A vivência de amamentação de mães de neonatos prematuros internados na UTIN do HCUFU

Abstract

Breastfeeding, in addition to nutrition, presents itself to the subject from an early age, also contributing to their psychic constitution. The intense and very close contact of the baby with his mother, who most often is the one who feeds him, contributes to his development. However, this intimate moment between mother and child does not always occur as expected. For various reasons, some babies need to be hospitalized, when they born, interfering in many aspects of breastfeeding. So, this qualitative research, inspired by psychoanalytic theory, aimed to investigate the breastfeeding experience of mothers of premature newborns admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Federal University of Uberlandia Clinical Hospital, served by the Human Milk Bank, from the analysis of material from four semi-directed interviews, in order to know the aspects related to the breastfeeding routine of these women-mothers whose babies are hospitalized. I n this analysis, six points were highlighted that stood out to be discussed, namely: breastfeeding; the communication of the mother-baby pair; the home transition; the presence of religiosity and helplessness; paternal absence.