When repairing the episiotomy of a pregnant woman who has given birth, a pad heated in a microwave oven at 180 W for 1 minute is applied to each breast for 20 minutes. The application is made when the temperature of the pad, measured with a thermometer, reaches a maximum of 40.5 C.

A routine care was performed.

Applying a warm pad to a breast during episiotomy repair

The Introductory Information Form is a 15-item survey form prepared by researchers based on the literature. The Introductory Information Form includes 10 questions on socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women and their partners and 5 questions on obstetric characteristics of pregnant women.

Postpartum Milk Expression and Amount Information Form aims to be evaluated by researchers by asking 8 questions to the intervention group and 6 questions to the control group. The questions were prepared by the researcher. There are statements that need to be measured quantitatively and recorded by the researcher.

The scale, whose Turkish validity and reliability was confirmed by Akçay and Demirgöz Bal in 2019, was published by Stockdale et al. in 2013. PBMS is a 37-item scale developed to evaluate the postnatal breastfeeding motivation in primipara. The scale has four sub-dimensions of "The value placed on breastfeeding", "Self-efficacy", "Perceived support from the midwife" and "Expectation of success". High scores from the scale indicate high breastfeeding motivation, low scores indicate low breastfeeding motivation.