MATERNAL IDEAS RELATED TO THE RETURN OF ORAL FEEDING IN THE POST-OPERATIVE ROOM OF BABIES WITH CONGENITAL HEART PATH

Abstract

This article addresses maternal ideas about returning to oral feeding, especially  breastfeeding, in the postoperative period of a child with congenital heart disease. This is a  descriptive research with a qualitative approach, carried out through conversation circles,  with 15 mothers who were with their babies hospitalized in a Cardiopediatric ICU after  cardiac surgery in a North and Northeast reference center in the treatment of congenital  heart disease, located in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. From the data collected in the  conversation circles and analyzed by the Iramuteq software, resulting in categories called  experiences of the mother-baby dyad with CHD arising from the illness and hospitalization  that will be addressed in this study. In the maternais speeches, the desire and anxiety  regarding the return of oral feeding and, in particular, the establishment of breastfeeding  were evident, highlighting the importance of guidance to mothers in order to make them  aware of the postoperative process to remain longer. calm and cooperative in the recovery  of the baby. It is believed that maternal empowerment at the hospitalization level also helps  in strengthening the mother-baby bond and in coping with the child's illness and all the path  that will go through until the child is cured.