The Effects of breast milk hand expression teaching program on confidence with breast milk quantity and success of breastfeeding among postpartum mothers

Abstract

Abstract

The confidence in the quantity of breast milk will affect long-term breast feeding and breastfeeding success. This study had a quasi-experimental design; a one group Pretest-Posttest type aimed to compare the confidence of mothers on the quantity of breast milk and breastfeeding success before and after manual milk expression teaching. There were 147 subjects; non-complicated postpartum women were recruited by purposive random sampling. The assessment tools were maternal confidence in the quantity of breast milk and successful breastfeeding. The reliability of the maternal confidence questionnaire was analyzed using a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.90 . Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a paired sample t-test. The results showed that the score on the maternal confidence questionnaire before teaching was 1.34±0.20, and the score after teaching was 4.86±0.26. There was statistically significant difference between maternal confidence score before and after teaching (p<0.001). It was concluded that teaching breastfeeding of a manual milk expression program had an effect on maternal confidence on the quantity of breast milk and breastfeeding success. Therefore, midwives should provide and pay attention to teach postpartum women about manual milk expression to increase their confidences in the quantity of breast milk and long-term breast feeding.