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Introduction: Parents of premature or low birth weight babies in Colombia receive training in the Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) method from the hospital, to empower themselves in the care of their children and achieve an early discharge. If it is not possible, babies will have a higher risk of infections, a longer separation time from parents and higher costs for hospitalization. Objective: to describe the experiences of kangaroo parents reluctant to hospital discharge in order to identify and modify possible mistakes in the in-hospital KMC adaptation phase. Method: Pilot focus group with 5 kangaroo parents reluctant to graduate. A thematic analysis of the transcription was done. Results: parents experienced feelings of poor empowerment that did not improve with training provided, based on talk and observation; this, together with the perception of the expertise of health personnel, could lead them to think that the best place for their babies is the hospital. At home, repeated and direct exposure to baby care seems to build more confidence. Conclusions: increasing parents' direct exposure to their babies' care before discharge, would improve their hospital experience, their confidence, the quality of care they can provide, and allow them for an early discharge.
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