Abstract
Abstract Objectives: To know the aspects related to breastfeeding from the perspective of women in a city in the inland of Rio de Janeiro and to discuss the family support network created as a facilitation strategy for women to breastfeed their children. Methods: A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research. For data collection, a semi-structured interview script instrument was developed. The focus groups were filmed, and the speeches transcribed in full. Data was divided and grouped into thematic categories. A total of ten volunteer women participated. The reference used was the National Breastfeeding Policy. Results: The following categories emerged from the focus groups: Breastfeeding: facilities and difficulties faced; Prenatal specificities and identification of the support network during breastfeeding. Conclusion and implications for practice: Breastfeeding is an action based on subjectivity, women's experience and among members of the social network. The results point to the need for effective participation of prenatal nurses who promote breastfeeding and the inclusion of the father for better participation in the entire breastfeeding process and family members, where both play a key role in promoting breastfeeding, and continued breastfeeding. Maternal exclusive.
Highlights
IntroductionSuccessful breastfeeding is strongly linked to the puerperal support network
The benefits of breastfeeding for the mother-baby binomial are scientifically recognized due to factors such as: its nutritional value; its immune protection; less contamination; protection against obesity and diabetes and a great relevance in the decline of infant morbidity and mortality due to respiratory infections and diarrheal episodes.[1]Successful breastfeeding is strongly linked to the puerperal support network
The data found were as follows: four participants reported exclusive breastfeeding until the sixth month of the baby; two maintained mixed breastfeeding, which consists of breastfeeding plus the supplement of formula until the fourth month, with the introduction of food from that time; three sustained mixed breastfeeding until the sixth month and one maintained the use of formulas only, i.e., without breastfeeding at any time
Summary
Successful breastfeeding is strongly linked to the puerperal support network. This support network directly contributes to meeting women's physical, emotional, social, cultural, intellectual and professional needs. The agents that make up this network are essential for the establishment and maintenance of breastfeeding in a healthy and pleasant way for all involved.[2]. Political, ideological, family and generational factors, breastfeeding portrays sociocultural issues that need development in different contexts and in effective physical and emotional conditions. The structuring of the process of breastfeeding takes place in the family context, because this is where many different experiences of women from the same nucleus and from different generations follow one another.[3]
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