The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Comfort After Cesarean Section

Inclusion Criteria: * • Those between the ages of 18 and 45 * Multiparous women * At the 8th postoperative hour * Women who have not developed any complications during pregnancy, birth and postpartum for themselves or their newborns. * Having a single, healthy newborn at term, * Does not react negatively to any attempt to touch, * Able to speak and communicate in Turkish * Agreeing to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Those with any problems diagnosed before or at birth (such as oligohydramnios, preeclampsia, heart disease, diabetes, placenta previa) * Those who develop any complications related to mother and baby in the postpartum period (bleeding, hypertension, babies taken to the neonatal intensive care unit, etc.). * Those who receive different analgesics other than routine post-operative analgesics (75 mg diclofenac sodium in the first 30 minutes post-op).