CONCLUSION
This study examined the perceptions about pregnancy in women suffering from sickle cell anemia and the results indicated that this moment is lived with great expectation and fear in these women, which are already weakened by the disease process.
Pregnancy adds necessities to handle all aspects of health and avoid risks to the mothers and their children.
When we become aware of the complications of SCA, we realize that pregnancy is marked by suffering, apprehension and guilt when these women fail to achieve success, or when they do not find social support for motherhood. Among the difficulties faced by these women there is an emphasis on the abortion decision, which arises from the discourses as an alternative is often thought by them to spare their health, to avoid a child who is affected by the disease, or due to difficulties in caring for a new baby with all the limitations brought by SCA.