THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS WITH BREASTFEEDING IN MOTHERS POST CAESAREAN SECTION IN THE OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY CLINIC AT WALED HOSPITAL

Postpartum stress is the pressure or psychological burden experienced by the
mother after giving birth, which can arise because of the belief that the birth of the
baby will disrupt or change the activities that have been carried out previously.
Breastfeeding is one way to improve the health of the mother and child.
According to the World Health Organization, babies should be exclusively
breastfed for at least 6 months and continued until the age of 2 years. The aim of
this study was to determine the relationship between stress and breastfeeding in
mothers post caesarean section at the obstetrics and gynecology clinic at Waled
Hospital. This research uses quantitative methods using a correlational design
with a cross sectional approach. The population was 97 Post Sectio Caesarea
mothers who were at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Polyclinic and the sampling
technique used a accidental sampling technique totaling 49 respondents. The
instrument used was a questionnaire and data analysis used the Spearman rank.
The results showed that stress in the mild category was 15 respondents with a
percentage of (30.6%), moderate stress was 27 respondents with a percentage of
(55.1%), severe stress category was 7 respondents with a percentage of (14.3%),
mother Post caesarean section who breastfed directly there were 32 respondents
with a percentage (65.3%) and mothers who did not breastfeed directly were 17
respondents with a percentage (34.7%). The results of the Spearman rank p-value
test are 0.000 < α (0.01), r = 0.562, so Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected, which
means there is a relationship between stress and breastfeeding in mothers post
caesarean section at obstetrics and gynecology clinic at Waled Regional Hospital.
Keywords: Postpartum Stress, Breastfeeding, Sectio Caesarea
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