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Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volume  10, Issue 1,  January – March 2022, Pages 19-22
 

Original Article

Effectiveness of Breast Massage on Amount of Milk Production in Mothers who are not Actively Breast Feeding Preterm Babies

Pooja Patel1, Suchana Roy Bhowmik2, Mona Asnani3, Sarita Dubey

1M.Sc Nursing Student, 2Assistant Professor, Department Medical Surgical Nursing, 3Associate Professor, 4Clinical Instructor, Department Obstetric and Gynaecological Nursing, Queen Mary Hospital, KGMU Lucknow 226003 Uttar Pradesh, India

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijog.2321.1636.10122.3

Abstract


Context: Breastfeeding to premature baby is often challenging for the postnatal mothers. In case of preterm
labour milk synthesis is poor due to insufficient sucking reflex and poor mother baby bonding, if baby is admitted
in neonatal unit. Breast massage is a technique to improve milk production in lactating mothers.


Aims: To assess the effectiveness of breast massage on amount of milk production in mothers who are not actively
breast feeding preterm babies.


Settings and Design: Setting was postnatal ward Queen Mary Hospital, Lucknow. Research design was quasiexperimental (time series one group pre test post test).


Methods and Material: Data were collected with the help of demographic profile and assessment of breast milk
tool from 26 samples using purposive sampling technique who met the inclusion criteria. The pretest data collected
before intervention and post test data collected after each intervention consecutively for 3 days.
Statistical Analysis used: Mean, mean difference, standard deviation, t-test and chi-square.


Results: The result revealed that on day 1, the post intervention milk production was found to be more (12.34±3.83)
than pre intervention (3.03±1.98), t =16.68. On day 2, the post intervention milk production was found to be more
(60.61±20.52), than pre intervention (17.07±6.73), t= 15.62 . On day 3, the pre intervention milk production was
25.15±7.13, which increased to 81.92±21.10 after intervention, t=20.16 at 0.05 level of significance.


Conclusions: The findings of the study conclude that breast massage was found to be effective in increasing the
amount of milk production among mothers who are not actively breast feeding preterm babies.
 


Keywords : Breast massage; Amount of milk production; Preterm babies; Postnatal mothers
Corresponding Author : Suchana Roy Bhowmik