Percepciones y deseos sobre el parto en gestantes a término en Zamora / Perceptions and wishes about delivery of full-term pregnant women in Zamora

OBJETIVO: Describir las percepciones y deseos sobre el parto en un grupo de gestantes a término de Zamora. MÉTODO: Estudio cualitativo de carácter fenomenológico. Participantes y ámbito de estudio: embarazadas de 37-38 semanas, centros de salud Zamora Sur y Santa Elena (Zamora). Recogida de datos: entrevistas semiestructuradas, hasta llegar a saturación de datos (16 entrevistas). Análisis de datos: análisis de contenido temático. RESULTADOS: Los sentimientos maternos variaron desde la alegría hasta el miedo o el estrés. Las entrevistadas manifestaron no sentirse capaces de soportar el dolor del parto. Las necesidades que sintieron como más importantes fueron contar con apoyo y acompañamiento en el parto (sobre todo de su pareja) y recibir buen trato de los sanitarios. CONCLUSIONES: La importancia y la repercusión del parto para la mujer no solo atiende al ámbito biológico, sino en gran medida también al mental, al emocional y al social. En él intervienen múltiples factores que lo condicionan: los sentimientos maternos, su capacidad de afrontar el dolor del parto, sus necesidades, sus cambios realizados, el apoyo con el que cuentan y los profesionales sanitarios que atienden a la mujer

OBJECTIVE: To describe perceptions and wishes regarding childbirth in a group of full-term pregnant women in Zamora. METHOD: Qualitative study of phenomenological character. Participants and scope of study: pregnant women (37-38 weeks), Zamora Sur and Santa Elena health centres (Zamora, Spain). Data collection: semi-structured interviews, until data saturation (16 interviews). Data analysis: analysis of thematic content. RESULTS: The maternal feelings varied from joy to fear or stress. The interviewees said they did not feel capable of enduring the pain of childbirth. The needs that they felt most important were having support and accompaniment during delivery (especially of their partner) and receiving good treatment from the healthcare workers. CONCLUSIONS: The importance and repercussion of childbirth for women are not only biological, but also largely mental, emotional and social. It is conditioned by multiple factors: maternal feelings, their ability to deal with the pain of childbirth, their needs, the changes they have made, the support they have and the health professionals who care for them

Perceptions and wishes about delivery of full-term pregnant women in Zamora. / Percepciones y deseos sobre el parto en gestantes a término en Zamora.

OBJECTIVE: To describe perceptions and wishes regarding childbirth in a group of full-term pregnant women in Zamora. METHOD: Qualitative study of phenomenological character. Participants and scope of study: pregnant women (37-38 weeks), Zamora Sur and Santa Elena health centres (Zamora, Spain). DATA COLLECTION: semi-structured interviews, until data saturation (16 interviews). DATA ANALYSIS: analysis of thematic content. RESULTS: The maternal feelings varied from joy to fear or stress. The interviewees said they did not feel capable of enduring the pain of childbirth. The needs that they felt most important were having support and accompaniment during delivery (especially of their partner) and receiving good treatment from the healthcare workers. CONCLUSIONS: The importance and repercussion of childbirth for women are not only biological, but also largely mental, emotional and social. It is conditioned by multiple factors: maternal feelings, their ability to deal with the pain of childbirth, their needs, the changes they have made, the support they have and the health professionals who care for them.