The effect of relaxation exercises training on pregnancy-related anxiety after perinatal loss: A pilot randomized control trial✰

•Women who have experienced a perinatal loss, revealed that progressive relaxation exercises were effective as a non-pharmacological technique in decreasing the pregnancy-related anxiety levels of pregnant women.•Health professionals can easily apply this intervention on women who have a story of perinatal loss.•Progressive relaxation exercises are considered to be an easy, effective, safe and cheap way of intervention that pregnant women with a story of perinatal loss can apply at home by following the directions given in a compact disc.