Vivência de violência conjugal na gestação e puerpério: o discurso de mulheres

Abstract

Introduction: Practiced by spouse or with woman has (or had) an intimate relationship of affection, the conjugal violance consisting of any action or omission based on gender that result in damage. This phenomenon is experienced by women from all over the world, in any moment of life, including during gestational and puerperal periods, factor that can affect and fetus/newborn and their lives. Objective: To know the conjugal violence experienced by women during gestational and puerperal periods. Method: This is a qualitative study that utilized as methodological reference the Collective Subject Speech. Was realized interviews with 11 women who reported have experienced conjugal violence during pregnancy and puerperal period who are in judicial process in Court of justice by peace in house located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Results: The research revealed that conjugal violence experienced during gestational and puerperal periods is pervaded by physical aggression, patrimonial, psychological, moral and sexual, the last one is including disrespecting the puerperal period. To experience those ways of expressions during gestational and puerperal period contributes for appearance of signs and psychic and physical symptoms, as such sleep disturbances, emotional tension, depressive behavior, marks of physical aggression and headache that suggest implications for binomial mother-children. Conclusion: The research directs for expressions of conjugal violence that have experienced during gestational and puerperal periods that generate implications for binomial mother-children, placing them in risk for others health problems. These evidence warn of the need to watch for signals and symptoms that can suggest such experience, whereas the intervention and consequent prevention by part of health professionals, especially the nurse.