PERCEPÇÃO DAS PUÉRPERAS HIV POSITIVAS SOBRE AMAMENTAÇÃO: REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA

Abstract

The present study aims to understand, through a literature review, the perception of HIV positive postpartum women about breastfeeding. Despite the nutritional and health benefits of breastfeeding, in some cases, breast milk can serve as a vector for transmitting infectious pathogens from mother to child, such as HIV-positive women. This is an integrative literature review. The selected databases were the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information System – LILACS, National Library of Medicine – MEDLINE, Scientific Electronic Library online – SciELO and National Library of Medicine – PubMed. The inclusion criteria adopted for the pre selection of the studies were the English, Portuguese or Spanish language and publications between the years 2012 to 2022. During prenatal care, HIV positive women are advised not to breastfeed, however it is It is important to find out what the feeling of these puerperal women is when they learn about not breastfeeding. The main feelings experienced by postpartum women about not breastfeeding are: fear, guilt, sadness and insecurity in the face of indecision not to breastfeed. It has been shown that due to the stigma still present in HIV-positive individuals, women who do not breastfeed feel incapable of experiencing the role of "being a mother" in the first years of the baby's life.