Exclusive Breastfeeding, Blood Volume and Bleeding Duration on Postpartum Period at Kassi-Kassi Primary Health Centre (PHC), Makassar, Indonesia

Abstract

Introduction:Breastfeeding has been widely recognised as benefiting for infants and mothers. It could avoid haemorrhage after giving birth (postpartum). The study aimed to observe the association between exclusive breastfeeding, blood volume and blood duration in a postpartum period. Method:This was an analytic study with a cross-sectional design. The number of samples was 56 postpartum women who were chosen by purposive sampling method. A questionnaire was used in collecting data by interviewing the respondents. Data was analysed using descriptive statistic and chi-square test.Result: There were 78.57% respondents breastfed exclusively and 21.43% did not breastfeed exclusively. In this study, exclusive breastfeeding related to bleeding duration (p=0.00), while blood volume was not associated with exclusive breastfeeding (p=0.06). Conclusion:There was a relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and blood duration. Meanwhile, exclusive breastfeeding was not associated with blood volume.