RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANXIETY AND BREAST MILK PRODUCTION IN POST PARTUM MOTHERS IN THE OBSTETRIC POLYCLINIC OF HJ BUNDA HALIMAH HOSPITAL, BATAM CITY, YEAR 2024

Abstract

Breast milk is the right of every baby, and breastfeeding is an activity that can bring happiness to a mother to be able to provide breast milk to her baby. The problem of the process of breast milk not flowing smoothly is one of the reasons why someone cannot breastfeed their baby, so that the breastfeeding process is dependent/impeded. Psychological disorders greatly affect the mother's psychology during the postpartum period, one of which is anxiety. This research design is an observational analytic, with a Cross-sectional approachThe variables in this study were postpartum mothers and the level of anxiety experienced by postpartum mothers at the Obstetrics Polyclinic of Hj Bunda Halimah Hospital, Batam City in 2024 with a total of 30 samples and a questionnaire was filled out by respondents to see anxiety and breast milk production. The analysis test used was the Chi Square test. The results of statistical tests showed that there was a significant relationship between anxiety levels and breast milk production in postpartum mothers at the Obstetrics Polyclinic of Hj Bunda Halimah Hospital, Batam City in 2024. From the Chi Square results, a p-value of 0.000 was obtained, so it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship. There is a significant relationship between anxiety levels and breast milk production in postpartum mothers at the Obstetrics Polyclinic of Hj Bunda Halimah Hospital, Batam City in 2024.