title: ["It was worth it when I saw his face": experiences of primiparous women during natural childbirth].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to know the experiences of primiparous women regarding the care practices provided by nursing professionals during natural childbirth.
  
  
  METHODS
  a qualitative, descriptive study, conducted with ten primiparous mothers at a maternity hospital in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, between February and April 2014, based on individual semi-structured interviews. The data were submitted to thematic content analysis according to the operative proposal.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the data were grouped into the following categories: The fear of not being able to give birth naturally and the encouragement of the nursing staff; The experience of pain in natural childbirth; Support versus distance; Good or bad childbirth experience? "It was worth it in the end!"
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the provided care has a direct impact on the experience and how the women cope with the process of childbirth.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scarton
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lisie Alende
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Prates
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Laís Antunes
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Silvana Cruz da
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Andressa Batista
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Possati
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Caroline Bolzan
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Ilha
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lúcia Beatriz
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ressel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009321:Natural Childbirth / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult