Abstract

SILVA, Leonardo Xavier de Lima e; FERREIRA, Aurino Lima  and  LIMA, Luiziane Souza Vasconcelos de. Unusual states of consciousness in parturients: partolândia as a potential for the development of woman. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.2, pp.624-644. ISSN 1808-4281.

Childbirth care has undergone major transformations in recent centuries. In this process, the technocratic model became hegemonic, promoting a passive attitude in women. Evidence shows, however, that in labor the woman is taken by unusual states of consciousness, known as partolândia, which makes her actively fit for effective labor and a positively marked life experience. The objective was to discuss how the emergence of these states enhances better delivery outcomes and promotes women's personal growth. Thus, theoretical reflection based on Wilber's integral model, Fahy's birth territory theory, taking into account contemporary modes of childbirth care (Davies-Floyd), and an archetypal vision of female transformation (Nogueira). Partolândia presents itself as a modification in the perception of space and time, sharpened emotionality and intuition, psychic insights, revives of traumas etc. Knowing the states of consciousness of the woman in childbirth, and the meanders of the territory of birth in which they emerge, can help in the parturition assistance, besides making viable transformations that imply in psychological development for the woman.

Keywords : consciousness; childbirth; development; empowerment; spirituality.

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