Feelings and Perceptions of Women in the Pregnancy-Puerperal Cycle Who Survived Severe Maternal Morbidity

Authors

  • Ana Paula Pinho Carvalheira Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho; Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
  • Vera Lúcia Pamplona Tonete Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho; Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
  • Cristina Maria Garcia de Lima Parada Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho; Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692010000600020

Keywords:

Morbidity, Pregnancy, High-Risk, Qualitative Research, Nursing

Abstract

This study aimed to understand severe maternal morbidity from the perspective of women who experienced it. The methodological precepts of qualitative research were adopted and the Collective Subject Discourse was the methodological framework chosen. A total of 16 women who experienced severe maternal morbidity were interviewed. Results were discussed based on four themes: describing the desire and plan for having a child; acknowledging the health problem and its influence on pregnancy and on the conceptus; overcoming the initial shock postpartum, and experiencing the risk situation: desires, frustration, and overcoming. This study will contribute to qualifying nursing care, specifically acknowledging the diversity and breadth of the needs presented by women in situations of severe morbidity during the pregnancy-puerperal cycle.

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Published

2010-12-01

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 6 (2010)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Feelings and Perceptions of Women in the Pregnancy-Puerperal Cycle Who Survived Severe Maternal Morbidity . (2010). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 18(6), 1187-1194. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692010000600020