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SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE ON EXPERIENCES OF PREGNANT TRANSSEXUAL MEN

2022; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós Graduação em Enfermagem; Volume: 31; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/1980-265x-tce-2021-0347en

1980-265X

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

Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

ABSTRACT 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.