Feelings experienced by postpartum women in achieving the first bath of the newborn in rooming

DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.20153903279286

Authors

  • Clarissa Morganna Santos Silva Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi (FACISA/UFRN) – Natal, RN – Brasil
  • Janmilli da Costa Dantas Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi (FACISA/UFRN) – Natal, RN – Brasil
  • Francisca Marta de Lima Costa Souza Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi (FACISA/UFRN) – Natal, RN – Brasil
  • Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi (FACISA/UFRN) – Natal, RN – Brasil
  • Thais Rosental Gabriel Lopes Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi (FACISA/UFRN) – Natal, RN – Brasil
  • Jovanka Bittencourt Leite de Carvalho Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi (FACISA/UFRN) – Natal, RN – Brasil

Keywords:

Rooming-in Care. Postpartum Period. Child Care. Infant, Newborn, Nursing.

Abstract

The bath of a newborn child generates the first care taken by the mother. Furthermore, it provides a series of exchanges
and interactional adjustments between the mother and the child, general observation of physical and motor conditions. The
study objective to investigate the feelings of mothers in achieving the first spray bath of the newborn in the rooming. This
is a descriptive study with qualitative approach carried out in a maternity hospital in northeastern Brazil in 2013. The study
was approved by the Research Ethics Committee under report number 14079113.0.0000.5568.It was found after analysis
of 27 interviewed mothers, two categories related to the spray bath of the newborn. The feelings of happiness and fear. It
follows that the first care given to newborns by mothers through the spray bath permeated antagonistic feelings of happi-
ness and fear. The connection between the binomial is demonstrated by the joy of being taking care of her baby during the
daily bath, as well as by the fear of having at hand a being still tiny and fragile given special care.

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Published

2015-07-01

How to Cite

Santos Silva, C. M., da Costa Dantas, J. ., de Lima Costa Souza, F. M. ., Rosendo da Silva, R. A. ., Rosental Gabriel Lopes, T. ., & Bittencourt Leite de Carvalho, J. . (2015). Feelings experienced by postpartum women in achieving the first bath of the newborn in rooming: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.20153903279286. O Mundo Da Saúde, 39(3), 279–286. Retrieved from https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/310