The Influence of Giving Sweet Potato Leaf Boiled Water to the Acceleration of Breastmilk Production in Nursing Mothers in the Kuta Baro Health Center, Aceh Besar, Indonesia

Maharani Maharani; Nurbaiti Nurbaiti; Lia Lajuna; Yulia Fitri; Putri Santi; Sutrisno Sutrisno

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2021.5706

Authors

Maharani Maharani Department of Midwifery, Polytechnic of Health, Ministry of Health, Aceh, Indonesia
Nurbaiti Nurbaiti Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia
Lia Lajuna Department of Midwifery, Polytechnic of Health, Ministry of Health, Aceh, Indonesia
Yulia Fitri Department of Midwifery, Polytechnic of Health, Ministry of Health, Aceh, Indonesia
Putri Santi Department of Midwifery, Polytechnic of Health, Ministry of Health, Aceh, Indonesia
Sutrisno Sutrisno Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.5706

Keywords:

Sweet potato, Breastmilk production, Nursing mothers

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Breastmilk (ASI) is the best food for babies. Adequacy of breast milk plays a vital role in the process of growth and development of babies. One way that can be done to increase the rate of secretion and production of breast milk is by giving boiled water for sweet potato leaves.

AIM: To analyze the effect of giving boiled sweet potato leaves on the acceleration of milk production in nursing mothers

METHODS: The research design used in this study was pre-experimental with a pretest-posttest design. This research was conducted in the Kuta Baro Health Center, Kuta Baro District, Aceh Besar District, and was carried out in May-August 2020. This study's population was all mothers who were breastfeeding and had babies aged 0-6 years. This study sample was part of breastfeeding mothers who had babies aged 0-6 months, selected by purposive sampling as much as 32. Data analysis was performed using the Chi-Square statistical test.

RESULTS: The results showed that there was an effect of intervention giving sweet potato boiled water for five days with an increase in the acceleration of breast milk production by 204.69 ml, and on the 10th day, it was 212.88 ml. Furthermore, the intervention of giving boiled water for sweet potato leaves on days 11 to 15, there was an increase in the average milk production by 214.25 ml. These results are evidenced by statistical tests where is a significant difference in acceleration of milk production between before the intervention and after the intervention on the 5th, 10th, and 15th day (p-value <0.05).

CONCLUSION: There is an effect of giving boiled sweet potato leaves water on the acceleration of milk production in breastfeeding mothers in the working area of the Kuta Baro Health Center, Kuta Baro District, Aceh Besar District.

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