Pengaruh Senam Nifas Terhadap Afterpains Pada Ibu Postpartum di Puskesmas Pakue Kolaka Utara

Abstract

Pain or cramping in the area around the stomach that occurs 2-3 days after saline is caused by the return of the muscles and organs of pregnancy which is a process of uterine involution, which is felt in the area around the stomach or commonly called Afterpains. Afterpains is felt by postpartum mothers when breastfeeding because it usually occurs during breastfeeding which causes the puerperal mother to feel uncomfortable breastfeeding the baby. This has an impact on babies who are at risk of malnutrition and fall ill if the mother does not provide breast milk. The research objective was to determine the effect of postpartum exercise on afterpains in postpartum mothers. The method in this research is a quasi-experimental type with the Nonequivalent Control Group Design design. The research subjects were all postpartum mothers who met the inclusion criteria in the work area of Puskesmas Pakue Kab. Kolaka Utara in August to October 2019. The sample used was 30 postpartum mothers. Analysis using the t test obtained a significance value of 0.000 <0.05, which means that there is a significant difference between the results of the pretest and posttest data measurements.