Latch on Techniques for Successful Breastfeeding Outcomes and Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy among Postnatal Caesarean Mothers

Abstract

There is a correlation between the type of birth and breastfeeding where mothers were subjected to Lower Segment caesarean section mothers struggled with breastfeeding problems compared to normal vaginal delivery.

Network for Health, (2011) specified that out of 27 million babies born in India every year nearly to 1.2 million newborns do not survive the first one month due to poor breastfeeding. This is because of poor neonatal care and malnutrition; these two are the main reason for infant mortality and morbidity in India. If mothers are adhered to the breastfeeding recommendations of WHO, which can save the lives of 2, 50,000 newborns per year.

Objectives: 1. Assess breastfeeding self-efficacy among postnatal caesarean mothers.

1. Evaluate the effect of Latch-on technique on breastfeeding outcomes among postnatal caesarean mothers.

Design: Experimental study design was adopted for the study

Materials and Methods: The research design adopted was a Randomized Control Trial. The one-one demonstration was imparted on the Latch-on technique for the postnatal mothers, for the duration of 30 minutes on the 1st postnatal day and reinforcement is given on the 3rd postnatal day.

Results: Improvement of all BSES components among the caesarean section mothers in the experimental group compared to the control group during the posttest which was a statistically significant value at p<0.001.