A atenção qualificada ao parto tem sido um dos principais focos de ação da Iniciativa Maternidade Sem Risco (IMSR), no intuito de se obter gestações e partos mais seguros para as mulheres e os recém-nascidos e consequentemente diminuir as taxas de morbimortalidade materno-infantil. Este estudo buscou conhecer a assistência que as mulheres, atendidas nos serviços públicos de saúde do município de São Carlos/SP, recebem durante o ciclo gravídico-puerperal, evidenciando as ações desenvolvidas pela equipe de enfermagem. Objetivos: Descrever o perfil dos profissionais de enfermagem que atuam na atenção ao ciclo gravídico-puerperal e identificar as ações desenvolvidas por estes na assistência ao pré-natal, trabalho de parto, parto e puerpério, correlacionando com as competências essenciais ao exercício básico da obstetrícia recomendadas pela Confederação Internacional das Parteiras (ICM). Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo exploratório descritivo, com uma abordagem quantitativa, que utilizou para a coleta de dados a entrevista estruturada e a observação sistemática das ações desenvolvidas pelos profissionais de enfermagem na assistência ao ciclo gravídico-puerperal. A população estudada foi composta de 84 profissionais de enfermagem...

A assistência ao parto em Centro de Parto Normal (CPN) mostra-se como uma tendência a ser incorporada por muitos serviços de assistência obstétrica no contexto brasileiro. Estudos com enfoque na experiência do cuidado, segundo a perspectiva da mulher, ainda são escassos. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo descrever a experiência de mulheres que receberam assistência ao parto em um CPN. O estudo de abordagem qualitativa utilizou a análise da narrativa, como método de pesquisa. Este método é composto das fases de ler, analisar, transcrever, contar e ouvir a experiência; sua essência consiste no acesso à experiência primária, tal como representada pela pessoa que a vivencia. A análise dos depoimentos, foi desenvolvida de forma indutiva e interpretativa e resultou nas seguintes categorias descritivas da representação da experiência: a) O primeiro atendimento recebido no hospital; b) As experiências vividas no Centro de Parto Normal que foram relativas às orientações recebidas dos profissionais, as práticas de cuidado realizadas no trabalho de parto, os procedimentos executados pelos profissionais, a permanência do profissional no ambiente assistencial, o relacionamento interpessoal estabelecido pelos profissionais...

Na literatura, existem inúmeras produções sobre a memória de profissionais relacionada à assistência ao parto; no entanto, o registro de memórias maternas é escasso. A perspectiva das mulheres é importante por representar a opinião e a experiência dos sujeitos da assistência ao longo da história. Este estudo teve o objetivo de compreender as transformações no modelo de assistência ao parto a partir da experiência de mulheres que deram à luz no Estado de São Paulo nas décadas de 1940 a 1980. Para isso, fez-se um estudo do tipo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa, segundo o método da História Oral Temática. A colônia foi constituída por 20 mulheres que são mães, avós e bisavós de egressos da primeira turma do Curso de Obstetrícia da Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista não estruturada, com base em um roteiro com temas relativos à experiência no parto. Foi realizada a transcrição integral, textualização e transcriação das narrativas orais. O texto final foi submetido à análise de conteúdo. O projeto foi aprovado por Comitê de Ética e o uso das narrativas foi autorizado pelas entrevistadas mediante carta de Cessão Gratuita de Direitos de Depoimento Oral. Os resultados mostraram que as mulheres entrevistadas tiveram um total de 49 partos...

Introdução: A avaliação da assistência prestada é uma das condições básicas para promover a qualidade dos serviços de saúde. Obter dados a respeito do bem estar segundo a perspectiva da mulher permite corrigir inadequações e melhorar a qualidade da assistência ao parto. Objetivo da pesquisa: Esta pesquisa teve o objetivo de adaptar culturalmente e validar as propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Bienestar Materno em Situación de Parto (BMSP 2) para a língua portuguesa (Brasil).Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo do tipo metodológico aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo, sob o parecer nº 170.412. A adaptação cultural desta Escala, que foi produzida por enfermeiras obstétricas chilenas, foi feita conforme recomendações da literatura científica pertinente: tradução da BMSP2 para a língua portuguesa; retrotradução para língua de origem do instrumento; avaliação por um comitê de juízes; pré-teste da versão adaptada e aplicação da versão final em português. Os dados foram coletados no período de dezembro de 2012 a março de 2013 em um Hospital-Escola, situado na Zona Norte do Município de São Paulo. Participaram do estudo, 500 mulheres que receberam assistência ao parto normal na Instituição. A validade de face e conteúdo foi avaliada pelo comitê de juízes; para a validade de constructo foi realizada a análise fatorial; a validade de constructo convergente foi avaliada através do Teste de Correlação de Pearson entre a BMSP 2 e o domínio satisfação com a vida da Escala de Bem Estar Subjetivo; a validade de constructo divergente foi avaliada por meio de teste para comparação de grupos distintos. A confiabilidade foi avaliada pela consistência interna de seus itens (Alfa de Cronbach). O nível de significância adotado foi de 0...

Introdução O direito à escolha informada das mulheres sobre suas vivências na gravidez e no parto é fruto do percurso histórico dos direitos sexuais e reprodutivos, respaldados em bases éticas da autonomia, integridade corporal, igualdade e diversidade. No Brasil, sua história política e social vem sendo construída por meio da interlocução com o movimento de mulheres e os aparelhos governamentais, propulsionando políticas públicas que os garantam. Entretanto, as desigualdades de gênero no âmbito do conhecimento médico-científico levaram a uma leitura pessimista acerca do corpo feminino, que trata a experiência do parto como um evento patológico, dependente da tecnologia e de intervenções desnecessárias na assistência. Objetivo Descrever e analisar a perspectiva das mulheres sobre a dinâmica da disponibilização, acesso e qualidade das informações no pré-natal para as negociações do tipo de parto e os procedimentos da assistência focados na episiotomia, ocitocina e acompanhante, nas redes de saúde pública e suplementar. Metodologia Estudo qualitativo, alicerçado nas perspectivas teóricas de gênero e dos direitos reprodutivos, realizado por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas de três tipos (por email...

O parto é um evento que envolve múltiplos aspectos. Natureza e cultura estão em constante inter-relação no processo de dar à luz. Os contextos em que a experiência do nascimento ocorre são capazes de gerar diferentes sentidos, percepções, práticas e encontros durante este processo. Este estudo teve como objetivo compreender os sentidos do parto e as práticas de cuidado em três diferentes contextos da assistência obstétrica através das vozes de mulheres e profissionais. Conceitos da Antropologia do Nascimento foram utilizados como referencial teórico. Trata-se de um estudo de metodologia qualitativa na abordagem etnográfica. O estudo foi realizado nos contextos de Centro Obstétrico; Centro de Parto Humanizado e Casa de Parto, situados em uma área carente da zona sul de São Paulo. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevista semiaberta e observação participante, com anotações em diário de campo. Foram entrevistadas dezoito mulheres que vivenciaram o parto nestes contextos e quinze profissionais da assistência obstétrica que atuam nestes locais, sendo eles gestores, enfermeiras obstétricas e médicos obstetras. A análise dos dados foi organizada de acordo com cada contexto através de dois eixos: 1. As vozes dos gestores e profissionais; 2. As vozes das mulheres. Apoiados em tais eixos...

Giving birth at home represents a rising modality of delivery care in the Brazilian society, although in unrepresentative proportion when compared to the number of hospital childbirths. In Brazil, the topic has been broadly discussed by different professional categories, highlighting the safety issue involved in the process. The aim of this theoretical and reflective study was to present a brief overview of the overall care related to home childbirth, also questioning the reality of the contemporary Brazilian obstetric scenario. The scientific literature presents both obstetric and neonatal outcomes as favorable to home childbirth; similar risks when compared to hospital childbirth and higher rates of maternal satisfaction, and these both factors justify its practice. Therefore, a movement of women who are deeply unhappy with the current model of obstetric care is currently observed and they have been opting for home childbirth as a response to institutional violence, fragmentation and depersonalization of hospital care.

Background: The reliable availability of health technologies, defined as equipment, medicines, and consumable supplies, is essential to ensure successful childbirth practices proven to prevent avoidable maternal and newborn mortality. The majority of global maternal and newborn deaths take place in Africa and Asia, yet few data exist that describe the availability of childbirth-related health technologies in these regions. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of health workers in Africa and Asia in order to profile the availability of health technologies considered to be essential to providing safe childbirth care. Methods: Health workers in Africa and Asia were surveyed using a web-based questionnaire. A list of essential childbirth-related health technologies was drawn from World Health Organization guidelines for preventing and managing complications associated with the major causes of maternal and newborn mortality globally. Demographic data describing each birth center were obtained and health workers reported on the availability of essential childbirth-related health technologies at their centers. Comparison analyses were conducted using Rao-Scott chi-square test statistics. Results: Health workers from 124 birth centers in 26 African and 15 Asian countries participated. All facilities exhibited gaps in the availability of essential childbirth-related health technologies. Availability was significantly reduced in birth centers that had lower birth volumes and those from lower income countries. On average across all centers...

OBJECTIVE: to investigate the use of fentanyl for pain relief during childbirth administered by routes other than epidural or spinal (non-axial). In particular, aspects relating to the efficacy and safety of fentanyl for mother and neonate are explored. BACKGROUND: currently, pethidine is the most widely used intramuscular opioid for the relief of labour pain but has been shown to have numerous side-effects on the mother and neonate. An alternative opioid, fentanyl, has been shown to have fewer side-effects on both mother and neonate than pethidine. Therefore, its use during childbirth was examined in this literature review. REVIEW METHODS: a search of articles relating to the administration of fentanyl via non-axial routes was conducted using electronic databases, key journals and reference lists of selected research papers and reviews. RESULTS: only studies of IV administration were identified from the literature findings from showed that IV administered fentanyl appeared to be a safe, efficacious opioid when administered for pain relief in childbirth. Fentanyl is a short-acting analgesic causing less sedation and nausea in adults than pethidine. In addition, no long-term fetal or neonatal effects of fentanyl were identified, with normal neonatal neurological and adaptive capacities at two hours and 24 hours after birth supporting its safe use in childbirth. KEY CONCLUSION: in the studies identified...

The evidence appeared to suggest that the use of hypnosis in childbirth: decreases analgesia requirements during labour; decreases oxytocin requirements during labour and, increases the incidence of spontaneous vaginal birth. A research gap was identified that the Hypnosis Antenatal Training for Childbirth (HATCh) Trial was designed to fill. The HATCh Trial was a comprehensive, high-quality, randomised trial that included 448 pregnant women in late pregnancy. It was designed to assess the efficacy of a short, three-session, standardised hypnosis intervention in late pregnancy. The HATCh study findings show that, unlike in all but one previous study, this hypnosis intervention in the third trimester was ineffective in reducing analgesia requirements during childbirth. The increased incidence of induction required in hypnosis groups when compared with controls was unexpected and suggests that hypnosis may have an effect in the non-pharmacological inhibition of spontaneous labour. Subgroup analysis suggested that hypnosis may reduce analgesia requirements when supplemented by yoga. The addition of the HATCh Trial results has substantially increased the heterogeneity of the systematic review. Systematic review sub-group analyses, according to the timing of the hypnosis training during pregnancy...

Childbirth and the postnatal period, spanning from right after birth to the following several weeks, presents a time in which the number of deaths reported still remain alarmingly high. Worldwide, about 800 women die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related complications daily while almost 75% of neonatal deaths occur within the first seven days of delivery and a vast majority of these occur in the first 24 hours. Unfortunately, this alarming trend of mortality persists, as 287,000 women lost their lives to pregnancy and childbirth related causes in 2010. Almost all of these deaths were preventable and occurred in low-resource settings, pointing towards dearth of adequate facilities in these parts of the world. The main objective of this paper is to review the evidence based childbirth and post natal interventions which have a beneficial impact on maternal and newborn outcomes. It is a compilation of existing, new and updated interventions designed to help physicians and policy makers and enable them to reduce the burden of maternal and neonatal morbidities and mortalities. Interventions during the post natal period that were found to be associated with a decrease in maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality included: advice and support of family planning...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the use of pharmacologic analgesia during childbirth when antenatal hypnosis is added to standard care. DESIGN: Randomised controlled clinical trial, conducted from December 2005 to December 2010. SETTING: The largest tertiary referral centre for maternity care in South Australia. POPULATION: A cohort of 448 women at >34 weeks of gestation, with a singleton pregnancy and cephalic presentation, planning a vaginal birth. Exclusions were: the need for an interpreter; pre-existing pain; psychiatric illness; younger than 18 years; and previous experience of hypnosis for childbirth. METHODS: All participants received usual care. The group of women termed Hypnosis + CD (hypnotherapist guided) were offered three antenatal live hypnosis sessions plus each session's corresponding audio CD for further practise, as well as a final fourth CD to listen to during labour. The group of women termed CD only (nurse administered) were played the same antenatal hypnosis CDs as group 1, but did not receive live hypnosis training. The control group participants were given no additional intervention or CDs. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Use of pharmacological analgesia during labour and childbirth. RESULTS: No difference in the use of pharmacological analgesia during labour and childbirth was found comparing hypnosis + CD with control (81.2 versus 76.2%; relative risk...

In our institution we have used antenatal training in self-hypnosis for over three years as a tool to provide relaxation, anxiolysis and analgesia for women in labour. To assess the effects of hypnotherapy, we prospectively collected data related to the use of hypnosis in preparation for childbirth, and compared the birth outcomes of women experiencing antenatal hypnosis with parity and gestational age matched controls. Methods: Prospective data about women taught self-hypnosis in preparation for childbirth were collected between August 2002 and August 2004. Birth outcome data of women using hypnosis were compared with routinely collected retrospective data from parity and gestational age matched women delivering after 37 weeks gestation during 2003. Results: Seventy-seven antenatal women consecutively taught self-hypnosis in preparation for childbirth were compared with 3,249 parity and gestational age matched controls. Of the women taught antenatal self-hypnosis, nulliparous parturients used fewer epidurals: 36% (18/50) compared with 53% (765/1436) of controls (RR 0.68 [95% CI 0.47-0.98]); and required less augmentation: 18% (9/50) vs 36% (523/1436) (RR 0.48 [95%CI 0.27-0.90]). Conclusions: Our clinical findings are consistent with recent meta-analyses showing beneficial outcomes associated with the use of hypnosis in childbirth. Adequately powered...

Objective: to understand the meaning of the childbirth experience for Brazilian primiparas in the postpartum period. Design: a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews. Content analysis was used to derive the two themes that emerged from the discourses. Setting: participants were recruited at four primary-level health-care units in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. After providing written informed consent, an appointment was made for an interview at the participants' homes. Participants: 20 primiparas in the postpartum period, aged 15-26 years old, who attended the health-care units to vaccinate their infants and test for phenylketonuria. Findings: two thematic categories emerged from the interviews: the meaning attributed to childbirth (with four subcategories) and perceptions of care. Among the participants, the childbirth experience was marked by the 'fear of death' and 'losing the child'. The pain of giving birth was expected, and the moment of childbirth was associated with pain of high intensity. Key conclusions: childbirth is considered synonymous with physical and emotional suffering, pain, fear and risk of death. Implications for practice: this research indicates the need to break the current mechanistic model of care on which health professionals' actions are based. Care during childbirth must be guided by the foundation that women are the subjects of childbirth actions...

The way mothers reconstruct the childbirth experience during the early postpartum period may interfere in their mood and predisposion to get pregnant again. This study explored continuity and changes in the perception of childbirth experience throughout the first six postpartum months, taking into account different types of delivery. The sample consisted of 68 portuguese pregnant women who filled oin the Childbirth Experience and Satisfaction Questionnaire 48h after delivery and in the third and sixth postpartum months. A continuity in the mothers overall percpetions of childbirth experience, use and usefullness of relaxation techniques, social support, health conditions, and care provided, and other postpartum events was found over time. Despite that, mothers developed a more positive perception of this experience marked by fewer worries about the infant's health and well-being as well as their own, and by a decrease of perception of the pain felt. The type of delivery had an impact both on the mother's perception of childbirth experience and on memory changes over time. Results sugest tha the construction of a more positive perception of childbirth can be a relevant postpartum developmental task which can help mothers to better adjust to motherhood.; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian . Serviço de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano - ref. 47061; Fundação Bial - ref. 58/02

This paper focuses on childbirth in Japan’s aristocratic households during the Heian period (794-1185). Drawing on various sources, including court diaries, visual sources, literary records, and Japan’s first medical collection, with its assortment of gynaecological and obstetric prescriptions, as well as Buddhist and other ritual texts, this short excursion into the cultural history of childbirth offers an insight into how childbirth was experienced and managed in Heian Japan. In particular, it addresses the variety of ideas, knowledge systems and professionals involved in framing and supporting the process of childbirth in elite households. In so doing, it casts light on the complex background of early Japanese medicine and healthcare for women.

This study evaluated the pain intensity and behavior during labor and delivery, among women who had natural childbirth, without analgesia, in one of the following positions: semi-sitting, lying on the left side, and lithotomy. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational study. The instruments used were a validated questionnaire that evaluates pain and behavior during labor and childbirth, from the women's perspective, and two pain scales: one analog and one alphanumerical. It was observed that the pain among women who had childbirth in a lithotomy position was significantly smaller compared to those lying on the left side (p=0.003), though women chose the positions. There was an association between pain and behavior. Pain in labor and childbirth were associated among each other, as was the behavior in these two moments. The results point at an association between the position at childbirth and pain, but it was not possible to identify factors to explain this association; therefore, there is a need for longitudinal studies.; Se evaluó intensidad de sensación dolorosa y comportamiento durante trabajo de parto y parto entre mujeres con parto normal, sin analgesia, en posiciones: semi-sentada, decúbito lateral izquierdo y litotomía. Estudio descriptivo...

CONTEXTO: A depressão pós-parto é uma patologia que ocorre nas primeiras semanas após o parto com conseqüências negativas não só para a mãe, como também para o bebê e para a família. OBJETIVO: Examinar a prevalência de depressão após o parto, bem como as circunstâncias suscetíveis de predizer a sintomatologia depressiva 1 semana e 3 meses após o parto. MÉTODOS: 197 grávidas preencheram o Questionário de Antecipação do Parto (QAP) (Costa et al., 2005a) no segundo trimestre de gestação. Na primeira semana após o parto, responderam ao Questionário de Experiência e Satisfação com o Parto (QESP) (Costa et al., 2005b) e à Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) (Augusto et al., 1996), esta última aplicada novamente no terceiro mês do puerpério. RESULTADOS: Uma percentagem significativa de mulheres encontra-se clinicamente deprimida (EPDS 13) na primeira semana e 3 meses após o parto (12,4% e 13,7%, respectivamente). Das que têm EPDS >; 13 na primeira semana, 25% estão ainda deprimidas 3 meses após o parto. Circunstâncias relativas à saúde física, à experiência emocional de parto e ao primeiro contato com o bebê predizem a sintomatologia depressiva na primeira semana do puerpério. A sintomatologia depressiva na primeira semana após o parto e a experiência emocional negativa de parto predizem a sintomatologia depressiva 3 meses após o parto. CONCLUSÕES: Constata-se a importância da experiência emocional de parto e do primeiro contato com o bebê...

This paper focuses on childbirth in Japan's aristocratic households during the Heian period (794-1185). Drawing on various sources, including court diaries, visual sources, literary records, and Japan's first medical collection, with its assortment of gynaecological and obstetric prescriptions, as well as Buddhist and other ritual texts, this short excursion into the cultural history of childbirth offers an insight into how childbirth was experienced and managed in Heian Japan. In particular, it addresses the variety of ideas, knowledge systems and professionals involved in framing and supporting the process of childbirth in elite households. In so doing, it casts light on the complex background of early Japanese medicine and healthcare for women.