Breast Care With Rotating Pressure to Facilitate Breastmilk Based on ATMEGA328

Abstract

Breast milk is the perfect food for babies in early life because it contains many antibodies for the baby's immunity and can prevent diarrhea that will cause infants' and toddlers' death. Many postpartum mothers complain that their milk does not come out, so that they cannot provide adequate milk coverage to their babies and experience breast engorgement because the milk collects in the ductal system causing breast pain and soreness. Two hormones are essential in influencing breast milk, namely the hormone prolactin and the hormone oxytocin. It is necessary to stimulate those hormones by oxytocin massage and breast care. This study aimed to design a BERES therapy instrument equipped with warm compresses to facilitate breastmilk. This study compared before and after therapy in postpartum mothers with ten respondents. This study exposed an increase in ml, with an average increase of 27,3 ml, while the average breastmilk volume before treatment was 20 ml. The increase in breast milk volume shows that this therapeutic instrument works as expected. The results of the instrument function test with a 15-minutes timer measurement obtained an average of 900 seconds and a 20-minutes timer measurement an average of 1199 seconds; it means that the time setting is accurate, and the temperature measurement on a warm compress is stable with a temperature range of 40 ° C -44 ° C, so it is safe and comfortable to use for postpartum mothers