Al Qur’an Healing Therapy Increases Letdown Reflex in Breastfeeding Mothers

Abstract

Breast milk is the best food source for the baby's growth and development. However, in practice, not all mothers provide exclusive breastfeeding for up to 6 months for various reasons, including the reduced of breast milk production. The relaxation method used is non-pharmacological therap. This study aims to determine the effect of AlQuran Healing relaxation therapy on Letdown Reflex in breastfeeding mothers. This research method was a quasi-experimental one group pre-posttest design. Purposive nonprobability sampling technique was used for sample selection. The research samples used were 15 breastfeeding mothers. The first data collection tool was a questionnaire on the demographic data of the respondents and the second was about the Letdown Reflex assessment. Al-Quran Healing therapy intervention was given for three days with a Letdown reflex assessment before and after the intervention administration. Letdown reflex assessment before the intervention showed that there were 5 respondents (33.3%) with a poor category and 10 respondents (66.7%) with a good category. After the intervention, it was found that all mothers, that were 15 respondents (100%), had a good Letdown reflex assessment. The results of the analysis showed a p-value of 0.001 (<0.005), which meant that there was an effect of giving Al-Quran Healing therapy on the frequency of Letdown Reflex. There was a difference between the letdown reflex before and after the intervention.