Puerperal experience during hospitalization in the joint accommodation system in a public hospital in recife-pe

Introduction: The puerperium is the period of the pregnancy-puerperal cycle in which local and systemic changes, imprinted by pregnancy in the woman's body, return to the pre-pregnancy state. This study aimed to understand how women experience the puerperium during hospitalization in the Joint Accommodation system of a Public Hospital in Recife. It was a descriptive exploratory research, of a qualitative type, as it best adapts to the questions of our study. The women's reports presented content of the experiences and brought questions of hospitalization needs to solve health problems, reporting the difficulties experienced away from home during hospitalization. There were also reports of indignation about invasion of privacy and the poor quality of articles that protect natural modesty. Despite this, there was a feeling of change and learning that the puerperal women had during the period of hospitalization, the reports of their experiences full of tiredness, as they transitioned from a puerperal condition to the companions of their hospitalized children. We concluded that the puerperal women had good experiences, were well assisted and had their doubts clarified in the hospital experience during internment in the joint accommodation of the public hospital in Recife.