Programme content
STRETCHES
The programme was conducted with one group of two or three couples who were close to the pregnancy's full term. The programme was held on weekends so couples could participate together and took place once during pregnancy for duration of 2 h. The principal investigator and co‐principal investigator, a licenced midwife, conducted this programme with an older primiparous couple at a university. This programme was implemented to help couples understand the physical and mental risks faced by older primiparas and to strengthen the couple partnership (Nakajima et al., The programme included the following: (1) greetings and self‐introductions (10 min); (2) information on the physical and mental risks of older primiparas and husbands' support (30 min); (3) couple discussion on postpartum couple relationships (15 min); (4) break (10 min); (5) interaction among participating couples (25 min); (6) couples' pair stretches (20 min), (7) completion of the programme evaluation questionnaire (10 min). The programme was implemented between April 2018 and August 2019.