PENGARUH AKUPRESUR TERHADAP PENGELUARAN ASI PADA IBU POSTPARTUM

introduction: Breast milk is the best nutrition for babies, becouse its natural nature and complete composition and is suitable for babies. In addition, acupressure can also accelerate breast milk. This study aims to determine the effect of acupressure on breast milk production in postpartum mothers. Method: This study used a pre-experimental research design, Static-Group Comparison research method. As an independent variable is acupressure and the dependent variable is breast milk production. The research population was 21 people and to determine the sample using a non-probability sampling approach, namely purposive sampling. The total number of samples was 14 which were divided into two groups, namely the case group (7 respondents) and the control group (7 respondents). Data collection was carried out by measuring breast milk before and after acupressure treatment in the case group. Result and analysis: The results of the study showed a change in the case group, the release of breast milk in 7 respondents (100%), before the treatment it was found that the respondents in the case group did not release breast milk. Based on the statistical test with the Two Sample T test, a significant difference was obtained where the calculated t was 4.012> t table 2.178, which means that there is an effect of acupressure on the release of breast milk in Postpartum mothers. Discussion: Acupressure can balance Qi energy in the body using points according to acupuncture points. With this balance of Qi energy, the flow of energy in the body is smooth and there is no spleen deficiency so that milk production is adequate. acupressure has an effect on prolactin secretion, which can increase breast milk production. Keyword: Pengeluaran ASI, Akupresur, ibu postpartum