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Miracle of Life - Psicoprofilatic Birth Preparation
Project Summary

Project leaders/coordinators

Project leaders:
• Maria de Fátima Silva Pereira, supervisor nurse of the Centro de Saúde de Santa Maria da Feira; telm: 918 229 855; mail: E-mail:
fatispster@gmail.com
• Vânia Coimbra, specialist nurse on maternal and obstetrics health nursing of the Health Unit (Centro de Saúde) of S. Maria da Feira; telm: 918 945 060; mail: vaniacoimbra78@hotmail.com

Team:

• Ana Paula Pinho Soares de Sousa, clinic psychologist;

• Andreia Moreira Santos, nurse;

• Cidália Daniela Dionísio de Almeida, nutricionist (volunteer);

• João António Mateus Figueiredo, psychologist  (volunteer);

• Maria Isabel Monteiro dos Reis Gomes, nurse;

• Nathalie Silva, nurse

• Patrícia Maria Duarte Soares, nurse;

• Raquel Moura, nurse.

Location, institutions and partners involved

Centro de Saúde de Santa Maria da Feira (Health unit of safe)
Av. Professor Egas Moniz nº7
4524-909 Sta. Mª da Feira

Partnerships:
-Câmara Municipal de Santa Maria da Feira (Municipality of Santa Maria da Feira);
-Hospital São Sebastião, EPE.(Hospital)

Goals and objectives

General Objectives: 

- Transmitting knowledge in relation to the pregnant women, childbirth and puerperium;
- dissipating doubts and uncertainties by means of training sessions;
- Developing competencies or aptitudes within the couple. Towards the carryng out of their new roles;
- Carryng out the preparation for childbirth trough the psyhcoprofilatic method after the 28 week pregnancy.

 

Specific objectives:

- Announcing the physical changes which occur during pregnancy;
- pointing out healthy feeding during the whole pregnancy;
- warning of the dangers of intaking certain medication, drugs, alcohol and tabacco;
- Clarifying doubts over sexual relationships, sexual transmitted disiases and its prevention;
- Sensitizing towards the need of correct coordination between work
- pregancy, the need of rest, fresh air and exercises;
- Identifing pregnancy disconforts; guidance to minimize this discomforts;
- Preparing towards natural breast feeding; 
- Practisin certain ideal situations (technigues on breastfeedinf, preparing of the feeding bottle, bath, changing of the nappy, ways of massaging the baby, placing the baby correctly in the sitting car chair...);
- Preparing a safe discharge from the hospital or maternity home;
- Learnings varoius types of breathing;
- Developping conditioned reflexes by means of pratical training; 
- Describing facilitating attitudes of childbirth;
- Explaining the physical and phychological changes during the puerperium;
- Advising how to take care of the new born baby.

Development phase

 Carring out stage/Execution phase


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