Forward claims assistance pregnancy and birth of baby malformation

Abstract

Objective: to describe on the health care demands both mother / child in the presence of malformations during pregnancy and childbirth. Methods: qualitative research, and exploratory posology described, developed with nine mothers of infants born between November 2008 to February 2009, in Maringá-PR. Data were collected in May 2009, through semi-structured interviews and submitted to content analysis. Results: during pregnancy assistance was based on prenatal care, referrals and advice. During hospitalization care was essential for some, for others it has failed. In the puerperium identified that were not visited by health professionals were only asked to go to the Basic Health Unit (BHU) to carry out vaccination and monitoring of the baby. Conclusion: this study allowed us to understand that the binomial and family are struggling throughout the pregnancy and childbirth, being necessary for the health care team seeks alternatives to minimize them in order to provide a differentiated service and humanized