EFFECT OF EDAMAME (GLYCINE MAX L.MERILL) ON BREAST MILK VOLUME IN POSTPARTUM MOTHERS

Abstract

Breast milk is the best food ingredientand the most suitable and most perfect for babies. A mother often experiences problems in exclusive breastfeeding, one of the main obstacles is the production of breast milk that is not smoothly. It  will be a factor in the low coverage of exclusive breastfeeding for newborns. So that coverage of breast milk can be done with efforts such as soybean plants. This study aims to determine an effect of giving soybeans (edamame) to the volume of breast milk in postpartum women in the work area of ​​the Tigo Baleh Community Health Center. This was quantitative research using pre-experimental design methods. This study uses a one group pretest posttest design. Population and sample are 10 mothers who have babies aged 3-40 days who taken by accidental sampling technique. Sampling data collection tools were observation sheets. Data analysis test is done univariate and bivariate by looking at the normality of the data (paired t-test statistical test). The results showed. (p-value 0,000), it can be concluded that there is an effect of giving soybean (edamame) to the volume of breast milk in postpartum mothers. Soybean Vegetable (edamame) is a local food ingredient that has the potential for nutrition of nursing mothers, because it contains phytosterol compounds that function to increase and facilitate milk production