Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira, Flamengo, RJ, Brazil.
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2024 Oct 21;58:e20240006. doi: 10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2024-0006en. eCollection 2024.
To analyze the experiences and meanings attributed by trans men to the breastfeeding process in light of the Theory of Social Representations.
A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, carried out nationwide, with an intentional sample of five trans men who experienced breastfeeding and aged 18 or over. A semi-structured interview script was applied as a data collection instrument, using the Google Meet® platform, from September to October 2021. The data were described, integrating them with content analysis, resulting in two analytical categories.
Trans men in labor were willing to breastfeed their child, anchoring their representations of breastfeeding in the idea that it is a phenomenon performed exclusively by women and also recognizing this phenomenon as an event that constitutes their masculinity, in addition to describing it as a pedagogical and learning experience with the objective of guaranteeing the healthy development of children.
This study may promote reflections for changing nursing and health practices in different care settings, especially during prenatal care, childbirth and the postpartum period.
从社会表征理论的角度分析跨性别男性对母乳喂养过程的体验和意义。
这是一项全国性的定性、描述性和探索性研究，采用有意样本，选取了 5 名年龄在 18 岁及以上、有过母乳喂养经历的跨性别男性。使用 Google Meet®平台，从 2021 年 9 月到 10 月，采用半结构化访谈脚本作为数据收集工具。对数据进行描述，并结合内容分析，得出两个分析类别。
正在分娩的跨性别男性愿意母乳喂养他们的孩子，他们将母乳喂养的表象锚定在这样一种观念上，即母乳喂养是女性独有的现象，同时也将这一现象视为构成他们男性气质的事件，此外，他们还将母乳喂养描述为一种具有教育和学习意义的体验，目的是保障儿童的健康发展。
这项研究可以为改变不同护理环境中的护理和健康实践提供思考，特别是在产前护理、分娩和产后期间。
