NIRA WATER (ARENGA PINNATA) ON BREAST MILK VOLUME FOR BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS

Abstract

Breast milk is the best nutrition for all infants, specifically to the nutritional of human babies for the first six months of life. Mother's higher education level, smoking during pregnancy, domestic violence or lack of husband support, previous medical history, breast complications during breastfeeding such as; the nipple goes inside mastitis, and the use of childbirth assistance such as Sectio Caesarea, young mothers (teenagers), postpartum depression, lack of breast milk and use of baby bottles/pacifiers negatively impact the success of exclusive breastfeeding. Various traditional methods (complementary therapy) of herbal plants are carried out to stimulate the production of breast milk such as Nira water (Arenga pinnata). They are chosen because they are considered natural and can reduce the side effects of chemicals. This study aims to determine the effect of giving nira water to breast milk volume. The sample is all breastfed mothers 0-7 days size is determined by a total sampling of 8 people. The technique of collecting data is by observing and measuring the volume of ASI. This study using paired sample t-test to analysis statistics. There is an increase in the volume of breast milk before giving nira water (11,25 ± 3,06) and after giving nira water (54,50  ± 9,09). From statistical analysis shows that there are significant differences (p <0.01). Nira water 200 cc can increase the volume of breast milk recommended.