This qualitative study aimed on the whole to understand the breastfeeding living experience of preterm newborn's mothers, throughout the admission of their children and as specific objectives to describe the breastfeeding performance, and their lactation and breasts' conditions during their children's hospital discharge. It was adopted the model Weighing Risks and Benefits, as analysis referential and the method of Collective Subject for organizing data. Eleven women attended the study, in which they were mothers of preterm infants admitted at the Neonatal Unit of HU-USP. The semi-structured interview made it possible the creation of eight Collective Subject Discourses, listed in two groups with the following themes: Lactation and breastfeeding and Hospital and home contexts, which made it possible to understand that the mothers of this study lived a process of ongoing evaluation of the child's health, growth and development conditions, which contributes to their motivation to breastfeed and guides their actions in keeping breastfeeding.
Lactation; Breast Feeding; Infant, Premature; Nursing Care