Health needs of women in the postpartum

摘要

Objective: To distinguish women health needs in the postpartum and understand them under the sociocultural look genre. Methods: Qualitative research in two areas of the Health Strategy Cuiab?? family, Mato Grosso, in the year 2012, with thirteen women through semi-structured interviews and content analysis. Results: The participants prioritize the needs to promote wellbeing and security to the child and to reconcile assumed housekeeping and daily rhythms. Put in the background emotional-social, affective-marital needs, relieving burdens on business, organic, among others, but wish, albeit in conflicting and contradictory way, recovering autonomy/freedom which had before maternity to take care of itself. Conclusions: Need the support of health services to recognize the experience and understanding the sociocultural aspects involved in their needs and ways to care for themselves incorporated.