Music as a soft technology applied in a group of pregnant women: nursing care

Introduction: The mother is an essential figure in the child’s personality. Her relationship with their child begins with the fetus’ formation and goes on for all their lives; The pregnancy is understood as a situation of crisis in the woman’s life cycle and involves a complex change caused by the baby’s advent regarding psychological, biological, biochemical and socio-economical aspects. The objective was to comprehend the pregnant woman’s reactions, emotions, feelings and perceptions about maternity, from the use of music. Method: Care-research in a Primary Health Care Unit from Fortaleza, with 13 pregnant women at risk of rejecting the bond between mother and child. The following items were applied: forms, resources of filming and recording. Bardin’s content analysis was used to analyze and interpret the data. Results and Discussion: Identified categories: welfare and relaxation; anxiety; influence in the baby; ambivalence of feelings; mother-baby interaction; rejection; resilience. Conclusion: There was a resilience process at accepting the mother-baby bond and getting out from a sadness state to one of joy. The music is pointed out as a practical way, non-pharmacological, with a low cost and easy to use, thus could be employed by nurses during prenatal care, contributing to a more humanized care.