Prácticas y creencias socioculturales de las mujeres durante el post parto

Abstract

The postpartum or puerperium is a stage of social change, biological involution and adaptation to the new role of mother. Culturally it is a period full of mysticism, where ancestral knowledge and thoughts are involved with the advances of medicine. The objective is to know the activities that women carry out after giving birth. Methodologically, a qualitative analysis of a phenomenological, descriptive and transversal cut was carried out; with this, understand the problem dealt with. For this, observation techniques were used and interviews were conducted for a methodical analysis through the theory based on the Pujilí canton. 37 interviews were conducted with women who attended the postpartum period and the people who helped with knowledge for the execution of care actions; where, the recommendations on Food, Personal Hygiene, Breastfeeding, Sexuality, Contraception are highlighted; as well as the use of medicinal plants and ancestral practices. In conclusion, postpartum care depends on social, economic, cultural situations based on the caregiver's and biological experience of the woman and the newborn.