Ser mãe soropositiva : percepções, vivências e enfrentamento

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Paula Trindade
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Monografias da UFMT
• Texto Completo: http://bdm.ufmt.br/handle/1/978
• topic: CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM; Relações mãe-filho; Soropositividade para HIV; Aleitamento materno; Assistência à saúde; Relações familiares; Mother-baby relationship; HIV positive; Breastfeeding; Health care; Family relationship

Pregnancy is a period of huge changes in the body and life of women. This is due to their experience of intense feelings, which are usually conflicting and involve a mix of feelings as the contentment of the wait, questions and anxiety to this new stage in their lives . This fact is aggravated for those mothers who are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. With this concern, HIV positive mothers start dealing with guilt and fear towards the possibility of vertical transmission, which can be avoided with actions during prenatal care, birth and postpartum, such as, breastfeeding deprivation. Regarding the level of importance of this matter, this study aimed to investigate the adaptation process of women who become HIV positive mothers and are unable to breastfeed their babies. Thus, this study was performed through a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory approach with seven HIV positive mothers whom were being followed by the Specialized Attention Service in STIs, HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis in the city of Sinop. As instrument of data collection, we used pre-developed, recorded and transcribed interviews, respecting all regulatory standards of ethics in human research. The data analysis was conducted according to the analysis techniques for the type of content, which resulted in five categories. Our results indicated that women in these conditions usually have suicide tendencies alongside with denial of their health condition as soon as they are informed about serological results. Explicitly, they showed aversion towards the nonpharmacological method to prevent lactation essentially due to the level of exposure and embarrassment at the moment of having their breasts bandage in front of other women that were noticing their different situation. Guilt was observed towards the incapacity to breastfeed. At the same time, they considered this to be a proof of love for their babies for not exposing them to high risk. We could also identify a lack of quick tests during prenatal care as well as a lack of specific orientation and right reception in both Basic Health Units and maternities at the moment of diagnoses. This indicates incorrect conduct from health professionals. Additionally, mothers have mentioned aspects of the family bond, which has been repeatedly mentioned as unstable and suggests a dysfunctional family profile. As consequences, it causes lack in family support towards these mothers to whom some actions are required so they do not feel desolated. Consequently, we noticed a deficiency in assistance towards these mothers in reasonable moments for counseling and fulfilled with questions. Hence, it is believed that health professionals play significant roles alongside these mothers guiding and helping them to undergo this period smoothly, and also preparing them to face future challenges brought by the disease. This would help them to feel more confident as a mother, to reasonably answer questions coming from third parties, and to reduce the impact of the disease.