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Introduction: Infant and child growth is an important part of child health surveillance. Newborn weight at birth is an important marker of maternal and fetal health and nutrition. Those who survive are more likely to suffer from stunted growth and lower IQ. The purpose of this community service activity is to be able to empower parents in the implementation and participation in monitoring baby growth. Methods: This community service was carried out at the midwife's clinic, Deby Cyntia Yun. Respondents in this service as many as 10 people. The results of the service can be seen that there is an increase in baby weight after baby massage is carried out on babies 2-6 months. Monitoring of infant growth should be carried out on an ongoing basis to improve children's health, and it is hoped that a follow-up will be carried out by the Midwife Deby Cyntia Yun clinic with the findings of growth disorders in infants. It is hoped that this service can be used as a source of information for the Midwife Clinic Deby Cyntia Yun that there are "evidence based" results about one of the midwifery interventions that can be used to increase baby's weight through the provision of massage techniques, so that it becomes a guideline in providing professional care for babies, provide health education to the baby's mother for baby health care and prevent other baby health problems that can affect the baby's growth and development through baby massage techniques.

Tingginya angka persalinan section caesarea dipengaruhi banyak hal. Salah satunya adalah trauma persalinan pada ibu dikarenakan waktu persalinan yang cukup lama. Hal tersebut dapat dikarenakan posisi persalinan yang tidak tepat. Sebagian kematian maternal dan perinatal banyak terjadi pada saat persalinan. Salah satu penyebabnya kala II lama (37%) dan asfiksia pada bayi (28%). Proses persalinan pada ibu terkadang banyak mengalami berbagai penyulit sehingga edukasi posisi miring kanan dan kiri itu lebih efektif untuk ibu dalam  proses persalinan yang normal pada ibu. Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini untuk memberikan informasi kapada ibu-ibu tentang  rasa nyaman saat ibu bersalin dan dan posisi miring kanan dan kiri juga dapat menghilangkan trauma dalam menghadapai persalinan. Sebagian ibu-ibu yang bersalin hanya dengan posisi terlentang saja, sehingga rasa trauma yang dialaminya lebih sering muncul dibandingkan dengan posisi miring. Metode yang digunakan dalam promosi Kesehatan ini adalah dengan memberikan kuesioner pre dan post kepada ibu-ibu terkait dengan posisi saat melahirkan. Hasil pengabdian didapat pengetahuan ibu sebelum di berikan penyuluhan ada 53% yang berngetahuan kurang sedang kan yang baik 47%. Dan hasil pengabdian sesudah diberikan promosi Kesehatan pada ibu semakin meningkat ya tiu sebesar 73% berpengetahun baik, 27 % berpengetahuan kurang sehungga ada peningkatana sebelum dan sesudah di berikan promosi Kesehatan pada ibu terkait posisi miring saat melahirkan dapat menghilangkan trauma saat melahirkan.

The term “stunting” has become widespread in research, programs and international child health and nutrition policy circles. Stunting (short body) describes the condition of malnutrition that has been long since 1000 days of birth of a baby and it takes time for the child to develop and return to normal according to the growth and development of the child's age. This study aims to determine the factors that influence the incidence of stunting in toddlers at the Sei Bamban Health Center, Batang Serangan District, Langkat Regency in 2020. This research is an analytical survey with a cross sectional study design. The sampling technique was Simple Random Sampling with a total population of 20 children at the Puskesmas Sei Bamban. The method of collecting data for maternal nutrition variables during pregnancy, exclusive breastfeeding, complete basic immunization and environmental sanitation was using a questionnaire. Data analysis using Chi Square. The results showed that from 20 samples, 75.5% of children under five were stunted, 80.0% of mothers had a history of poor nutrition during pregnancy, 70.0% of children under five had a history of not exclusive breastfeeding, 45.0% of children under five received complete basic immunization. , and 85.0% have poor environmental sanitation. Meanwhile, complete basic immunization did not have a significant relationship with the incidence of stunting. Research suggests that the active role of the government, especially health workers, is to tackle the incidence of stunting in toddlers. In addition, it is hoped that the community will adopt a balanced nutrition diet to improve welfare