AL QUR^AN HEALING THERAPY INCREASES LETDOWN REFLEX IN BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS
Intan Mutiara Putri(1*) Fitria Siswi Utami (2)

1Faculty of Health Sciences^ Aisyiyah University Yogyakarta Indonesia
2Faculty of Health Sciences^ Aisyiyah University Yogyakarta Indonesia
*Coresponding author^s email: intan.mutiaraputri[at]unisayogya.ac.id

Abstract

Every mother is obliged to provide breast milk except for mothers or babies who have special conditions such as a dead baby or a mother who is separated from her baby. This shows that breast milk is the right of every baby born, it is known that breast milk is the best food source for the baby^s growth and development. However, in practice, not all mothers provide exclusive breastfeeding for up to 6 months for various reasons, including the reduced of breast milk production. One technique that can be used to increase breast milk production is to stimulate the mother^s body^s decline reflex. The relaxation method used is non-pharmacological therapy, which theoretically is a method that can be used to stimulate breastfeeding reflexes to increase milk production. This study aims to determine the effect of Al-Quran Healing relaxation therapy on Letdown Reflex in breastfeeding mothers. This research method was a quasi-experimental one group pre-posttest design. Purposive non-probability sampling technique was used for sample selection. The research samples used were 15 breastfeeding mothers. The first data collection tool was a questionnaire on the demographic data of the respondents and the second was about the Letdown Reflex assessment. Al-Quran Healing therapy intervention was given for three days with a Letdown reflex assessment before and after the intervention administration. Letdown reflex assessment before the intervention showed that there were 5 respondents (33.3%) with a poor category and 10 respondents (66.7%) with a good category. After the intervention, it was found that all mothers, that were 15 respondents (100%), had a good Letdown reflex assessment. The results of the Wilcoxon test analysis showed a p-value of 0.001 (<0.005), which meant that there was an effect of giving Al-Quran Healing therapy on the frequency of Letdown Reflex. There was a difference between the letdown reflex before and after the intervention. Healing Qur^an therapy affects the let

Keywords: Therapy, Al-Quran Healing, Letdown Reflex, breastfeeding mothers.

Topic: Medicine and Health Sciences