Aleitamento materno em tempos de pandemia: revisão narrativa

Abstract

Breast milk represents a complete and essential food for the infant from birth. In addition, brings numerous benefits to the mother, such as reduced bleeding, greater ease to return to the pre-pregnancy weight, in addition to being the moment when the bond between mother and child is established. To carry out a narrative review about breastfeeding in times of a pandemic. A search was carried out in the Scielo and Lilacs databases of publications carried out between March 2020 and January 2022. The descriptors "COVID", "puerpera" and "breastfeeding" were used, as well as their English versions. According to the studies evaluated, the main impact of the pandemic on breastfeeding women is related to the fear of contaminating their newborn children through breastfeeding, directly impacting the emotional state of these mothers. The present study can identify that there is no guidance when interrupting breastfeeding when the mother is contaminated, since the benefits of it are much greater than the risks of contamination.