Maternal suckling: Difficulties in the mediate time after child birth

Breastfeeding is a valuable practice for the well-being of the mother and child binomial. In this way, the process of breastfeeding takes place in the mid-term puerperium and it is the nurse's experience that shows her the difficulties to breastfeed. Knowledge of the main problems faced by infants in this period benefits the incentive to exclusive breastfeeding, since they can be solved early. This study aimed to verify the difficulties found in breastfeeding in the 10 days postpartum of women residing in Imperatriz-Maranhão and attended by the Regional Maternal and Child Hospital (RMCH). This is a descriptive, exploratory and transversal study of a quantitative approach. The data were obtained by means of a questionnaire applied to 14 women who were adequate to the inclusion criteria. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics using the Excel® program (Microsoft, version 2010), and data presented in tables. With the study, 8 mothers (57,16%) were exclusively breastfeeding, 6 (42,88%) presented with breast engorgement and breast milk leak, 4 (28,16%) reported feeling quite sleep and hunger and 5 (35,74%) denied problems or complaints regarding their own health. Therefore, most of the study participants practiced exclusive breastfeeding, although a good part of them presented breast complications, such as: full and aching breast, milk leaking and a smaller amount presented with increased sleep and hunger symptoms. The relevance of this study to the health care network is the increase of support and guidance offered to puerperal women in the face of the difficulties still faced in the puerperium to promote the practice of exclusive breastfeeding