Nursing Care for Post Partum Mother Using Massage BOM Therapy for The Flowness of Breast Milk at Midwife Independent Practice Wirahayu Panjang

Abstract

Breast milk is the most appropriate nutrition for newborns up to 6 months because the baby's intestines are not yet able to digest food. In addition, breast milk contains many benefits, including nutrition, hormones, immunity, growth factors, anti-allergies in infants. This study aims to determine and analyze nursing care for postpartum mothers with problems of breast milk fluency using BOM Massage therapy. This research design uses qualitative methods with a case study approach. The subjects in this study were 3 respondents of post partum mothers with the problem of breast milk that was not fluent. The intervention given is BOM Massage Therapy which is carried out 2 times a day for 2 consecutive days. The instrument used in the study was the breast milk fluency observation sheet and the standard operating procedure of BOM Massage. The results of the study were obtained from the three respondents, that there was a change from not smooth to smooth on the mother's factor, and also a change from not smooth to smooth on the baby's factor, after being given the BOM Massage intervention. The conclusion of this study is that BOM Massage is effective on breast milk fluency in post partum mothers.