The Effect of Back Rolling Massage Method with Virgin Coconut Oil Extract Towards Breastmilk Production on Post Partum Mother in Pangkalpinang City, Indonesia

Abstract

A quasi-experimental study with static-group comparison was done between (insert the interval of study) to identify the effect of back rolling massage with green coconut oil extract towards breastmilk production on postpartum mothers. The intervention group was the mothers that were given back rolling massage with virgin coconut oil (VCO). The control group was postpartum mothers that were given back rolling massage without green coconut oil extract. The 24 samples that were used for this study consisted of 2 sample groups; 12 samples in the intervention group and 12 samples in the control group. The average breastmilk production of the group with VCO extract in day 4 is 46.9 mL while the group without VCO extract is 42.9 mL until it shows no significant difference towards breastmilk production on day 4 with p-value = 0.794. On day 7 shows that the VCO extract group has breastmilk production 87.3 mL compared to the group without VCO only 49.2 mL until there is a significant difference with p-value = 0.046. The antioxidant analysis shows that VCO extract contained alkaloids and saponin. Back rolling massage with green coconut oil extract is effective in increasing breastmilk production at day 7.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Alkaloid and Saponim in VCO can give benefits if applied as topical oil for therapy of back rolling massage
• Breast milk production increased significantly in respondents who were massaged using VCO compared to non-VCO
• Back rolling massage with green coconut oil extract is effective in increasing breastmilk production at day 7