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The study population consisted of primiparous women who had spontaneous vaginal deliveries with mediolateral episiotomy at term between October 2023 and June 2024 at the Maternity Unit of Sel\u00e7uk University Medical Faculty Hospital (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 218). Data were collected using the Introductory Information Form, the Primipara Breastfeeding Motivation Scale, the Perceived Insufficient Milk Questionnaire (PIMQ), and a standardized manual breast milk expression procedure. Following birth, skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding were initiated, with each newborn breastfeeding from one breast, while the contralateral breast was not used for breastfeeding. In the intervention group (IG), a HP was applied to the nonbreastfed breast during episiotomy repair. At the second hour postpartum, milk was expressed for 20 minutes from the nonbreastfed breast using a manual breast pump in both groups.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Mean episiotomy repair time was 21.32 \u00b1 6.71 minutes in the IG and 26.06 \u00b1 7.40 minutes in the control group (CG). Mean expressed milk volume was 4.09 \u00b1 2.12 mL in the IG and 2.82 \u00b1 1.73 mL in the CG. The IG had significantly higher value ascribed to breastfeeding (VAB), self-effectiveness (SE), and midwife support (MS) scores (all\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001), whereas expectation of success (ES) was higher in the CG (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). Mean PIMQ score was higher in the IG than in the CG (32.55 \u00b1 12.12 versus 28.61 \u00b1 10.98), indicating lower PIM.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>HP application during episiotomy repair was associated with higher expressed milk volume, greater VAB, SE, and MS, and lower PIM. 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