Cogitare Enfermagem (Sep 2009)

EXPERIENCES LIVED BY THE WOMAN IN THE MOMENT OF THE PARTURITION AND BIRTH OF HER BABY

  • Caroline Vasconcellos Lopes,
  • Sonia Maria Könzgen Meincke,
  • Telma Elisa Carraro,
  • Marilu Correa Soares,
  • Simone Pieren dos Reis,
  • Rita Maria Heck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i3.16178
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 3
pp. 484 – 490

Abstract

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The childbirth is a phenomenon of great social, cultural and instinctive meaning, in which the parturientwoman lives the most intense feelings, independent of her parturition. Objective: to know the feelings of the puerperalwomen concerning the experience of the childbirth and her son’s birth. Methodology: This study has a qualitativeapproach, and it was accomplished in the rooming-in sector of of a University Hospital Maternity in Rio Grande do SulState - Brazil. We used a semi-structured interview for data collection. Results: Women revealed that the satisfaction wasunanimous regarding the childbirth and the experience of their children’s birth for several reasons, as the control andvictory over pain and the encounter with the baby. Conclusion: Women that received information in relation to thechildbirth and that got ready for it remained calm and safe, being protagonists of their childbirth, living it fully.

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