El embarazo en la adolescencia, un acting out, frente a las interrogaciones sobre la sexualidad femenina, el deseo materno y el des/encuentro con el otro sexo.

Abstract

Teenage pregnancy is a public health problem in our country; social, cultural and economic factors are identified as the causes. For its prevention and attention the state has elaborated: manuals, guides, protocols, projects, proposals specially from the health and education areas; nevertheless Ecuador is the third country with the teenage pregnancy rate of Latin America and the Caribbean, so it is important to approach other theoretical paths to have a full understanding of this. From the psychoanalytic theory the teenage pregnancy will be approach analyzing their speeches, desires, sexual curiosity, falling in love, couple life, maternity and on the particularities of adolescence and female sexuality to recognize that sometimes teenage pregnancy can be understood as an acting out, facing the questions: what is to be a woman? and, what is to be a mother?. It does not have an universal answer, it has to be elaborated in a singular way, in the exchange of relations, where the encounter with the other sex, the maternal desire, the father´s role and the maternal ravage are fundamental for their understanding Three study cases of pregnant adolescents were analyzed, their couple and family relations specially their relationship with their mothers, which gave us elements to make suggestions and recommendations for future prevention and care projects.