Table 9.

Perceived enablers to online well-being programme and participant comments (coded by frequency).

Category	Themes	Participant comments
Improved well-being	Mental health	• Improved mental health and general outlook • I am very interested in looking after my mental health and this looks like it would help towards that • Mental well-being is something I think I could benefit from so I am keen to see what I can do to help myself • Having a positive mindset, not wanting to be depressed
	Perceived benefit	• Knowing that it will have possible benefits for me and my baby • The long-term benefits mentally and physical • Cause it’ll make me feel better
	Skills development	• Skills that can be learnt to cope with stress beyond pregnancy • Techniques to be more in tune with how I’m feeling and mindfulness and learning how to switch off and relax.
	Self-care and development	• Positive mind frame, time to work on myself/self-growth • Self-care
	Mindfulness	• I already know of the benefits of mindfulness. I think this is an important field. • I know the benefits of mindfulness and meditation
	Relaxation	• The benefits such as feeling more relaxed • To be more relaxed
	Supportive tool	• The tools I’ll learn from it to support me even more through pregnancy • Possibly helping my breast-feeding journey
Stress management	Stress reduction	• I used to really enjoy meditation pre babies and I know I could really benefit from managing my stress levels better and help improve my mood • Would like to spend some time working on stress reduction and heading into parenthood calm and relaxed • Skills that can be learnt to cope with stress beyond pregnancy • I would love to be less stressed and tense!
	Techniques to deal with emotions	• Techniques to be more in tune with how I’m feeling and mindfulness and learning how to switch off and relax. • Learning how to deal with my emotions
	Prevent PND	• Also knowing that I have had issues with depression and anxiety in the past, having tools like this to possibly combat or at least acknowledge and understand the signs of PPD/PND would be significant.
Functionality	Automated reminders	• Automated reminders (notifications) through the app • Having an alarm or reminders for daily practice
	Brief	• Knowing it was short and sharp with opportunities to extend • Not having to commit too much time • If it is done in short sessions so could be completed during baby’s nap time or whilst feeding
	Accessible	• Accessibility (on my phone app) • If it’s easy to access • Convenient
	Other functional considerations	• it’s free • Ability to complete the program at any time and pause/return if interrupted (by baby) during the session. • Suggested time of day to complete
Track benefits	Seeing results	• As I can see benefits of taking the program with my mental health and ability to parent I would be happy to participate • Clear benefit
	Being rewarded	• If there were small rewards for say doing 5 days in a row with no gaps etc • Gift vouchers
Improve relationships	Benefit my children	• Knowing that it may help/benefit future children and my child • To help me with the new journey of motherhood, to keep a positive mindset good for myself and baby • The safety and well-being of my babies (pregnant with twins) would encourage me to undertake the program
	Other relationships	• Positive changes in my interactions with others • If I can help someone else
Community of practice	Connection with others	• If there is a small community of women involved or a Facebook page related to it • Community forum with other users • Some face-to-face components along the way to keep self-accountable
	Access to instructor	• If it was a zoom meeting where there was an instructor. Then you have more accountability. • Assistance when required, immediate contact for help
Other enablers	Partner support	• Support from my partner to focus on my well-being
	Healthcare provider	• Recommendation from healthcare provider
	Opportunistic	• When baby is feeding

PND: postnatal depression; PPD: postpartum depression.