Analysis of the verbal and non-verbal communication of a blind mother with motor impairment during breastfeeding. Data were collected through interview and recording, with qualitative analysis. In verbal communication, the mother is the sender during breastfeeding and bottle-feeding, and the main message refers to breastfeeding difficulties. In non-verbal communication, in the lying position, there is a lack of face-to-face contact and physical contact is reduced; in the sitting position, contact increases, expresses affection, but the mother does not direct her face to her child; bottle-feeding, the mother in the sitting position, expresses affection and interaction, with the head lowered. It is concluded that verbal communication is centered on the feeding message; in non-verbal communication, the position to feed the child interferes.
Communication; Visually impaired persons; Breastfeeding
