Pré-natal humanizado: estratégias de enfermagem na preparação para o parto ativo

Abstract

The main purpose of prenatal care is to welcome women from early pregnancy, and assuring to her in the end of it, the birth of a healthy baby and the guaranty of a maternal and neonatal well-being. The humanization concept of childbirth assistance assumes the relationship of respect that healthcare professionals establish with women during the childbirth process and comprises: the childbirth as a natural and physiological process, respect to the feelings, emotions, needs and cultural values, willingness of professionals to support women to reduce anxiety, the insecurity and other fears, promotion and maintenance of physical and emotional welfare during the process of pregnancy, childbirth and birth, information and permanent guidance to pregnant woman about the progress of childbirth work, opportunity and support for the mother who wishes a chaperone and woman's right to choose the place of birth and co-responsibility of professionals to ensure the access and the quality of healthcare. rom this theoretical study, we observed that the assistance of humanized prenatal aiming the qualification of women in childbirth process is indispensable to host nurse (and male nurse) and nursing staff in order to create a link and clarify doubts from the first consultation until puerperium. Using health education as a facilitator of knowledge production and autonomy for women, becoming the experience of pregnancy, childbirth process and birth as a physiological process and transforming her in the protagonist