The Effectiveness Of Breast Care And Soy Milk Production On The Production Of Mom's Breast Milk

Background: The role of breastfeeding is very important and can even affect the risk of death.
Breastfeeding can save up to 30,000 infant deaths in Indonesia, and exclusive breastfeeding can prevent 10 million
deaths of children under five in the world every year. Low milk production is a major problem for new mothers, apart
from flat or inverted nipples, sore nipples, swollen breasts, and lack of or misinformation. This will have a bad effect
on the baby. After all, mothers usually look for alternatives by giving formula milk to their babies which causes the
intensity of the baby's sucking to decrease because they take turns using formula milk which makes less milk come
out because the baby is full and lazy to suckle.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of breast care and soy milk
provision in the production of breast milk for postpartum mothers.
Method: This research was conducted in the Sidomulyo Health Center, Pekanbaru City starting from March
to May 2021. This type of research is Quasy Experimental research. The population of this study was all postpartum
mothers who had babies who were at the SarinahPratama Clinic and PMB HasnaDewi. The sample of this research
was 20 postpartum mothers who were divided into 2 groups and selected by purposive sampling. The data collection method is observation with the observation sheet instrument. Data analysis used Mann-Whitney with a significant
level of 95%.
Results: The results showed that the average milk production in the breast care intervention group was
better, namely 171.90 ml (SD 42.91) compared to the soy milk group, namely 84.10 ml (SD 15.99).
Conclusion: This study concludes that there is a difference in the production of breast milk in postpartum
mothers who are given breast care and who are given soy milk (p = 0.000), namely breast care is more effective in
increasing breast milk production.
Suggestion It is hoped that breast care is expected as one of the routines at home for postpartum mothers
who are breastfeeding to increase milk production and support the success of exclusive breastfeeding.

Keywords: Soy Milk Provision, Breast Care, Breastmilk Production