The effect of effleurage technique back massage using lavender aromatherapy oil on post-partum breast milk production

Lack of stimulation of the hormones prolactin and oxytocin can result in not achieving exclusive breastfeeding, psychological stress, decreased milk production in the first days after delivery. This hormone plays a role in the smooth production of breast milk. Attempts to stimulate the hormones prolactin and oxytocin can be done by back massage with the effleurage technique using lavender aromatherapy oil on post-partum breast milk production. This study aims to determine the effect of back massage using the effleurage technique using lavender aromatherapy oil on post-partum breast milk production at the Way Nipah Community Health Center in 2023. The research method used is quantitative with a pre-experimental design, one-group pretest-posttest. The sampling technique used proportional random sampling. The research was conducted in February-July 2023 at the Way Nipah Community Health Center in 30 people. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon test. The average breast milk production before the intervention was 5.37 ml with a standard deviation of 2.48, the minimum value was 0.0 and the maximum value was 10.0. The average breast milk production before effleurage technique back massage with lavender aromatherapy oil is between 4.44 to 6.29. The average breast milk production after the intervention was 77.0 ml, with a standard deviation of 9.79. The smallest value was 50.0, and the maximum value was 90.0. From the interval estimation results, it can be concluded that 95% believed that the average breast milk production after the effleurage technique back massage with lavender aromatherapy oil was between 73.34 and 80.65. There is an effect of back massage using the effleurage technique back massage with lavender aromatherapy oil on the post-partum breast milk production at the Way Nipah Community Health Center in 2023. Community Health Center can be used to support breastfeeding their babies and assist in applying effleurage technique back massage to help breast milk production.