This article shows the results of a study performed with 25 pregnant women between 16 and 34 years and two women in postpartum period. The aim was to understand the perceptions, experiences and expectations regarding normal childbirth, besides to know what kind of information they had about childbirth, postpartum and the right to have a companion during childbirth. We adopted the techniques of free interview and participant observation. The collected data were analyzed using the Discourse Analysis. The women interviewed showed a greater preference for normal childbirth. Most of the information or advice received by health professionals was restricted to the physical pain and primary care to the unborn child, at the expense of emotional and psychological dimension, relegating them to a passive position, which did not stop them from being criticism ahead of guidance they receive, suggesting that humanize also means respecting the needs and uniqueness of each woman.
Humanization; childbirth; prenatal; rights; experience