Relationship between Early Breastfeeding Initiation and Involution Uteri of Childbirth Mothers in Nenemallomo Regional Public Hospital and Arifin Nu'mang Public Regional Hospital of Sidenreng Rappang Regency in 2014 Nurjanna1, As'ad Suryani1, Idris Irfan1 1Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km.10, Makassar, 90245, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract Early Initiation of Breastfeeding (EIBF) and exclusive breastfeeding are two of the factors to accelerate involution uteri. The aim of the research was to find out the relationship between early breastfeeding initiation and involution uteri of postpartum mothers. Independent variables were early breastfeeding initiation and independent sub-variables were age, education, and continuous breastfeeding (exclusive breastfeeding) until day 7, while dependent variables were involution uteri. The research was conducted in Nenemallomo Regional Public Hospital and ArifinNu'mang Public Regional Hospital of Sidenreng Rappang Regency from October to December 2014. The subjects were primiparous mothers (giving birth first time normally). The data were analyzed statistically with Mann Whitney U, while independent sub-variables were analyzed using Chi square. The results of the research indicated that the variable of mother's age and education have a relationship with involution uteri, while continuous breastfeeding variable (exclusive breastfeeding) until day 7 has a relationship with involution uteri. There is also a relationship between early breastfeeding initiations with the size of uterus in woman postpartum in day 7. Moreover, there exists a correlation between early breastfeeding initiation and lochia discharge of postpartum mothers in day 7. There is a significant correlation between early breastfeeding initiation and involution uteri of postpartum mothers. Top Keywords Childbirth, early breastfeeding initiation, involution uteri, postpartum. Top |