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Pumpkin (Cucurbita Mochata Durch) leaves is considered as traditional food that can increase breast milk production in Technical Implementing Service Unit (UPTD) of Dayeuhluhur Community Health Center I Cilacap Regency. This research is to examine the effect of pumpkin (Cucurbita Mochata Durch) leaves on breast milk production of postpartum women.
This research was conducted in Technical Implementing Service Unit (UPTD) of Dayeuhluhur Community Health Center I on March – May 2018 using quasi experiment method with static group comparison design. The population was postpartum women with the samples by 22 using purposive sampling, and randomly divided into treatment group (11 respondents) and control group (11 respondents). The research instruments were Onemed digital weighing scale and observation sheets. Breast milk production was measured based on the increase of infant weight in 7 days during treatment and converted to breast milk volume in ml. Independent t – Test was applied to analyze the data.
The research results show a significant effect of pumpkin (Cucurbita Mochata Durch) leaves on breast milk production of postpartum women with Independent t-Test statistical test results (p-value 0.001) < (0.05). The research results show that the average of breast milk volume on treatment group is 103.29 ml and on control group is 45.15 ml with the mean difference by 59.14 ml. It is obtained from the measurement of infant weight that increases by 363.73 gram on the treatment group and 159.00 gram on the control group with an average difference of 204.73. The findings of this research show that pumpkin leaves can be used as an alternative daily menu for postpartum women and solution for midwives in handling postpartum women with inadequate breastmilk production.
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