Causas de abandono precoz de la lactancia materna en mujeres de Picaihua

Abstract

Breastfeeding is the first way of mammals’ feeding, including humans. This practice has been transformed according to the past of the years and also with the historical circumstances that have marked humanity, but especially the female gender because they are the principal managers of this practice. However, breastfeeding is decreasing in its rates and, therefore, children’s malnutrition under 2 years is increasing in our country. The breastfeeding’s abandonment occurs for different factors and causes that do not only originate in the mother, but also in her family environment, her community and the society too. The reasons are biological, economic and social. When it is preparing family and comprehensive doctors, it is necessary to know the culture of the population and how their worldview can become a protective or harmful factor for the most important and natural practice since the beginning of a human being's life: breastfeeding. For this reason, an observational phenomenological study will be carried out, through a semi-structured interview with open-ended questions, where we will be analyzed the the possible causes of breastfeeding’s abandonment in the women of Picaihua. This tool will be applied to women that are pregnant and also for the ones who are in the breastfeeding time, both have to achieve the inclusion criteria. We were found several factors to interfere in the breastfeeding’ cessation: unwanted pregnancies, misinterpretation terms, lack of advice from health staff in a prenatal pregnancy, natal and during the first two months pregnancy, unplanned pregnancies, teenager pregnancies, myths and beliefs about the family, society pressures, inadequate intergenetic periods, hypogalactia perception, among others.