A percepção de mulheres sobre a vivência do parto normal ou cesáreo: revisão integrativa de literatura

Abstract

This study aimed to identify through the contribution of literature surveys on the perception of natural childbirth delivery and caesarean by women who have experienced them. It is an Integrative Review which used as theoretical evidence-based practice, searching in the databases Latin American Literatureand Caribbean Health Sciences (LALCHS), Scielo and Virtual Health Library (VHL), within which only nine studies were selected. It was observed that the non-routine use of pain-relieving techniques, pharmacological or not, during the prepartum and postpartum can have great weight in the construction of women's request for a caesarean delivery. Regarding the experiences of recent mothers about the attention received during the parturitive process, they feel alone in the delivery room, and it is important that nursing professional understands the significance of this moment for the parturient, in order to direct its decision-making regarding the necessary attitudes about treatment. It is concluded that there is a misapprehension as to the preferred route of childbirth by women, which is mostly the vaginally and not caesarean, as the doctors assumed; the pain after caesarean section is the main reason of them prefer the vaginal birth.