TTMA pregnancy tracker apps

[ArgyleEnigma]

Oh hi!

I would enjoy having an app that follows the pregnancy with developmental tidbits.  Tell me about your app!


I am neutral on learning the baby's current fruit volume equivalence (ok, might be fun), but I am looking for something more on the scientific side of the cutesy-versus-factual poles. Anyone?

[Andrea]

I'm using Ovia. I haven't played around with it much. But so far so good.

[carolinaheart]

Oct 1, 2015 23:47:18 GMT -5 Andrea said:

I'm using Ovia. I haven't played around with it much. But so far so good.

+1 for Ovia.

[cattuccino]

I am a fan of ovias "weird-but-cute animals" theme for baby sizes.

Hello in there, little dot snail.

[Andrea]

Oct 3, 2015 15:49:09 GMT -5 cattuccino said:

I am a fan of ovias "weird-but-cute animals" theme for baby sizes.

Hello in there, little dot snail.

Mine is a waterbear

[ArgyleEnigma]

Oct 3, 2015 15:49:09 GMT -5 cattuccino said:

I am a fan of ovias "weird-but-cute animals" theme for baby sizes.

Hello in there, little dot snail.

What? How come I'm getting plain old poppy seed?

ETA: figured it out, just click on the poppyseed to get choices

[NariaDreaming]

ArgyleEnigma,Andrea,carolinaheart,cattuccino, since the discussion is happening here- tell us what you'd like to see in a pregnancy tracker app + ticker. It's on our development list for thencomesfamily.com

[Andrea]

Oct 5, 2015 8:45:30 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

ArgyleEnigma,Andrea,carolinaheart,cattuccino, since the discussion is happening here- tell us what you'd like to see in a pregnancy tracker app + ticker. It's on our development list for thencomesfamily.com

I think it would be cool to have a shared account with my husband, so we could both be in the loop. Or even a different setting for dads/partners. He is really into technology and I think that he would love an app where he could also be getting updates on what the baby is doing this week; rather than learning through me or having to google. A lot of the sites/apps are geared towards the pregnant person and I feel the dad/partner is excluded from the experience.

Hope my rambling made sense

[NariaDreaming]

Andrea, makes perfect sense

[ArgyleEnigma]

Oct 5, 2015 8:45:30 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

ArgyleEnigma,Andrea,carolinaheart,cattuccino, since the discussion is happening here- tell us what you'd like to see in a pregnancy tracker app + ticker. It's on our development list for thencomesfamily.com

Oooo, excellent! I'm going to come back later with a good list.

[carolinaheart]

Oct 5, 2015 8:55:45 GMT -5 Andrea said:

Oct 5, 2015 8:45:30 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

ArgyleEnigma,Andrea,carolinaheart,cattuccino, since the discussion is happening here- tell us what you'd like to see in a pregnancy tracker app + ticker. It's on our development list for thencomesfamily.com

I think it would be cool to have a shared account with my husband, so we could both be in the loop. Or even a different setting for dads/partners. He is really into technology and I think that he would love an app where he could also be getting updates on what the baby is doing this week; rather than learning through me or having to google. A lot of the sites/apps are geared towards the pregnant person and I feel the dad/partner is excluded from the experience.

Hope my rambling made sense

Yes! So much this!

I didn't know I needed this until just now!

[cattuccino]

@nariadreaming, having a shared app with a partner is a definite bonus for some - I know some apps have this already.
Having the alternate "baby size" other than fruit/veggies (hello morning sickness) is also fun, and switches it up a lot from the norm seen with other sites and applications.
Ovia also has a spot where it will show comparison of baby hand to your hand (not to scale, but still neat to see things like that).

I also like Ovia and the apps that do an update every day, not on a weekly - the bump would tell your only on your change date really what's happening, every time I look into Ovia (each day) there's something new to read, even if it's little and still an approximation, it's nice to see.

I also like apps that you can log or connect with your calendar for appointments - and maybe even have reminders or suggestions, like around 11-12 weeks "Are you doing NTS/IPS screening? make sure you schedule it for this time period, anatomy scans, glucose testing...." it surprises me the number of practices I've heard of through forums where women had no idea what was available/required/recommended.

If an app could incorporate a reminder to take my prenatal vitamins that would be AMAZING.
And/or maybe even include a nutrition diary and water in-take log.
(easy nonjudgy layout to track weight gain and such too I suppose might be handy) As well as a place to put in stats - I kept track of my blood pressure, baby heart rate etc in my notepad app for my last pregnancy. 

Clearly, I have very high expectations. I'm sorry!

[sandandsea]

I have the What to Expect When You're Expecting App on my phone and like it. I don't really want to obsess daily about it so the week by week updates are fine and it's pretty quick. Once baby is here I HIGHLY recommend Baby Connect. We've used it with DS since he was born and still use it to track height, weight, and vacs.

[greysonsmom]

I second baby connect. Especially when you are sleep deprived in the hospital and the nurses are asking you when did the baby last eat.