[Social representations of Mexican pregnant teenagers about the puerperal care, lactation, and newborn care].

Background: Puerperal care and feeding of the newborn are guided by entrenched cultural meanings between women, so it is important to know and identify how they are acquired and perpetuated. Regarding this knowledge, the social representations that Mexican pregnant teenagers have about puerperium, lactation and newborn care were studied.

Methods: An interpretative study was made based on principles of the theory of social representations.