Abstract
Background: Galactogogues is one of pharmaticeutical agents to support the initiation, continuation or augmentatiton of breast milk product. Natural product of galactogogues contenst such as palm fruits. So many puerpural mother prefer using natural galactogogues to help incerase their milk supply is in observing successive measurment of the infant’s naked weight. Nearly all infants lose weight for the first two to four days after birth. Postnatal weight loss on regaining birth weight are cliical parameters for monitoring an infat feeding status in the first week.
 Objective: This study aimed to assess the effect of date palm fruits on postpartum to infant weight
 Methods: Research was conducted on maternal postpartum which is divided into two groups. They are the control group; and the treatment group which was given dates palm fruit. Infant weight was measured at 7 day after birth. The analytical method used is Student T-test.
 Results: Date Palm fruits increased infant weight which was significantly on firstweek increase in the treatment group compared to the control group at p <0.05.
 Conclusion: Date Palm fruits is one of the alternatives that can be done to prevent infant lose weight.
 Keywords: Date palm fruit, postpartum, infant weight
Highlights
Galactogogues is one of pharmaticeutical agents to support the initiation, continuation or augmentatiton of breast milk product
So many puerpural mother prefer using natural galactogogues to help incerase their milk supply is in observing successive measurment of the infant's naked weight
This study aimed to assess the effect of date palm fruits on postpartum
Summary
Dengan menyusui akan mengurangi risiko perdarahan, membantu mengecilkan uterus dengan adanya peningkatan hormon oksitosin, mengurangi kejadian anemia, dapat digunakan sebagai alat kontasepsi alamiah, membantu penyerapan lemak tubuh ibu sehingga lebih langsing, mengurangi risiko kanker payudara, lebih ekonomis, praktis, dan meningkatkan rasa kepercayaan diri.[7,12]. Makanan pertama dan utama bayi adalah ASI yang sangat sesuai untuk memenuhi kebutuhan bayi dalam segala hal, yakni karbohidrat yang berupa laktosa, asam lemak tak jenuh ganda, protein laktalbumin yang mudah dicerna, kandungan vitamin dan mineralnya banyak, rasio kalsium-fosfat sebesar 2:1 yang merupakan kondisi ideal bagi penyerapan kalsium, dan mengandung zat anti infeksi. Beberapa faktor yang dapat memengaruhi pengeluaran ASI antara lain frekuensi menyusui, berat badan bayi lahir, usia kehamilan, jumlah paritas, stres, konsumsi alkohol maupun tembakau, dan penggunaan kontrasepsi hormonal kombinasi.[18]. Pada penelitian ini beberapa faktor tersebut pada hari ke-7 sebelum penimbangan berat badan bayi diabaikan, sehingga menjadi kelemahan dalam penelitian ini
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