The Effect of Breathing Exercises on Comfort Level in Primiparous Pregnant Women

Description: The breathing exercises to be applied were taught to each pregnant woman face to face with one-on-one training. The taught practice was then repeated by the pregnant woman and the researcher together. In the next step, pregnant women were asked to perform the application themselves. In this way, it was determined whether individual breathing exercise practices were performed correctly and effectively. After the one-on-one training was completed, the pregnant women were divided into groups of maximum six people and breathing exercise exercises were performed 7 days a week, once a day and once a week face-to-face for 8 weeks. Each session lasted approximately 45 minutes. For 8 weeks, a short reminder message was sent to pregnant women every morning to ensure that they did not interrupt their daily breathing exercise practices, and they were called in the evening to check whether they had performed the application correctly and whether they had any problems.