AVALIAÇÃO DA EXPERIÊNCIA DA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO DISPOSITIVO INTRAUTERINO NO PÓS PARTO IMEDIATO NA MATERNIDADE DO HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO LAURO WANDERLEY (HULW)

Abstract

It is known that Family planning is na extremely relevant issue for public health in Brasil, since Half of the conceptions are not planned and the postpartum period is a period of high incidence of unplanned pregnancies. Thus, the use of lomg-acting reversible contraceptives has proven to be a safe tool to minimiza the risks of na unplanne pregnancy. Therefore, the copper IUD, a LARC, has a low cos, is safe, has low rate of complications and does nooot dependo n the user`s motivation to maintain its effectiveness, in addition to practically all women in the postpartum period being eligible for use. In this contexto, a cohort study was carried out at the maternity ward of the Unversity Hospital Lauro Wanderley (HULW), at the Federal University of Paraiba(UFPB), which aimed to compare the frequency of non-visible wires in the copper IUD inserted in the immediate postpartum period and that concluded that among the users of the LARC in question, there was a high rate of satisfaction with the use of contraceptives combined with a low rate of complications.