Current Issue : July-September Volume : 2021 Issue Number : 3 Articles : 1 Articles
Breast feeding initiates a profound bond between mother and infant. It has been observed that sucking reflex of a newborn is at its height 20-30 minutes after birth. If the infants is not fed then the reflex diminishes rapidly to reappear adequately forty-hours later. Nurses have a special responsibility and capacity to promote breastfeeding. Even though all the mothers were getting intravenous methergin the researcher was interested to identify the effect of immediate breast-feeding on contraction of uterus without methergin. Observation checklist was used to assess the breast feeding behavior. If the specified behaviors are present then each behavior is given a score of 1 and if not present then the score is 0. The maximum score is 14. A quasi- experimental design with two groups design was used. The setting of the study was the second stage labor room of Rhode Island Hospital. Result shows that when breast-feeding is initiated between 6-10 minutes duration of third stage of labor is lesser in group-I (M=6.2+2.7) minutes compared to that of group-II (M=7.8+4.2) minutes. Shows that 18(60%) mothers in group-I have a postpartum score of 35-39 as compared to 16(53.3%) mothers in group-II. Twelve (43.3%) mothers in group-II have the postpartum score of40-44. Thus the researcher concluded that there is higher score whish indicates better postpartum status....
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