Significados culturales del embarazo, parto y posparto del grupo de mujeres Transito Amaguaña de la etnia Cañari, Zhud-Ecuador,2022

Abstract

Background: From a cultural point of view, health practices are created in daily life, in this case in the processes of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum which are considered the transcendental events of women where their habits and beliefs are showed. Objective: To interpret the cultural meanings of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum in the Tránsito Amaguaña women at the Cañari ethnic group, Zhud-Ecuador, 2022. Methodological design: A qualitative study with an ethnographic design by means of a voluntary sampling under criteria of theoretical saturation with the application of a semistructured interview to 4 mothers, a focal group, then the codification and categorization of the parliaments of the informants was made with the support of the Atlas.ti application (v. 22). Results: 31 codes emerged from the analysis of the interviews, grouped into six themes: 1. advancing in pregnancy, 2. the experience during childbirth, 3. the journey during the puerperium, 4. the Cañari cosmovision of motherhood, 5. the Cañari culture of midwifery and 6. health: between ethics and ethics. Three categories encompass the study phenomenon: pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Conclusions: The Cañari women ethnic group carry out their cultural practices during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum, which are related to feeding, ingestion of hot liquids, bathing the woman during her postpartum period, believing that if this is not done, it could cause over delivery, a condition that complicates her recovery; they also mention the midwives as the people who carry out their follow-up during pregnancy together with the health personnel. For this reason, it is necessary to understand their cultural perceptions to emphasize the cultural relevance to carry out the respective nursing care and activities to promote women’s health.