Efektifitas Pemberian Terapi Akupresur Terhadap Peningkatan Produksi ASI pada Ibu Postpartum Di PMB Lianaria Boru Sagala, S.Tr.Keb., SKM Kotawaringin Barat

A Getting breast milk is the right of every baby. To reduce infant mortality and mortality, Word Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) recommend exclusive breastfeeding for babies for 6 months and continue breastfeeding until the baby is two years old. Insufficient breast milk will have a bad impacton the baby, namely the death of the baby and result in stunting and a decrease in brain intelligence. One of the efforts that can be used to increase breast milk production is to use acupressure techniques.Acupressure therapy in an effort to increase the amount of breast milkis carried out by applying gentle pressure to the point at the corner ofthe outer little finger nail (SI 1), just below the fifth rib just below the nipple (ST 18), the middle part of the body between the two breasts parallel to the sixth rib 3 x a day for a duration of 1-3 minutes.The research method used quantitatively with a pre-experimental design, namely one group pre-test post-test design, the number of respondents was 15 postpartum mothers. The sampling technique in this study uses total sampling, namely all populations. The data collection tool used is an observation sheet on breast milk production. The results of the study also showed that most of the postpartum mothers who did not have enough breast milk production before being given acupressure therapy were 13 respondents (86.7%), but after being given acupressure therapy at the meridian point (SI 1) and (ST 18) 3 times a day with a duration of 1-3 minutes, breast milk production in postpartum mothers increased to 15 respondents (100%).Conclusion: Acupressure therapy is effective in increasing breast milk production of postpartum mothers.