Objective: to understand the trajectory of adolescents regarding the fi rst pregnancy, contemplating realities and perspectives. Method: qualitative study, based on the Schütz theoretical framework, with 30 adolescents assisted in an outpatient clinic for adolescents in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. From the narrative interviews carried out in the fi rst semester of 2013, in the return for the fi rst consultation of the puerperium, the communicative processes were identifi ed, the central ideas and units of meanings expressed in the themes were abstracted: I was dating and became pregnant; realities and perspectives. Results: adolescents justifi ed pregnancy through sexual drive and insuffi cient prevention; they narrated the fear faced, diffi culties in motherhood and continuity of studies. The realities coexisted with the prospects of family members and partners helping to educate the child to achieve a different future from what they themselves experienced. Final considerations: adolescents experienced motherhood with ambivalent confl icts because they were young mothers, but they wanted to raise and educate their children, even those with minimal living conditions. Descriptors: Adolescence; Pregnancy; Maternity; Health education; Qualitative Research; Family. RESUMO Objetivo: compreender a trajetória de adolescentes acerca da primeira gravidez, contemplando realidades e perspectivas. Método: estudo qualitativo, fundamentado no referencial teórico de Schütz, com 30 adolescentes assistidas em ambulatório para adolescentes em Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. Das entrevistas narrativas realizadas no primeiro semestre de 2013, no retorno da primeira consulta do puerpério, identifi caram-se os processos comunicativos, abstraíram-se as ideias centrais e unidades de sentidos expressas nas temáticas: fui fi cando e aconteceu a gravidez; realidades e perspectivas. Resultados: as adolescentes justifi caram a gravidez pelo impulso sexual e prevenção insufi ciente; narraram o medo enfrentado, difi culdades na maternidade e continuidade dos estudos. As realidades coexistiram com perspectivas de os familiares e companheiros ajudarem na educação do fi lho para obter um futuro diferente do que vivenciaram. Considerações fi nais: as adolescentes vivenciaram a maternidade com confl itos ambivalentes por serem mães jovens, mas desejavam criar e educar os fi lhos, mesmo aquelas com as mínimas condições de sobrevivência. Descritores: Adolescência; Gravidez; Maternidade; Educação em Saúde; Pesquisa Qualitativa; Família. RESUMEN Objetivo: comprender la trayectoria de adolescentes acerca del primer embarazo, contemplando realidades y perspectivas. Método: estudio cualitativo, fundamentado en el referencial teórico de Schütz, con 30 adolescentes asistidas en ambulatorio para adolescentes en Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. De las entrevistas narrativas realizadas en el primer semestre de 2013, en el retorno de la primera consulta del puerperio, se identifi có los procesos comunicativos, se abstrajeron las ideas centrales y unidades de sentido...

OBJECTIVE:To analyze the cultural meanings of infantile asthma from the perspective of the mother/carer of the child. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES:Qualitative research conducted in 2004, in the city of Fortaleza (Northeastern Brazil). An ethnographic approach was utilized, consisting of participant observation and interviews with seven mothers, accompanying their children in a hospital emergency ward. Thematic analysis was the technique employed when identifying the meanings of mothers' discourse. ANALYSIS OF RESULTS:Two discussion categories were identifi ed: "disinformation on illness" in which it was possible to perceive that the mothers were not informed with respect to their children's illness; and "cultural care" in which they relate information on caretaking and they use resources of popular knowledge to prevent their children's asthma, such as environmental care and the use of popular remedies, based on medicinal plants. CONCLUSIONS:The disinformation and lack of maternal knowledge on infantile asthma among the mothers indicate the need for an intense educational program, problematizing in nature and based on dialogue, conducted in close collaboration with the treatment aimed at improving the prognosis of the disease.

OBJECTIVE:To analyze the cultural meanings of infantile asthma from the perspective of the mother/carer of the child. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES:Qualitative research conducted in 2004, in the city of Fortaleza (Northeastern Brazil). An ethnographic approach was utilized, consisting of participant observation and interviews with seven mothers, accompanying their children in a hospital emergency ward. Thematic analysis was the technique employed when identifying the meanings of mothers' discourse. ANALYSIS OF RESULTS:Two discussion categories were identifi ed: "disinformation on illness" in which it was possible to perceive that the mothers were not informed with respect to their children's illness; and "cultural care" in which they relate information on caretaking and they use resources of popular knowledge to prevent their children's asthma, such as environmental care and the use of popular remedies, based on medicinal plants. CONCLUSIONS:The disinformation and lack of maternal knowledge on infantile asthma among the mothers indicate the need for an intense educational program, problematizing in nature and based on dialogue, conducted in close collaboration with the treatment aimed at improving the prognosis of the disease.