ABSTRACT
Objective:
to describe the trajectory of the delivery, birth and hospitalization of the newborn in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Method:
a qualitative research developed with 25 mothers of newborns hospitalized in neonatal intensive care. The data collection was carried out in the months of August to October 2014, through a semi-structured interview, addressing prenatal issues when the baby was hospitalized. The data were submitted to a thematic content analysis.
Results:
the trajectory pointed to complications in the pregnancy, unplanned gestation and non-attachment to the professional with whom they were caring for in the prenatal period; the need for displacement for the childbirth and birth conditions revealed an important impact on the mothers’ experience.
Conclusion:
it were characteristics of the trajectory of these women the late onset of the prenatal care and the fragility of the bond with the professional who performed the prenatal care. In addition, the difficulty of access to health services for the childbirth culminated in the impact of a risk birth and hospitalization in intensive care.
DESCRIPTORS:
Newborn; Health care; Neonatal nursing; Women’s health; Childbirth