Peer Review : BREASTFEEDING FREQUENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH UTERINE INVOLUTION

Hadianti, Dian Nur and Sriwenda, Djudju and ulfa, Yulia (2018) Peer Review : BREASTFEEDING FREQUENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH UTERINE INVOLUTION. Proceeding of The 1st International Conference on Interprofessional Health Collaboration and Community Empowerment Bandung, 7-8 December 2018. pp. 45-47.

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Abstract

Background : Uterine Involution is a process of returning the uterus to conditions such as before pregnancy in women who have given birth. This process starts immediately after the placenta comes out due to contraction of the smooth muscles of the uterus. The uterus will become small in size like as before becoming pregnant that takes approximately six weeks. factors affect uterine involution of early mobilization or postpartum exercise, nutrition, parity, psychological, maternal age and breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is one of the factors that influence the process of uterine involution. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of frequency of breastfeeding on uterine involution. Methods : The research design used Cross sectional. Samples were taken using quota sampling as many as 50 postpartum women who gave birth at basic essential obstetric neonatal services in Bandung. Collecting data use primary and was analyzed used the correlate test. Results : The test results showed a p-value of 0.004 (p <0.05), there was a significant effect between the frequency of breastfeeding infants with uterine involution. Conclusion : The more frequency of breastfeeding will become uterine involution faster. The results of this study are expected to be a reference in motivating postpartum mothers to breastfeed their babies

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