Association of Exclusive Breast Feeding Practice and Physical Activities in Reducing of Postpartum Maternal Weight

Abstract

Context: Weight gain experienced by pregnant women needs to be monitored to ensure the ideal body
weight nutrition. It can be reduced by monitoring body weight during pregnancy and encouraging mothers
to provide exclusive breast feeding and physical training after 6 weeks of postpartum care. The study was
conducted in the Keputih Health Center cacthment in Surabaya because coverage of high exclusive breast
feeding macit. The study aimed to prove whether exclusive breast feeding is a dominant factor in naturally
decreasing postpartum maternal weight. The were all mothers who had babies aged 6-7 months. That a
sample of 25 mothers is obtained. Data analysis using descriptive analysis, chi-square analysis and using
logistic regression analysis. The results showed that 84.6% of postpartum mothers had a weight loss of 0.5-
12 kg and 11.5% had increased. There is a significant relationship between exclusive breast feeding with
the decreasing of in maternal postpartum weight with a value of C = 0.432 and OR 1.0, which means that
mothers who give exclusive breast feeding have the opportunity to experience weight loss from mothers
who give breast feeding un exclusively. And there is a weak relationship between variables of physical
activity with a decrease in maternal postpartum weight with a value of C = 0.275. So the variable that has
a significant relationship in postpartum maternal weight loss is exclusive breast feeding, so the importance
of the postpartum mother to give exclusive breast feeding during the first 6 months is supported by high
physical activity.