Meaning of Family Care as a Support Network for Pregnancies in a Tabasco Community

Abstract

Introduction. Pregnancy is the period in which the mother-child binomial faces different health risks, every day women diedue to complications related to pregnancy or childbirth, these deaths occur in low-income countries, in rural areas, the poorestcommunities. Objective. Understand the meaning of family care as a support network for pregnant women in a rural Tabascocommunity. Methodology. Qualitative, descriptive, exploratory research study, the informants were pregnant in any trimester ofpregnancy and their relatives. The method used to obtain the information is the semi-structured qualitative interview. Findings.Three categories are described: The meaning of pregnancy, the meaning of care and the support network in care. Conclusion. It is considered that the principles of care such as faith, love, coexistence, responsibility, diminishing risks, among others, are presentin the support networks that the pregnant woman in the community have, as is the sense of accompaniment that is establishedin the family at first and that extends to the community, building a meaning of solidarity that guarantees growth as a family.