“I Understood That We Can Ourselves Prepare for Pregnancy and Its Progress” – experi-enced benefits of Bailamama® 9Months class for pregnant women and mothers
Kauppinen, Eveliina; Niemi, Heidi (2015)
Kauppinen, Eveliina
Niemi, Heidi
Kajaanin ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015112617934
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015112617934
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The purpose of the thesis was to study the benefits which Bailamama® 9Months classes offer to pregnant women and women recovering from labor. Bailamama® is a Finnish health exercise concept which aims at improving both fitness level and wellbeing.
The aim of this thesis was to provide Bailamama® with information that could be used to develop Bailamama® 9Months product even further. The aim of the thesis for the authors was to deepen their knowledge and gather knowledge about safe and beneficial physical activities during pregnancy. Based on the competibes of KUAS, thesis writers aim to learn to analyze information critically, solve possible problems during thesis process and improve team working skills and be able to use gathered knowledge to the thesis. From the perspectives of the Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (KUAS) and Myötätuuli, a KUAS learning environment which offers health and physical services, the aim was to learn more about safe physical exercises during pregnancy, plan instructions considering pregnancy and use this thesis as a teaching material in lessons.
This thesis applies both quantitative and qualitative research methods, and data was gathered with two questionnaires. The research group consisted of ten (N=10) women. Eight of the women were pregnant during the research period and two were recovering from labor. The research groups participated in the 9Months classes in Espoo and Rovaniemi. In Espoo the research period was five weeks and in Rovaniemi eight weeks.
The research includes various results. The main result of the research is that every participant in the research groups were satisfied with the experienced benefits of Bailamama® 9Months classes. However, with the size of the research group (N=10), the results of this thesis cannot be generalized.
The aim of this thesis was to provide Bailamama® with information that could be used to develop Bailamama® 9Months product even further. The aim of the thesis for the authors was to deepen their knowledge and gather knowledge about safe and beneficial physical activities during pregnancy. Based on the competibes of KUAS, thesis writers aim to learn to analyze information critically, solve possible problems during thesis process and improve team working skills and be able to use gathered knowledge to the thesis. From the perspectives of the Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (KUAS) and Myötätuuli, a KUAS learning environment which offers health and physical services, the aim was to learn more about safe physical exercises during pregnancy, plan instructions considering pregnancy and use this thesis as a teaching material in lessons.
This thesis applies both quantitative and qualitative research methods, and data was gathered with two questionnaires. The research group consisted of ten (N=10) women. Eight of the women were pregnant during the research period and two were recovering from labor. The research groups participated in the 9Months classes in Espoo and Rovaniemi. In Espoo the research period was five weeks and in Rovaniemi eight weeks.
The research includes various results. The main result of the research is that every participant in the research groups were satisfied with the experienced benefits of Bailamama® 9Months classes. However, with the size of the research group (N=10), the results of this thesis cannot be generalized.