Uma experiência com a amamentação

Abstract

Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding (BF) up to six months is extremely important for the nutritional and psychological development of newborns. The professional care that mother and child receive in the first moments after birth has a great influence on the maintenance of breastfeeding, and can have a positive or negative impact on mother and baby. Objective: To reflect, from a personal perspective, on breastfeeding and professional care for the mother-child binomial. Method: This is a report of the author's experience, based on specific literature on breastfeeding, from both a biomedical and socio-anthropological perspective. Results: BF, culturally, is part of a construction from the birth of the being until the moment of becoming a mother. It is generally the first experience lived by each person at birth, and consists of the first bond established between two beings. Machado and Bosi (2008) state that in addition to this first emotional bond, breastfeeding is also a relationship inscribed in culture and subject to the social sphere, adding a complexity of its own to the phenomenon that transcends the nutritional aspect inherent to it and goes beyond the mother-child dyad. They emphasize that professional care during the first moments of breastfeeding can have a positive or negative influence on the continuation of breastfeeding. Winnicott (2006) emphasizes that a mother cannot be taught how to breastfeed. The professional can help, providing security for the mother at that moment, but she should not be taught, based on the concept that it is a natural and instinctive act of the mother. Conclusion: When you are a patient and a student in the health field, you can see this area of ​​health from different angles. It is possible to observe the lack of understanding of professionals in the field when it comes to sensitivity during breastfeeding. On the other hand, in my current idea of ​​health, I see multidisciplinary and humanized teams that can deal with the patient not only with the material and physiological aspects, but also with the psychological aspects, that try to understand the needs and culturally recognize their meanings and preconceptions about certain phenomena, such as breastfeeding. Thus, avoiding negative impacts on the mother and child, allowing the breastfeeding process to be pleasurable for both.