Feelings and opinions of women who underwent humanized labor at Santa Lucinda Hospital

• Main Authors: Alessandra Dias de Oliveira, Gabrielly Sanches dos Santos, Mayra Danielle Miranda Teixeira, Ruth Bernarda Riveros Jeneral
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2014-04-01
• Series: Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Sorocaba
• Subjects: parto humanizado; humanização da assistência; saúde da mulher
• Online Access: http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/RFCMS/article/view/17525

ABSTRACT Objectives: the aim of this study was to identify the feelings and opinions of the women about the experience lived in the pre-partum and humanized childbirth at Santa Lucinda's Hospital, based on the humanization of preconized assistance by the Ministry of Health. Methods: it treats of a descriptive and qualitative research. Fifteen puerperas who participated of the humanized childbirth at Santa Lucinda's Hospital, reported of the Basic Health Unit Sorocaba I of Sorocaba county, had participated in the study. It was used the Coletive Subject Discourse technique and the theory referential of Minayo, where the instrument of work was a recorded interview with two orientation questions. Results and Discussion: in the analysis, the talks were combined in eleven central ideas. The importance of the humanized assistance was emphasized and related to feelings of calmness and strength, as well as the pain was directly related to negative feelings and expressions such as fear, preoccupation and hate but followed by the feeling of compensation where the first contact with the baby becomes exciting and can be summarized in relief and joy. About the no pharmacological methods of pain relief and the accompanying's right, which are importance points to the childbirth humanization, it predominates the positive opinions. Conclusion: it can be concluded that it is necessary to reflect about the experience of humanized childbirth considering the individuality of each woman, for the applicability of it by the team be effective, providing an integral assistance to the women, respecting the middle which she is inserted.