After Caesarean Section Oxitocin Breast Massage Anthropometric Characteristics of the Newborn

Background: Delays in breastfeeding and milk release after cesarean section may negatively affect the early initiation of breastfeeding and the mother's breastfeeding self-efficacy. Research Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of breast and oxytocin massage after cesarean section on the anthropometric characteristics of the newborn and breastfeeding self-efficacy. Methods: The study was conducted in a single-blind randomized controlled type and 126 mothers who delivered by cesarean section in the postpartum department of a private hospital in Istanbul/Turkey were randomized into three groups as 42 breast massage, 42 oxytocin massage and 42 control group.