ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Each mother’s experience with the postnatal period can vary widely. It’s important for new mothers to seek support and communicate openly with their healthcare providers about any concerns or difficulties they encounter.

METHOD: The qualitative approach was used for this study and phenomenological research design was employed for this study. The research variable is practical problems faced by postnatal mothers and the study setting was post natal ward of Rajiv Gandhi Government Women & Children Hospital, Puducherry. The population for the study was postnatal mothers and sample are those who were undergone spontaneous vaginal delivery and admitted in post natal wards and sample size was 30.

PURPOSE: A phenomological study was conducted to assess the practical problems faced by post natal mothers.

RESULTS: The study revealed that 5 mothers (11.36%) had pain in the suture site, 3 mothers(6.81%) had back pain, 2 mothers(2.54%) had pain in shoulder while feeding the baby, 9 mothers(20.45%) had problems with positioning the baby while breastfeeding. Out of which, there are 7 primi mothers and 2 multigravida mothers. 2 Mothers (4.54%) had lack of knowledge regarding milk secretion and adequacy of feeding and both of them are primi mothers. 1 Mother (2.27%) had hygienic problem, 1 Mother (2.27%) had sleep disturbances during night time, 5 Mothers (11.36%) had pain in the breast during breast feeding, 5 Mothers (11.36%) had lack of knowledge regarding breastfeeding time, duration. Out of which, there are 4 primi mothers and 1 multigravida mothers. 3 Primi mothers (6.81%) had lack of knowledge regarding whether the baby taken adequate feed or not, 7 multigravida mothers (15.90%) had no problems during their postnatal period.

CONCLUSION: From this study, we can able to interpret that primi mothers faced most of the problems during postnatal period when compared to multigravida mothers.