Pelaksanaan Menyusui pada Ibu yang Terkonfirmasi Positif Covid-19

Abstract

Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, Indonesia is one among those that is affected. It is infecting everyone, including pregnant women. There are 536 pregnant women affected by Covid-19 and 51.9% without symptoms. The anxiety of mothers with confirmed Covid-19 arises when they will breastfeed the baby and the risk of transmission because of close contact can interfere with mothers’ psychology. The objective of the study is to know the implementation of breastfeeding in mothers with confirmed Covid-19. It was a literature review study. The data was searched through Google Scholar database, PubMed, Nursing Journal, Cochranelibrary, with keywords "breastfeeding", "pandemic", "mother with confirmed Covid-19". The inclusion criteria for the articles taken were research written in Indonesian and English. The results of a review based on 5 literatures concludes that mothers with confirmed COVID-19 with or without symptoms could breastfeed their children by always applying health protocol such as wearing masks, washing hands, and cleaning breasts using soap.

Keywords: breastfeeding; mothers with confirmed Covid-19; health protocol

ABSTRAK

Pandemi Covid-19 sedang melanda dunia, Indonesia termasuk salah satu yang terkena dampak. Covid-19 menyerang semua orang termasuk ibu hamil. Terdapat 536 ibu hamil yang terkonfirmasi Covid-19 dan 51,9% tanpa gejala. Kekhawatiran ibu yang terkonfirmasi positif Covid-19 berlanjut ketika akan menyusui anaknya dan risiko penularan kepada bayi yang disusui karena kontak erat bisa mengganggu psikologis ibu. Tujuan penelitian: mengetahui pelaksanaan ibu menyusui yang terkonfirmasi positif Covid-19. Metode menggunakan studi Literatur Review. Pencarian melalui data base Google Scolar, PubMed, Nursing Jurnal, Cochranelibrary, dengan kata kunci yang digunakan adalah “menyusui”, “pandemi”, “ibu positif Covid-19”. Kriteria inklusi artikel yang diambil yaitu penelitian yang ditulis tahun 2019-2021 dengan bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris. Hasil telaah berdasarkan 5 literatur menyimpulkan ibu terkonfirmasi positif Covid-19 dapat menyusui anaknya. Sehingga direkomendasikan bagi ibu yang terkonfirmasi positif Covid-19 dengan atau tanpa gejala dapat menyusui anaknya dengan tetap mematuhi protokol kesehatan seperti memakai masker, mencuci tangan dan membersihkan payudara menggunakan sabun.

Kata kunci: menyusui; ibu terkonfirmasi covid-19, protokol kesehatan