Parir y nacer en tiempos de covid-19 en Uruguay

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze the structural dimensions of the social production of delivery and birth in the context of covid-19 in Uruguay, focusing on women’s experiences, based on the dialogue between critical medical anthropology and feminist anthropology. Through a qualitative and exploratory methodology, secondary data are linked to the interviews of eight women of medium-high socio-educational level. We conclude that their experiences, care trajectories and strategies deployed, were crossed by fears and uncertainties regarding respect for their enshrined rights during the care of pregnancy, childbirth and birth in the health services by appealing to arguments of exceptionality. This article contributes to the understanding of the cases’ continuities and exceptionalities, taking into account the variables of gender, class and nationality. Additionally, this article also contributes to the fruitful development of dialogues between both conceptual approaches.