effect of anxiety on the smooth production of breast milk in postpartum mother in COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic makes mothers who are about postpartum experience anxiety from mild to moderate such as fear in the crowd and confine themselves at home. So that it affects the production of breast milk of postpartum mothers, due to the increase in cortisol makes the inhibition of the transportation of the hormone oxytocin in its secretion so that the production of breast milk is inhibited. To identify the influence of anxiety on the smooth production of breast milk in mothers in the COVID-19 pandemic at RSPAD Gatot Soebroto. This type of research is an analytic survey using a cross-sectional design. The sample was a postpartum mother on the 2nd Floor of PIS RSPAD Gatot Soebroto numbered 35 people. Analyze the data using Chi-Square. There is an influence of COVID-19 pandemic anxiety on the production of postpartum mothers' breast milk (p-value: 0.000 < ? : 0.05). It is recommended for postpartum mothers to always think positively and seek information about health, especially COVID-19, or do relaxation so as not to worry.