Vivências do pai no parto e repercussões na vida conjugal e familiar: contribuição da Enfermagem

• Autor(a) principal: Caires, Tharine Louise Gonçalves
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/11345
• topic: Humanized childbirth; Obstetric nursing; Father-son relationship; Parto humanizado; Enfermagem obstétrica; Relação pai-filho; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM::ENFERMAGEM OBSTETRICA

This is a qualitative research which tried to describe and analyze the experience of the father present during childbirth labor, childbirth and post childbirth of his child and discuss the repercussions resulting of this experience in his conjugal and family life. There were random interviews with twenty-four fathers, among the ones present at the moment of consultation appointments/ child care of their children, occurred in four municipal health care centers in Rio de Janeiro, who attended their partner s childbirth process. For data collection it was used semi-structured interviews in which were investigated social demographic conditions and aspects related to their experience in the childbirth. For data analyses, it was used thematic analyses, which gave origin to a theme (the experience of the father in the childbirth) and four sub-themes: feelings, father s sensations and emotions, the importance of father s presence, repercussions in the father s life: conjugal and familiar. The results revealed that the childbirth was a unique moment with a mix of feelings. Some felt useful for offering emotional support. Their presence was seen by them as fundamental, for the wife s desire or the couple s decision. It also showed a new pattern of father, who is concerned with the family sustainability and also ready to help in the domestic chores, the figure of the financially supportive father is still present. The concern of fathers in order not to disturb or interfere on the delivery team work and the medical procedures in the moment of the parturition is highlighted. The experience of the father in the childbirth has changed the social image of the mother, making her seem more courageous, stronger and even more beautiful on the eyes of the man. For others, their presence created a better conjugal atmosphere, a demonstration that he is a man of trust. It is considered urgent to reevaluate health professionals on the father s presence and preparation during all the childbirth process. In family life, fathers could not explain how the experience affected the members of the family, mainly those who enumerated fathers, brothers and stepson as family members. In this sense, it is important to mention the relevance of an effective preparation for transformations that the experience of childbirth attending can cause in all the fields of his life.