Vivenciando o parto humanizado e outros tipos de parto

Abstract

The childbirth from the beginning involves the family bond, maternal and paternal during gestation and it concretizes with the baby birth. Thus, in this primordial and unique phase, the term Humanized Childbirth briefly proposes that the childbirth must be a moment when a woman been the protagonist, on what her rights be recognized and respected, the performed procedures obtain real evidence and where invasive, unnecessary and violent techniques do not be used. In view of this, this study aimed to know the experiences of multiparous women in face of humanized childbirth, in order to observe the advantages and disadvantages and as procedures occur nowadays. This is a study characterized as an exploratory and descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, focusing on women's health. The subjects comprised nine women, residents in Sinop city, multiparous, over 18 years of age, who have experienced Humanized Births (from 2014 to 2017) and other types of childbirth. Data collection was performed after approval by Ethics Committee No. 2,435,119, through the active search of the subjects with the assistance of a doula, in which the data were collected through interviews using a semi-structured, open type, with open questions. The analysis of qualitative data was done through content analysis. After analyzing the data, four categories emerged, which subsidized the results and discussion: The obstetric violence; Pain as an element and not as a protagonist; Knowledge as a support network for childbirth and Woman's empowerment from humanized childbirth. The study showed that humanized childbirth allows and elicits a number of benefits compared to other types of childbirth, in which these advantages can and should be informed and offered since prenatal care, providing women and families with knowledge, including during the childbirth, empowering them.