Factors associated with antepartum pilgrimage at a reference maternity hospital in Ceará.

Objective: To identify factors associated with antepartum pilgrimage in pregnant women in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

Method: A cross-sectional study with 300 postpartum women from a state reference maternity hospital, carried out from March 2020 to January 2021. The frequency of pilgrimage was estimated according to socioeconomic characteristics and prenatal care.

Challenges of motherhood in the voice of primiparous mothers: initial difficulties.

Objectives: To identify the main difficulties first-time mothers experience in the postpartum period, during the first six months of the baby's life.

Methods: Level I qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study. The sample consisted of 11 first-time mothers of full-term healthy newborns.

Gaps in the knowledge and skills of Portuguese mothers associated with newborn health care.

Objectives: assess mothers' parenting knowledge and skills associated with the parental competence health promotion and monitoring for newborns and infants aged up to six months and determine the key characteristics of mothers who are better prepared for parenting.

Method: cross-sectional study conducted in three health centers belonging to a Local Health Unit in the Northern Region of Portugal. Data was collected using clinical interviews conducted with pregnant women or mothers with a child aged up to six months.