Abstract :
According to the Basic Health Research 2013 the coverage of infants
receiving exclusive breastfeeding in Lampung province was 59.4%.
Achievement of exclusive breastfeeding in South Lampung from 2013 till
2015 in the year 2013 by 42%, in 2014 45.5%, and 2015 by 48%. Based on
the scope of breastfeeding, it is still far from the target set by South
Lampung Regency itself and also far from the national target of 80%. The
low coverage of exclusive breastfeeding is not synergistic with the coverage
of postpartum South Lampung visits of 89% of the 90% target nationally.
So the importance of breastfeeding has been known by several mothers after
giving birth, but not all mothers want to breastfeed their babies for various
reasons, such as work activities, the milk is not smooth, the milk does not
come out, the expenditure of breast milk is too late (Chapman, 1994; 450),
nipple pain, breast pain, swelling, milk dam, and mastitis (Prachniak, 2002;
78-81). This situation is supported by data of 75% of mothers initially
starting breastfeeding, but the decline has occurred even more than 15% of
mothers breastfeed for up to 6 months (Kent, 2011; 114). The purpose of
this study was to determine the effect of the Stimulation Method with
Marmet Technique on the Smoothness of Breastfeeding in Post Partum
Mothers in Midwife Independent Practice in South Lampung Regency Year
2018. This research method uses quasi-experimental design. This study
compares between the groups receiving treatment and the control group.
The treatment group was given treatment in the form of marmet &
Breastcare technical massage, and the control group was given Breast Care
treatment. The population in this study was postpartum mothers who gave
birth in Midwife Independent Practice in South Lampung Regency in 2018.
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The research sample of respondents was 30. Data collection by intervention
was carried out 2 times a day for 5 days, observations were made on the
third day until the fifth day. Data is processed and analyzed by T-Test. The
results of the evaluation of the smoothness of breast milk after stimulation