PENGARUH LOVING MASSAGE PADA NYERI PUNGGUNG IBU HAMIL TRIMESTER III DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS NGAWEN KABUPATEN BLORA

Back pain is one of the inconveniences in pregnancy because it can interfere with the activities of pregnant women. Back pain during pregnancy occurs due to stretching of the bones, especially the lumbar region which is in accordance with the increase in gestational age. Based on interviews with 10 trimester III pregnant women who are housewives, 5 of them said they experienced low back pain at approximately 8 months of gestation. This means that around 50% of mothers experience back pain in the third trimester of pregnancy because the fetus in the mother's stomach begins to develop and the uterus begins to enlarge so that the burden on the mother's back increases. This study aims to determine the effect of loving massage on back pain in third trimester pregnant women in the working area of the Ngawen Community Health Center in Blora Regency.This type of pre-experimental research with one group pretest posttest village. The study population of all third trimester pregnant women in the Ngawen Working Area of Blora District Health Center. The research sample of 23 pregnant women was taken by purposive sampling with certain considerations namely pregnant women with moderate back pain. The research instrument used an observation sheet with the Wilcoxon sign ranks test data analysis.The results showed before being done loving pain massages experienced by pregnant women according to the scale of pain pain VDS moderate 23 (100%). After loving massage it was found that mild pain was 15 (65.2%) and moderate pain was 8 (34.8%). Wilcoxon sign ranks test showed p-value 0,00