“HUBUNGAN PARITAS IBU POSTPARTUM DENGAN PERAN AYAH ASI (BREASTFEEDING FATHER) (di Desa Polaman Kecamatan Dampit Kabupaten Malang)

Abstract

Parity is a condition of giving birth to a child whether alive or dead, but not an abortion, regardless of the number of children. Primiparous experience anxiety in the process of breastfeeding. Primiparous mothers have less experience in caring for babies, so they feel very anxious if there is a condition of the baby that shows discomfort such as crying. The role of fathers in the process of breastfeeding or the role of fathers breastfeeding (breastfeeding father) is an important factor in supporting the success of breastfeeding / breastfeeding. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between paritypostpartum mother and the role of breastfeeding fathers. The design of this study was cross sectional. The number of samples in this study were 26 taken by purposive sampling from 35 postpartum mothers in Poleman Village, Dampit Subdistrict with the inclusion criteria of being married and living with their husbands, being able to read and write and mothers who had undergone the postpartum period of more than 10 days to days to 40. The data collection instrument is a questionnaire. The results showed that 54% of respondents were multiparous mothers and 68% felt the role of ASI fathers was lacking. From the analysis of spearman's p = 0.001 or <0.05 this shows that there is a significant relationship between parity and the role of paternal breastfeeding in postpartum mothers. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that health service providers provide education and counseling about the role of breastfeeding fathers in mothers and husbands early in pregnancy.

Keywords: Postpartum mother, parity, breastfeeding father