Practices used by women at post-birth on nipple problems

This is a qualitative study, of Convergent-assistential type, with the objective of knowing the women's practices at post-birth for the resolution of nipple problems, at home, and intervene to its resolution. Fourteen women at post-birth who were in the breastfeeding period and attended at a Center of Integral Attention to Health were participants. It was used a semi-structured interview, participant observation and notes in field diary, analised according to Trentini and Paim's proposal. The themes were the following: Practices used by the women with nipple problems; their repercussion and breastfeed ending and promotion of feeding. The diversification of products used by women at post-birth, the necessity of heallth professionals to know the practices used in the communities and be used in relation to breastfeeding, to its promotion, were the findings.