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Postpartum care includes monitoring the mother's health within the first weeks after birth, this includes the nutritional education necessary for the growth and development of the newborn, prompt recovery, and preserving an adequate nutritional status in the mother. To analyze the perception of nutritional education in postpartum women at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, in the city of Cuenca. Descriptive study with a qualitative and cross-sectional approach. The universe was 30 postpartum women hospitalized in the gynecology area of the HVCM, the sample of participants for the semi-structured interviews was 12 women. The responses were recorded and transcribed into Microsoft Word, the analysis was carried out manually and with the Atlas Ti program. The time allocated for nutritional education is insufficient, leaving doubts and gaps in different topics, highlighting the lack of emphasis on the benefits of breastfeeding. Nutritional education must be provided to postpartum women and people in charge of their nutrition, since, in the first weeks, they are dependent on their family and support people during their recovery. Nutritional education is essential in the postpartum period, it influences the health of the mother and the newborn; It is necessary to ensure the understanding of the mother and her family, which must be a priority in the health area, emphasizing the benefits of breastfeeding for mother-child, recommended and non-recommended foods; to maintain adequate nutritional status.