The second I got that positive pregnancy test, I was on the hunt for the perfect pregnancy tracking apps. I downloaded a ton to see which ones I liked the best, and ended up keeping a couple.
My very favorite is the Ovia Pregnancy App. As many do, this one tracks how far along you are, lets you know what fruit your baby is the size of (😂), gives you daily updates on how your baby is developing, and also allows you to input a variety of information to track symptoms, weight, feelings, etc.
My favorite is at the start of a new week, you get a longer explanation of what’s going on and it is always so fun to read.
I found this app to be the most user-friendly, and easy to browse. It has a number of useful tools such as a kick counter, contraction timer, food safety look up, and medication safety lookup, among other.
It also has a community tab, where you or other mamas can post questions with a poll, and space for answers/comments. People ask questions from symptoms they’re experiencing, to baby name advice, dinner ideas, and more. I find myself scrolling through there in my free time, answering polls. It’s fun to see if others are experiencing the same things as you. It can also be plain entertaining… some of those questions… 😳
Another favorite is Baby Center. This one felt a bit harder to navigate for me, but maybe I just need to play around with it a little bit more. It also offers the weekly updates, fruit/veggie size, fun facts about baby, etc.
I don’t find myself in this app quite as much, though it does have some similar tools to take advantage of, and a fun section: ‘Bumpie’ where you can upload a weekly bump photo and add the little fruit icons to it. I have been utilizing this, and it’s fun to look through!
I do really like the community section of this app a lot. It’s called Birth Club in this one, so it puts you in a group with other moms due the same month as you. I really appreciate this because we are all generally at the same point in pregnancy, so often going through the same things. For example, you could tell when everyone hit the third trimester and were posting about the glucose test. It really helped to put me at ease because these were questions that were running through my mind as well, but were already posted with plenty of comments with others experiences.
I also have the What to Expect app, but really only find myself checking in at the start of a new week to see if there is any different information or fun facts that I might have missed in the others.
Are there any apps that you’ve loved and I am missing? There are so many great resources out there – it can be hard to find them all!
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