Nutritional Status and Breast Milk Production of Post Sectio Caesarea Mothers at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital Gombong

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the coverage of breast milk exclusively in the world is only 36%. This percentage is still below the breast milk exclusive of coverage target that has been set by WHO of 50%. One of the factors that affect breast milk production is nutritional status. Determining the relationship between nutritional status and breast milk production in post-sectio Caesarea mothers at PKU Muhammadiyah Gombong Hospital. This study used an analytical survey design with a cross-sectional approach. The research sample was mothers post-sectio Caesarea primi and multipara consisted of 124. The data analysis used Spearman rank. The results showed that most of the respondents were of healthy reproductive age (87.9%), the last education was senior high sectio caesareahool (58.1%), and multipara (63.7%). There is a significant relationship between nutritional status and milk production in mothers post-sectio Caesarea, indicated by the value of p = 0.035 (<0.05). It is recommended to do more in-depth research involving many factors that affect the production and expenditure of breast milk in post-SECTIO CAESAREA mothers.