Maternal Perception of the Skin to Skin Contact With Premature Infants Through the Kangaroo Position

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the experience of postpartum women during hospitalization of premature infants in the first stage of Kangaroo Care and know how the first skin to skin contact between mother and child through the kangaroo position collaborates with this experience. Methods: Descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study that is complied with the Resolution 196/96 of the National Board of Health, conducted through semi-structured interviews with twelve postpartum women in October, 2010. Results: Content analysis showed that postpartum women experience a period of stress in early hospitalization of premature infants during the first step of Kangaroo Care, represented by the abandonment of their daily activities and whole family. Conclusion: The kangaroo position provided the expression of feelings related to postpartum women happiness from realizing herself as a true mother, since they can participate in an indirect way of the sick child's care and promote conditions for their development.

Kangaroo method: perceptions of mothers who experience the second stage

“…The need for the child to go to UTIN is represented initially by breaking the expectations and dreams about giving birth to the term followed by difficult and conflicting situations interlaced to the challenge of conflicting fitness to stressful routine of hospital and struggle for survival of the son. 7 The nursing team has a key role, especially in the early stages of the hospitalization, in favoring the host families, inform them about the state of health of babies, while a facilitator role in the process of adaptation of families during hospitalization. Professionals need to recognize the factors or stressors facilitators found by the mothers during this process, because, when the mother has the NB interned in NICU, she is deprived of family life, dedicating her life, at that moment, her son hospitalized.…”

Percepção das mães sobre a aplicabilidade do método canguru

“…14 It is necessary, therefore, that information and communication be reliable between the health team and the family to reduce the fear felt by the mothers in this moment of fragility. 15 It facilitates, according to researchers, through the promotion of this care, the mother-child bond. Thus, the participating mother is welcomed by a team of professionals sensitized in humanizing care and there is a greater interaction of this with her child, the staff and the institution.…”

Conhecimento de técnicos de enfermagem sobre o método canguru na unidade neonatal

“…Nessa situação, já pode ficar, continuamente, acompanhado de sua mãe, devendo o RN encontrar-se com estabilidade clínica, com um peso mínimo de 1.250g e estar em alimentação materna plena, sonda gástrica ou copo, o que possibilita o ganho de peso mínimo diário maior que 15g. Já na terceira e última etapa, a criança recebe alta hospitalar, sendo seu acompanhamento realizado periodicamente através de consultas ambulatoriais até que o bebê atinja o peso de 2.500g (9) .…”