The Effect of Music on Neonatal Stress, Mother's Breastfeeding Success and Comfort

The Effect of Music on Neonatal Stress, Mother's Breastfeeding Success and Comfort During Breastfeeding: a Randomized Controlled Trial

In the literature, music plays an energizing, soothing, stimulating and awakening role for the newborn, and at the same time, music has the potential to wake up a lethargic and withdrawn baby and calm a crying, restless baby. In addition, it is stated that relaxing music in the early postpartum period supports breastfeeding behaviors of mother and baby. It is stated that lullabies positively affect the newborn's relaxation, falling asleep, and mother-baby communication. however, it facilitates sleep due to its monotonous, emotional and repetitive melody structure, slow tempo and relaxing effect. The sound called white noise is a humming, monotonous and constantly used sound that suppresses the disturbing sounds coming from the environment and has a calming feature. In the literature, it has been found that white noise played to infants with colic reduces crying.

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of lullabies and white noise music played during breastfeeding of the newborn on newborn stress, breastfeeding success and mother's comfort. This study was planned as a randomized controlled trial with term newborns 24 hours after birth.

The hypotheses are presented below;

H1- White noise music played during breastfeeding reduces newborn stress compared to the control group.

H2- White noise music played during breastfeeding increases breastfeeding success compared to the control group.

H3- White noise music played during breastfeeding increases comfort of the mother compared to the control group.

H4- Lullaby music played during breastfeeding reduces newborn stress compared to the control group.

H5- Lullaby music played during breastfeeding increases breastfeeding success compared to the control group.

H6- Lullaby music played during breastfeeding increases comfort of the mother compared to the control group.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Over 18 years of age,
• Able to speak Turkish,
• Breastfeeding mothers
• Term and healthy newborn (born at 38-42 weeks, weighing 2500-4000 g, born with an APGAR of 7 or more, without any known congenital disease)

Exclusion Criteria:

• mothers who do not agree to participate in the research
• mother has a condition that prevents breastfeeding