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Improper breastfeeding technique will cause the baby to not be able to breastfeed optimally and the mother to experience nipple blisters after breastfeeding. The key to successful breastfeeding is the breastfeeding technique by placing the baby in the correct position and attachment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of breastfeeding technique counseling on increasing knowledge and breastfeeding practices in postpartum women. This type of research used quasi quasi-experimental method with a nonequivalent control group design approach. The population in this study were postpartum women (primipara) and KF1 (6 hours - 2 days) totaling 90 respondents. Sampling using accidental sampling with two research groups divided, namely 45 people in the intervention group and 45 people in the control group. The test used in this study was WhitnMann-Whitneyey because the data were not normally distributed. The results of this study indicate the level of knowledge between the intervention group and the control group with a mean value of 43.8 (p = 0.000), while the level of practice between the intervention group and the control group with a mean value of 45 (p = 0.000), so there is a significant difference.  This study concludes that there is an effect of providing breastfeeding technique counseling on increasing knowledge and breastfeeding practices in postpartum women. So that it can be applied to mothers who have just given birth to their first child.

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