Rev Rene (Jan 2016)

Practices in delivery and birth care from mothers’ perspective

  • Débora Apolinário,
  • Marcelexandra Rabelo,
  • Lillian Daisy Gonçalves Wolff,
  • Silvana Regina Rossi Kissula Souza,
  • Giseli Campos Gaioski Leal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2016000100004
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 1
pp. 20 – 28

Abstract

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Objective: to highlight the practices of delivery and birth care in a maternity ward from mothers’ perspective. Methods: descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach carried out in a maternity hospital of usual risk, with 100 regular postpartum mothers. It was used a semi-structured questionnaire as recommended by the World Health Organization. Results: among the practices that should be encouraged from birth care, stands out: women’s privacy; participation of the companion of their choice; the use of non-pharmacological methods for pain relief. Among the practices that should be eliminated: the transfer to the delivery room at the second stage and the lithotomy position. Conclusion: women are still passive in the birth process despite attempts to change the model of care during labor and birth.

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