Parir e nascer num novo tempo: o cuidado utilizado no puerpério pela equipe Hanami

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the perception of couples on the process of care provided by the Hanami Team during the puerperal period of planned home births. This is a convergent-assistance and qualitative research conducted with 30 couples. Data were collected during participative observation and through semi-structured interviews. The analysis included the process steps of apprehension, synthesis, theorization and transference, based in the Theory of Diversity and Universality of Cultural Care and Models of Attention to Childbirth. The results revealed a central category – perceptions of couples assisted by the Hanami Team on the process of care in the puerperal period - and three subcategories. Thus, it was concluded that couples want to welcome the newborn when they arrive to the new world, participating in all the care provided because they acknowledge the importance of this for the formation of family bonding. The couple realizes and values the cultural competence of the obstetric nurse in the care of breastfeeding and participation in the rituals of care with the placenta. The care practices in the postpartum period find support in cultural constructs and in holistic care.