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VIANA, Radmila Alves Alencar; FERREIRA, Elany Gomes; BARBOZA, Michelli Caroline de Camargo  e  SAMPAIO, Luciana Mota de Andrade. Breastfeeding: demystifying love that act as a focus on health promotion. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.1, pp. 38-46. ISSN 1679-5954.

Objective: Analyze the difficulty that affect the practice the breastfeeding experience for mothers. Methodology: It was accomplished a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. That study was developed in a private university in Fortaleza - Ceará. To collect information, was applied a sociodemographic questionnaire and a semi-structured interviews that happed during August and October of 2013. The data were analyzed according to the theory of thematic content analysis proposed for Bardin. Results: Fifteen mothers aged between 26 and 40 years from different socioeconomic and cultural profiles participated in the study. It was noted from the maternal speeches high-lights three categories: Discovering the act of breastfeeding; Experiences and feelings; and The time to weaning. Conclusion: The most common difficulties faced for mothers are pain, fol-lowed by cracks, fissure, fatigue and reduced breast milk production. The duration of breastfeeding of interviewees mother was less than recommended from Ministry of Health.

Palavras-chave : Breastfeeding; Emotions; Weaning..