Obstetric violence: reports of lived experience

Abstract

Objective: to describe the influence of obstetric violence in the puerperium. The theme addressed in this study is obstetric violence being a term used to name the various types of aggression, namely: physical, verbal, moral or psychological; suffered by the woman in prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum and/or in the puerperium. This study presents the following research problem: "How does obstetric violence interfere in the puerperium?" Method: qualitative study and descriptive method. Data were collected through questionnaires made available in the Google Forms digital tool, as well as sent via e-mail of the interviewees. For this study, 7 women from the Matriusca institution were interviewed aged between 18 and 61 years who underwent obstetric violence during prenatal, childbirth, postpartum and/or postpartum Results: three categories were found for the discussion entitled: knowledge about obstetric violence, forms of obstetric violence and feeling after suffering obstetric violence. Conclusion: obstetric violence continues to be experienced, perceived at various moments of pregnancy from labor to the puerperium. The woman victim of this violence takes with her far beyond the complexities of an aggravated puerperium, lives with negative feelings and traumas that can result in marks for life, here is a great challenge for nursing.