Objectives: To describe the breastfeeding experience among teenage mothers, to identify past breastfeeding experience, and to identify events / situations perceived as obstacles to their current breastfeeding. Methods: An exploratory study was conducted with 80 adolescent mothers in a low-risk maternity setting in Ribeirão Preto-SP. A structured data collection tool was administered three times (at hospital discharge, during consultation between 10-15 days postpartum, and by telephone one month after discharge). Descriptive statistics were used in the analyses of the resulting data. Results: Among those adolescents with previous breastfeeding experience, 38.5% breastfed longer than six months. There was a gradual reduction of breastfeeding in the population of teenage mothers in this study. Problems were identified that led to decreased breastfeeding, including: nipple trauma, and inadequate suckling at the breast by the infant, but at discharge the mothers were able to demonstrate understanding of how to properly breastfeed. Conclusions: The teenage mother needs support and attention, specific to her role as an adolescent breastfeeding mother, without preconceived ideas of her being unable to care for a child due to her age. Descriptors: Maternal and child health; Breast feeding; Pregnancy in adolescence RESUMOObjetivos: Caracterizar o aleitamento materno entre mães adolescentes; identificar as experiências anteriores da amamentação; identificar eventos/situações que consideram como obstáculo na amamentação atual. Métodos: Estudo exploratório desenvolvido em maternidade de baixo risco de Ribeirão Preto-SP. Foram entrevistadas 80 puérperas adolescentes. Aplicou-se um formulário em três momentos (alta hospitalar, consulta nos 10º a 15º dias pós-parto e busca via telefone, após um mês). Utilizou-se a estatística descritiva. Resultados: Houve redução gradativa de aleitamento materno exclusivo. Em experiência anterior, 38,5% das adolescentes amamentaram mais de seis meses. Na experiência atual, consideraram problemas: os traumas mamilares e a dificuldade de sucção do bebê e demonstraram estar instrumentalizadas para amamentar. Conclusões: A mãe adolescente requer atenção sem rótulos pré-concebidos de incapacidade para cuidar do filho, guardando as especificidades da adolescência. Descritores: Saúde materno-infantil; Aleitamento materno; Gravidez na adolescência RESUMEN Objetivos: Caracterizar la lactancia materna entre madres adolescentes; identificar las experiencias anteriores del amamantamiento; identificar eventos/situaciones que consideran como obstáculo en el actual amamantamiento. Métodos: Estudo exploratorio desarrollado en maternidades de bajo riesgo de Ribeirão Preto-SP. Fueron entrevistadas 80 puérperas adolescentes. Se aplicó un formulario en tres momentos (alta hospitalaria, consulta entre el 10º a 15º días post-parto y búsqueda por vía telefónica después de un mes). Se utilizó la estadística descriptiva. Resultados: Hubo reducción gradual de la lactancia materna exclusiva. En experiencia anteri...
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