Experience and Expectation on Psychosocial Midwifery Care for Postpartum Period in Order to Deal With Breast Milk has not come out in 0-3 Days Postnatal

¹Sherly Jeniawaty, ²Oedojo Soedirham, & ³M. Bagus Qomaruddin

¹Magister Student, ^2,3Faculty Lecturer, at Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Indonesia; Kampus C UNAIR, Jalan Mulyorejo, Surabaya, Indonesia,

Email: sherlyjeniawaty@gmail.com

Abstract

The first factor as forming expectations was past experience. Familiarity with midwifery care services would increase the likelihood of a realist expectations. Previous experience gave rise to more detailed knowledge about the services and promoting expectations about midwifery care for post-partum and breastfeeding period. This study aimed to explore the experiences and expectations of psychosocial midwifery care for mothers in the postpartum period in order to deal with breast milk has not come out in 0-3 days postnatal in Public Health Center of Tanah Kali Kedinding, Surabaya. This qualitative study used hermeneutic-phenomenological approach. Subjects were women with post-partum period was more of 3 days to 2 weeks after delivery. Samples were selected by purposive sampling technique. Data was processed using analysis of Collaizi. Results are grouped into: the experience felt “physical and psychological complaints” when the milk has not come out, and expectation on psychosocial midwifery care in order to deal with breast milk has not come out. Furthermore, it was concluded that psychosocial midwifery care given when the milk has not come out, can became mother’s experiences in order to achieve sustainability of successful breastfeeding.

Key words: breast milk, experience, expectation, psychosocial midwifery care

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