NIVEL DE ACEPTACIÓN DE LA TÉCNICA DE PARTO EN AGUA EN EL SECTOR NORTE DE GUAYAQUIL.

Abstract

Childbirth is a unique natural process of life, linking family ties and strengthens the relationship between mother, father and son under the protection of the medical team, however the styles of modern life and paradigms about labor pain have led that this natural process into something planned, regardless of the desire of the mother who can physically give birth naturally. The figures in the country are worrying, in the last year according to the Ministry of Public Health, 41.2% of babies were born in the form of caesarean section, exceeding the index set of the World Health Organization that is between 10% and 15% allowed by country. Because of this, it is important that women are informed about other ways of giving birth. This paper aims to present the technique water birth, the physiological benefits as well as risks that may have the mother and baby. To estimate the level of acceptance of water birth in northern Guayaquil was conducted focus groups and a survey which found that only 18% of women of reproductive age knows this mode, this ignorance affects the choice of the mother on how to give birth. If successful the medical team and women are trained on the technique will be achieved empower them to defend their choice of delivery, recognizing that if the way birth is changed, many behaviors are changing in the world.