ABSTRACT
Objectives:
to understand breastfeeding meanings and practices produced by women attending prenatal care at a Basic Health Unit in the Brazilian Northeast.
Methods:
a social research characterized as participant research. A Focal Group was conducted with nine pregnant women who had other children. For the analysis, Discursive Practices and Production of Meanings in Everyday Life perspectives were worked out.
Results:
prenatal care, mother-baby relationship, family, and pain/suffering categories were produced.
Final Considerations:
breastfeeding benefits for the child, wife, family and society are numerous, but it is necessary for the woman to have access to a prenatal care and a qualified puerperium so that she feels supported by a perspective of comprehensive care.
Descriptors:
Women’s Health; Breastfeeding; Primary Health Care; Prenatal Care; Health Education