Breastfeeding: what do women who participate in a prenatal group think?

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: to understand breastfeeding meanings and practices produced by women attending prenatal care at a Basic Health Unit in the Brazilian Northeast. METHODS: a social research characterized as participant research. A Focal Group was conducted with nine pregnant women who had other children. For the analysis, Discursive Practices and Production of Meanings in Everyday Life perspectives were worked out. RESULTS: prenatal care, mother-baby relationship, family, and pain/suffering categories were produced. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: breastfeeding benefits for the child, wife, family and society are numerous, but it is necessary for the woman to have access to a prenatal care and a qualified puerperium so that she feels supported by a perspective of comprehensive care.