Introduction:Breastfeeding has been widely recognised as benefiting for infants and mothers. It could avoid haemorrhage after giving birth (postpartum). The study aimed to observe the association between exclusive breastfeeding, blood volume and blood duration in a postpartum period. Method:This was an analytic study with a cross-sectional design. The number of samples was 56 postpartum women who were chosen by purposive sampling method. A questionnaire was used in collecting data by interviewing the respondents. Data was analysed using descriptive statistic and chi-square test.Result: There were 78.57% respondents breastfed exclusively and 21.43% did not breastfeed exclusively. In this study, exclusive breastfeeding related to bleeding duration (p=0.00), while blood volume was not associated with exclusive breastfeeding (p=0.06). Conclusion:There was a relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and blood duration. Meanwhile, exclusive breastfeeding was not associated with blood volume.

Background: Endometriosis is a gynecological disease that is found in 25-30% of infertile women. The most widely used staging system of endometriosis in IVF is the revised American Fertility Society (r-AFS) which has limited predictive ability for pregnancy after surgery. The Endometriosis Fertility Index (EFI) is used to predict fecundity after endometriosis surgery. Objective: To assess the relationship between EFI and the outcomes of IVF. Methods: The study was retrospective cohort. Subjects of study were endometriosis patients who underwent IVF in Infertility Clinic of Permata Hati, Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta in 2012 that met inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subjects were devided into two groups: high EFI and low EFI. ROC curve was used to obtain the cutoff point.Chi-square and logistic regression statistics analysis were used. Results and Discussion: A total of 54 cycles from 54 couples who underwent IVF were included. Cut off point for EFI is 6. There is no difference in the outcomes of IVF between high and low EFI (OR 15,135; 95% CI 0,830-276,00; p=0,067), but high EFI increased the outcome of IVF 15 times better than low EFI. The outcome of IVF was influenced by type of the embryo transfer (OR 0,126; 95% CI 0,028-0,566). Conclusion: High EFI did not affect the outcomes of IVF both rated at biochemical pregnancy, clinical pregnancy and live birth. The outcomes of IVF was influenced by type of the embryo transfer. The cause of female infertility and stage of the endometriosis increased EFI score but did not affect the outcomes of IVF.

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