REACTIONS OF MOTHERS BEFORE A BIRTH OF PREMATURE SON

Authors

  • Tágira Márcia Teixeira Monteiro
  • Lucilane Maria Sales da Silva
  • Maria Verônica Sales da Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v7i1.32554

Keywords:

Premature, Mothers reations, Nursing care.

Abstract

The birth of a premature son is something unexpected and stressful for all the families and mainly for the mother, that generally, follow directly the child. Pointing for a special attention of the health team has as objectives to identify the reactions of mothers of premature children and verify the dispensed background, by health team, to mothers to take care of a child. It is a qualitative study done at Santa Casa de Misericórdia nursery in Sobral, with the ten mothers in a period from April to May of 2002. We considered ethical aspects according to resolution 196/96 related to researches with human beings. The following categories appeared from the study: mothers’ reactions to the birth of a premature son; the knowledge about the premature son. With respect to the psychological reactions of the mothers, it was possible to infer that mothers show several reactions such as concern, fear and sadness when their sons are born. These mothers show that they don’t know anything about the matter of prematurity. The majority of mother ignored the possibility of the son to be born premature. The study emphasized the unpreparedness of the mothers to take care of a premature child and their desire to obtain information about the matter. It is suggested that the health team offers support and guidance to the mothers and family. In this way they can face and overcome the situation.

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Published

2002-06-01

How to Cite

Monteiro, T. M. T., Silva, L. M. S. da, & Silva, M. V. S. da. (2002). REACTIONS OF MOTHERS BEFORE A BIRTH OF PREMATURE SON. Cogitare Enfermagem, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v7i1.32554

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2002)

Section

Research

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