SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE ON EXPERIENCES OF PREGNANT TRANSSEXUAL MEN.

Roque Pereira, Danilo Martins; Cavalcante de Araújo, Ednaldo; Cardoso Santos Gomes da Silva, Adrian Thaís; de Abreu, Paula Daniella; Cruz Calazans, Juliana Cristina; Soares Bezerra da Silva, Larissa Layne

Objective: to analyze the scientific evidence about the experiences of pregnant transsexual men. Method: a descriptive, integrative literature review study without a defined time cut, carried out in January 2021 in the following Databases: Medline, CINAHL, LILACS, CUIDEN, SCOPUS, WoS, EMBASE, PSYCINFO and BDENF, in Portuguese, English and Spanish; using the DECs and MeSH descriptors: "Transgender People", "Pregnancy", "Reproduction", "Fertilization", "Insemination", "Prenatal Care", "Postpartum Period", "Lactation", "Mispontaneous Abortion", "Habitual abortion", "Reproductive health" and "Health Care" and their respective synonyms. The elaboration of the guiding question was conducted by the PICo Strategy: (Population): transgender men; I (Interest): experiences during the puerperal pregnancy cycle; Co (Context): reproductive health and health services. The final sample was submitted to the Thematic Analysis Technique. Results: a total of 1,011 studies were identified, 10 of which composed this review after the selection process and peer review. The analysis resulted in two thematic categories: "Pregnancy-puerperal cycle: challenges and experiences" and "Pregnant bodies: perceptions and social relationships". Conclusion: the experiences of pregnant transsexual men are marked by concerns related to pregnancy, childbirth, birth and the puerperium, causing unexpected psychological and/or emotional impacts, evidencing cisheteronormativity and transphobia as structuring aspects which add an additional part to fear of childbirth and violations of rights.

CINAHL database; PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems; MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems; SYSTEMATIC reviews; TRANSPHOBIA; TRANS women; PREGNANT women; EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; TRANSSEXUALS; INTERPERSONAL relations; RESEARCH funding; PUERPERIUM; ATTITUDES toward pregnancy; PRENATAL care; MEDLINE; THEMATIC analysis; REPRODUCTIVE health; PREGNANCY

Texto & Contexto Enfermagem, 2022, Vol 31, p1

0104-0707

Academic Journal

10.1590/1980-265X-TCE-2021-0347en