Abstract
Objective: Characterize sociodemographic and obstetric profile puerperae and to verify the neonatal and normal birth data from January to June of 2017 in two public maternity hospitals of a municipality in the southern region of Brazil. Method: This is a cross-sectional study of a quantitative nature. The data collection took place between January and June 2017, through the analysis of medical records, with 344 puerperae and their respective newborns, who had deliveries in two public maternity hospitals in the city of Londrina, in the north of Paraná. The descriptive analysis was performed with absolute and relative frequencies. Results: It was observed that the majority of postpartum women presented age between 20-34 years old, with 8 years or more of study (82.2%), with partner (90.7%), without gainful activity (63.1%), (38.4%), with 6 or more prenatal consultations (82.2%) and 37 weeks of gestation (96.1%). With regard to childbirth, the great part was not submitted to episiotomy (92.1%), the perineum remained intact (50.8%), delivery was in the fourth (40.1%), and the lithotomy position 77.6%). The profile of the newborns was of good vitality at birth, since 93% did not present meconium intrapartum, the majority with Apgar superior to 8 in the first and fifth minutes of life and 93% with weight between 2500-3999g. Conclusion: The study made it possible to know the profile of this population, and it was evidenced that some obstetric practices recommended by the Ministry of Health are being performed, guaranteeing access to quality childbirth care in public maternity hospitals.