ANALYSIS OF LABOR CONTRACTIONS AND FOOD INTAKE WITH FATIGUE LEVEL OF LABORING MOTHERS IN INDEPENDENT MIDWIFE PRACTICE

Abstract

 The labor process will require a lot of energy to help the mother  in the labor process. Contractions that are felt continuously, causing the mother to lack appetite or intake, making the mother weaker and easily tired. It is necessary for the midwife's initial assessment of the mother's fatigue condition when she comes to the midwife clinic for delivery, so that the mother can undergo her labor process normally and without complications due to the fatigue she experiences. This research is analytic with a cross sectional approach. The population and samples in this study were vaginal delivery mothers. The sample of this study was 23 people with the sampling technique was simple random sampling, conducted from June-September 2023. The results showed the majority was moderate fatigue, namely 14 people (43.5%), the average VAS-fatigue value of 5.78 points, fatigue factors based on his/contraction factors, namely 16 people (69.6%), based on factors of lack of food intake, namely 14 people (60,9%), There is a significant relationship between his/contraction factors on fatigue in laboring women (P=0.00) and There is a significant relationship between factors of lack of food intake on fatigue in laboring women (P=0.00). Assessment, supervision and management of laboring women who have risk factors for fatigue by midwives are needed to prevent complications of labor in the mother and fetus.