Biological Nurturing Baby-led Feeding to Reduce the Pain Intensity of Post-Section Caesarian: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Introduction: caesarean surgery can cause pain that affects mobilization, daily activities, and the process of breastfeeding the baby. baby-led feeding is one of the recommended breastfeeding positions for postpartum mothers post-caesarean because it feels more relaxing. however, the effectiveness of baby-led feeding at reducing the pain levels needs further research. this study therefore aimed to determine the effect of baby-led feeding on the pain intensity among post-caesarean section patients.methods: the research design used was quasi-experiment with a pre-test-post-test control group design and multi-stage sampling. this totaled 26 respondents across the two groups. the biological nurturing baby-led feeding treatment was given every feeding time. the research instrument used was the numeric rating scale (nrs), and the data was analyzed using a paired sample t-test and an independent sample t-test with α ≤ 0.05.results: this study showed there to be an effect of biological nurturing baby-led feeding on the pain intensity experienced by the patients with a p-value of 0.000 (p≤0.05). there were significant differences in pain intensity between the intervention and control groups with a p-value of 0.001 (p≤0.05).conclusion: biological nurturing in the form of baby-led feeding is effective at reducing the pain intensity of post-caesarean section patients. further research recommends that post-intervention pain observations be carried out on the first day after the baby-led feeding intervention is initiated.