GAMBARAN PENGETAHUAN IBU HAMIL TENTANG PENCEGAHAN ROBEKAN PERINEUM PADA PERSALINAN KALA II DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS SIMPANG EMPAT KABUPATEN ASAHAN TAHUN 2015

Abstract

Prevention of perineal laceration is an attempt to prevent tearing of the perineum during labor. Prevent perineal tears during pregnancy is the Kegel exercises and massage the perineum while during labor can be prevented by protecting the perineum when the baby's head open vulva. The impact of the occurrence of perineal laceration which is an infection in the birth canal, pain after childbirth, and bleeding may also occur due to the opening of blood vessels that did not close properly so the bleeding occurs constantly. Factors that cause perineal tears one of them is ineffective contraction way that does not follow the natural impulse for contraction. This research is descriptive research that aims to reveal the knowledge of pregnant women about the prevention of perineal laceration on the second stage of labor in Puskesmas Simpang Empat Asahan district in 2015. The study was conducted from March to April 2015. The population in this study were all pregnant women who come to visit in Puskesmas Simpang Empat Asahan and sampling technique in this research accidental sampling with 32 respondents. Data in this study is data’s primary by distributing questionnaires. The result is all pregnant women are less knowledgeable that 21 (65.6%). From the results of this study are expected pregnant women get information about the prevention of perineal tears from health professionals and the media