A study to evaluate the effectiveness of cabbage leaves application on breast engorgement among post-natal mothers in Sultaniya Hospital, Bhopal”.

Introduction: Motherhood-The only act that manifests in human form the cosmic wonder of creation.Child birth is a process beautifully designed by nature and the care following the birth of the baby also essential for the maintenance of health of both mother and child.Child birth is a transcendent event with meaning far beyond the actual physiologic process.The common breast complications are breast engorgement, cracked and retracted nipple leading to difficulty in breast feeding, mastitis, breast abscess and lactation failure.Breast engorgement and infection are responsible for puerperal pyrexia.Breast fullness is a normal part of lactation which nearly all women experience when their milk comes in' 2 -5 days after birth.This feeling of fullness, which may be accompanied by a feeling of heaviness, tenderness, and warmth, is caused by swelling of the breast tissue as blood, lymphatic fluid, and milk collect in the ducts as the process of milk production begins.With this normal fullness, the breast tissue is compressible, and generally feel well .