The Influence of Breathing Ball Technique on Length of Labor in Phase I Active in Independent Practice, Midwifery Sriwati

First stage or first stage of opening takes place from zero opening (0 cm) to complete opening (10 cm). First stage for primigravida lasts 12 hours, while multigravida lasts for 8 hours. Based on the Friedman curve, calculated opening for primigravida 1 cm/hour and opening for multigravida 2 cm/hour. Efforts to determine the speed of labor for the first time were given a breathing ball technique. The purpose of this research is to know the effect of breathing ball on the duration of the first phase of active labor in PMB Sriwati.

This type of research is a pre-experimental study with the one-shot case study. The total sample is 30 respondents, 15 primigravida respondents, and 15 multigravida respondents. Data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test. The intervention was given during the first stage of labor during the active phase for 32 minutes, every 32 minutes there were 4 stages of breathing ball, the duration of the duration was 8 minutes, each mother could rest whenever she wanted.

The results of the analysis of the breathing ball technique on the duration of labor in the first phase of labor in the active phase of the p-value of 0,000 <0.05.

The conclusion was that there was a significant influence on the breathing ball technique on the length of labor in the active phase I in the Sriwati Independent Practice Midwife. For midwives, especially in the Independent Practice of Midwife Sriwati to train pregnant women from an early age in performing breathing ball techniques by doing exercises in classes of pregnant women every 2x in a week, and this research can be developed with pain variables in the first phase of active mothers.