The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf capsule in increasing breast milk volume
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
88
450 mg capsule
placebo capsule
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
Breast milk volume at postpartum day 3
Breast milk volume measuring by weighting the infant fully clothed before and after each feeding with an electronic weigh scale for the period of 24 hours (at postpartum day 3). The sum of weight difference in gram was then converted to breast milk volume in milliliter (1 g = 1 mL).
Time frame: day 3
percentage of good satisfaction
satisfaction evaluated by 5 scales
Time frame: 3 days
quality of life scores
Quality of life measuring by Thai version of WHO-QOL questionaire
Time frame: 3 days
side effects
percentage of side effects such as headache, nausea/vomiting
Time frame: 3 days
Compliance
percentage of complete drug use
Time frame: 3 days
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