected by postpartum mothers breast care habits by 78.3%. While the remaining 21.7% influenced by other variables not examined. Researchers recommend that pregnant women are used to perform breast care, and continued until the postpartum or breastfeeding so that she can avoid the possibility of breast swelling that can interfere with breastfeeding mothers and comfort in performing daily activities
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