A relação mãe-bebê prematuro intermediada pelo Método Canguru vista à luz da teoria de Winnicott

Abstract

Many babies are born premature and underweight each year in Brazil. The Kangaroo Care Method is a kind of neonatal care focused on the treatment of premature infants that involves placing the baby in skin contact with his mother (WHO, 2004). The method covers issues such as technical care for the baby, the family support and the promotion of mother / baby link and breastfeeding. This work studied the formation and forms of relationships established between mother and premature baby from the theoretical framework of Winnicott. In addition, we intended to use some categories for the evaluation of the mother-premature infant relantionship applied during the three stages of the Kangaroo Care Method and evaluate the effects of Kangaroo Infirmary on the development of primary maternal preoccupation. Of the 20 women studied, 10 of them came throught Kangaroo Nursery, and the other 10, did not. It is concluded that the EC did not influence the way in the development of PMP most mothers, even though it represented a time of strengthening of maternal condition and provided greater confidence and security in care and knowledge of the peculiarities of the babies.