THE INFLUENCE OF PAPAYA LEAVES (CARICA PAPAYA) ON BREAST MILK VOLUME OF POSTPARTUM WOMEN

Abstract

According to WHO, coverage of exclusive breastfeeding in infants aged 0-6 months in the world was only 36% in 2007-2013 (WHO, 2015). The impact of inadequate breastmilk volume makes mothers think that their baby will not get enough milk so that mothers decided to stop breastfeeding and replace it with formula milk. This study aims to determine the effect of papaya leaf on the volume of breast milk in post prtum women in BPM "F" in the laweh agam. The design of this study was pre-test pre-test and posttest using one group pre-test post-test design. Samples taken in this study were 10 post partum women through non-probalitiy sampling technique using purposive sampling technique. Data collection using observation sheet. The measurement of breast milk volume is done twice, that is before consuming papaya leaf decoction on day 8 after papaya leaf consumpsing. In the T-Test the results show that the value of p = 0.001. This shows that there is an effect of papaya leaf on breast milk volume in postpartum women. Papaya leaves is contain many substances which needed by the body and various kinds of vitamin content, one of them is vitamin A which can help the hypophise of prolactin in in the epithelium of the brain so that prolactin will increase. It is crucial to educate postpartum mother to consumpt papaya leaf to increase their breastmilk