BACKGROUND: Breast engorgement causes discomfort in the breastfeeding process. If untreated, it can make the baby reluctant to be breastfed. In turn, it may result in clogged milk which affects milk production and lead to mastitis/infection of the milk glands. AIM: The aim of the study was to know the effect of cabbage leaves compress on breast engorgement in postpartum mothers. METHODS: Pre-experimental was done with one group. The pre- and post-test design approach was applied. The population of this study is postpartum mothers who experienced breast engorgement. A consecutive sampling was employed as the sampling technique. The instruments to collect the data are using the observation sheet and breast engorgement rating scale based on Hill and Humenick ‘94. The data were then analyzed the Wilcoxon test. RESULTS: The majority of the characteristics of respondents who experience breast engorgement are postpartum mothers aged 20–35 years, with junior high school education, unemployed or housewives, and multiparous mothers. Before cabbage leaves compression, the majority of 29 mothers (96.7%) experienced engorgement on a scale of 3 and declined to a scale of 2 after the intervention. The result of the effect of cabbage leaves compress on breast engorgement in postpartum mothers was effective with a value of p = 0.000. CONCLUSION: There is a significant effect of cabbage leaves compress on breast engorgement for the postpartum mothers.

Background: Dysmenorrhea is a gynecological discomfort due to an imbalance of the hormone progesterone in the blood, causing pain that most often occurs in menstruation period. Giving a warm compress uses the principle of heat delivery through conduction, by attaching a hot bladder to the stomach for a heat transfer and results in pain reduction of primary dysmenorrhea among women.Objective: Knowing the effect of warm compresses on changes in pain levels and the length of dysmenorrhea.Methods: This study uses a quantitative method, with a pre-experimental one group pretest-posttest design. The sampling technique was a Consecutive Sampling method with a sample of 62 people. The warm compress was done by filling up a rubber bag with hot water, and pressing it slowly on the inflicted-part of the stomach for 10 min. Data collection with warm compress intervention. The data analysis was done by employing a paired t-test.Result: There is an effect of warm compresses on pain level and duration of dysmenorrhea. The results showed the level of pain before being given an intervention with a warm compress was an average of 6,84 and after the treatment was 2,90, and the length of dysmenorrhea before the treatment was an average of 17, 39 and after it was only 8,92. The analysis on the pain level and duration of dysmenorrhea obtained p-values of each (p-value 0.000 (p < 0.05)). Thus, it indicated that there is a significant difference of the pain level between before and after the treatment.Conclusion: Interventions using warm compresses have an effect on changes in pain levels and the duration of dysmenorrhea during menstruation.