WOMEN AND TRADITIONAL MIDWIVES: CARE PRACTICES DURING THE PROCESS OF LABOR AND BIRTH AT HOME

Objective: Discuss the most common care practices reported by the women assisted by traditional birth attendants at home. Methods: This is a qualitative research methodology to be used as History Thematic Oral - HOT. Results: Show that their experience in collaborative assisted by midwife traditional is a feeling of safety, shelter, where the family environment provides comfort and safety for pregnant women, beyond autonomy in choosing how to make your child, since they assume their role as protagonists of this process. Conclusion: Soon, we realized the need to add scientific knowledge with popular, combining technology with the experience of living, contributing to a reflection in search of new meanings in this special moment of giving birth. Descriptors: Midwives, Women, Care.