Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to know the effect of participatory counseling on increasing breastfeeding self-efficacy (BSE) in pregnant women in Bogor city, Indonesia.
 Methods: The pre-experimental design method, namely, one group pretest-posttest, with the number of study subjects was 35 third trimester pregnant women with normal reproductive age without complications in the Bogor City. Data analysis was performed by univariable and bivariable by Friedman test and Wilcoxon post hoc test and multivariable using linear regression test.
 Results: Participatory counseling has an effect on increasing breastfeeding efficacy in pregnant women (p<0.001), while confounding variables (education, parity, own breastfeeding experience, and other’s experience of breastfeeding) have no significant effect on increasing BSE in pregnant women (p>0.05).
 Conclusion: Participatory counseling increases BSE in pregnant women.
Highlights
Exclusive breast milk is breast milk that is given to babies from birth for 6 months, without adding and/or replacing with other food or drinks
Based on the Friedman test, p=0.000 was obtained, concluded at least there is an increase in breastfeeding self-efficacy (BSE) in pregnant women after participatory counseling
Ho is rejected, meaning that there is an increase in BSE in pregnant women after participatory counseling
Summary
Exclusive breast milk is breast milk that is given to babies from birth for 6 months, without adding and/or replacing with other food or drinks (except medicine, vitamins, and minerals). Breast milk contains colostrum which is rich in antibodies because it contains protein for endurance and germ killers in high amounts so that exclusive breastfeeding can reduce the risk of death in infants. The World Health Organization recommends that all babies need colostrum (1st and 2nd days of breast milk) to fight infections and receive exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months to ensure the nutritional adequacy of infants. The most frequent breastfeeding process occurred in 1–6 h after birth (35.2%) and
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