Puerpério imediato: desvendando o significado da maternidade

Abstract

The meaning of maternity must be deepened among parents. The goal of this study is to know the meanings of maternity in face of the puerperal mothers' needs in rooming-in of a general hospital in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This research followed the qualitative paradigm of exploratory descriptive-like features. The data was collected from a sample composed of 15 women ranging from 24 to 48 hours of puerperium. Three categories emerged through content analysis: the meaning of being a mother difficulties of immediate puerperium and necessities of immediate puerperium. According to the results, puerperal mothers define maternity as a dream coming true allied to the responsibility and commitment with the newest living being fragile and dependant on their care. We conclude that maternity for these puerperal mothers is a unique, a moment with feelings of insecurity towards self-care and taking care of the newborns.

Challenges of motherhood in the voice of primiparous mothers: Initial difficulties

“…(12) Some of the difficulties that were demonstrated in our study were also present in Strapasson and Nedel's (13) study about the meaning of motherhood. The authors (13) found that "breastfeeding has been one of the main difficulties the participants found in the immediate postpartum due to social, cultural and esthetic issues" (p. 524).…”

“…Another study showed similar results, concretely difficulties to deal with the baby's crying, (16) which caused feelings of impotence and frustration in first-time mothers. (13) The aspects related to the baby's safety, how to act, how to protect in case of an accident, were also present in some mothers' discourse in our study. Similar difficulties were observed in Castillo-Espitia and Ocampo-González's (17) study about the mothers' experiences in care for their premature infants during the first night after discharge.…”

Care for both mother and child immediately after childbirth: a descriptive study

“…They are lightweight technologies, unsophisticated, easy to perform in clinical practice, and that can contribute to the establishment and maintenance of this practice (1,13) .…”

“…It starts immediately after delivery through the expulsion of the placenta and its end is unpredictable in so far as the woman relates to the process of breastfeeding (1) . In the early days after childbirth women experience a mixture of feelings ranging from euphoria for the birth of the child to fear and insecurity regarding the care that they should provide for their babies (2) .…”

Aspectos do atendimento humanizado aos progenitores nas unidades de terapia intensiva neonatal

“…3 Nesse contexto, o atendimento humanizado aos progenitores nas unidades de terapia intensiva neonatal (UTINs) tem se tornado uma conduta de singular importância, pois os momentos iniciais pós-nascimento para eles podem ser caracterizados por sentimentos ambivalentes e principalmente por preocupações em relação à saúde do filho, visto que a probabilidade de uma possível hospitalização acarretará alterações tanto na vida da criança como na dinâmica de toda a família. 4 Para Catafesta et al, 5 o período após o nascimento de qualquer criança naturalmente necessita de adaptações físicas e emocionais por parte dos progenitores; contudo, quando o recém-nascido necessita ficar internado em uma UTIN, as incertezas, os medos e as inseguranças peculiares a esse momento tornam-se mais acerbados. Assim, cabe a toda a equipe da saúde envolvida nesse processo compreender todo esse contexto e realizar as avaliações com eficiência, visando atenuar os temores.…”