ABSTRACT

Background: Based on the preliminary study on ten pregnant mothers interviewed, there were only 2 of Belong to multigravida mothers and primigravida mothers and had personal breast treatment.

Method: The study employed a proper experimental method with a pretest-posttest and a control group. The study's population was primigravida with 20 samples consisting of the experimental group and the control group. The statistical test used a non-parametric test with Wilcoxon test equation.

Result: Based on the result of the analysis test with the Wilcoxon test, the result obtained that Asympt. Sig value(2-tailed) for experimental group readiness was 0,030 (p<0,05) and control group with 0,564 (p>0,05).

Conclusion: There was an effect of health education on exclusive breastfeeding to primigravida mothers’ readiness to give exclusive breast milk. It is expected that mothers can add knowledge on preparation during pregnancy related to exclusive breastfeeding.

Keywords: Health education, exclusive breastfeeding, Readiness of primigravida.