2013- March 14 - intro: Not sure what to expect when you are expecting? Your smartphone can help.
Pregnancy is a niche application in bloom. A search on Google Play Android app store and the iPhone App Store generates about 1,000 results.
Bytemobile, a research firm statistics anonymous traffic data sources from 3G and 4G networks, which means that they monitor the activities of the actual use of the mobile phone users worldwide, was released in February. According to the report, on average, 47 percent of total mobile subscribers using one or more medical applications using pregnancy-related applications.
There is an application to monitor your baby bump, an application that provides a checklist to help with the "baby brain," an application that provides a list of foods that pregnancy no-no's. In fact there is an application that will turn your photos and face your partner together to show what your baby might look like.
WebMD, the online health and medical databases - or as some like to call it, self-diagnosis website - this week released WebMD Pregnancy, a free application for the iPhone that provide "hundreds of physician-approved multimedia information and advice" for pregnant women.
The app includes all. It includes a 3-D visual transform the body of the mother and baby development week-to-week (based on the maturity date), a check-list of common questions to ask the doctor (on every promise of pre-natal), symptom tracker, timer contraction, tips for pregnancy healthy and articles that are targeted to your current trimester.
But there are many other pregnancy apps that can help the mother-to-be prepare for pregnancy. We moved through dozens of applications to help new parents. Click on a listing to see some of our favorites.
Disclaimer: Most pregnancy app created just for fun and not approved or sponsored by a medical professional. Always raise any and all questions or concerns about your pregnancy with your doctor.
quicklist: 1 Category: Trying to Conception Title: Period Tracker, Free for Android and iPhone url: Media: 18724448 Text: At first glance, Period Tracker looks more rosy than the commercial tampon, but do not let that put you off.
This application, created by GP International LLC, is very user-friendly. It tracks your cycles and ovulation period each month simply by pressing a button.
Once you enter the start and end date for your period, then log and calculate the date of the initial period average during the three months to predict the start date for the coming period, the day of ovulation and fertile days - all of which appear in side-by-month calendar , Users can also mark "intimate" day on the calendar.
Period Tracker allows the user to record and mood symptoms, such as acne, body aches and cramps, according to the date. In applications Period Log, users can write their questions or thoughts to share with their physician later.
quicklist: 2 Category: Trying to Conception Title: Kindara Fertility, Free for iPhone url: Media: 18729229 Text: The Kindara Fertility application is a little excessive, in the beginning, but anyone who is super detail-oriented will love this app.
Much less interest than other ovulation tracker, Kindara break your menstrual cycle and all the days in between the type of fluid and flowing, plotting them on a graph for 30 days and noted that the day of ovulation.
It also lets you keep track of your body temperature - because your temperature tends to rise a few degrees when you are ovulating - and mood, the results of OPK, spotting and pain levels so that you can talk to your doctor about it at your next visit.
click-through tutorials that walk users through the application after the first time it is downloaded also appreciated.
quicklist: 3 Category: Monitoring Bump Title: BabyBump Pregnancy, Guide to Android and iPhone url: Media: 18724385 Text: The BabyBump Pregnancy app, created by Alt12 Apps, Inc., not only the number of down days left before your due date and what week you are in your pregnancy, it also tells you what symptoms you might be feeling and when.
For example, the application tells you in Week 18 You may feel dizzy and assure you that is normal. It couples that with diagrams and illustrations, as you will see in the OB / GYN office, that show what the baby will look like and how it should be positioned in the womb from week to week.
BabyBump also conneCTS you to community message boards in the bid application discussions about almost everything, from general support for baby name ideas, and share pictures of your growing bump.
quicklist: 4 Category: Monitoring Bump Title: Pregnancy / Sprout, Free for iPhone url: Media: 18729055 Text: What makes Sprout applications with Med ART studio stand out from other pregnancy apps is that it offers a full-screen, 3-D interactives how fetuses, organs, limbs and facial features evolving from week to week.
Sort of like the Cliffs Notes of "Gray's Anatomy" reproductive parts, each slide in the show the next stage in the application of fetal development by three to four per slide buttons that appear with interesting facts. For example, on Sunday 21 slide, one of the buttons pop up with, "You are now frequent fetal hiccups."
Similar to other applications, Sprout has "The Doc Says" tab, which offers an explanation week-by-week symptoms you may experience as the fetus grows. It also includes a weight tracker, baby kick counter, contraction timer and organizer to keep track of appointments and prepare for the arrival of your baby, including details ranging from what to put in a hospital bag for essential items to bring home the baby, such as a car seat.
quicklist: 5 Category: Baby Arrival Planning Title: Peaceful Nursery, $ 0.99 for the iPhone url: Media: 18729032 text: For all your organic and environmentally friendly - and pregnant - fans out there, this app is for you.
Peaceful Nursery with Spirit Quest World app provides a shopping list for nursery environmentally friendly, including suggestions for organic crib mattresses, organic cotton crib sheets and other times.
This application also has tips for how to have a healthy home for your baby, such as opening a window from time to time for better ventilation.
quicklist: 6 Category: Baby Arrival Planning Title: BabyBag, Free for iPhone url: Media: 18729120 Text: There are several applications of pregnancy that includes a checklist for what to pack in your hospital bag when you go into labor.
What makes BabyBag separate application by Andreas Krawczyk is that it allows users to create multiple customized "packlists" for you, your spouse, your baby - heck, even the grandmother-to-be can have a list.
Other apps only offer a list of "mother bag" or "mother, father and baby bag." The app gives users a little more freedom to personalize their list.
Each packlist has three tabs: those, who showed a complete list of what you choose to put in your bag; packed, which shows only the items that have been checked; and lost, which shows items that have not been examined.
But one of the best features is that this app allows you to set the "first wake-pack" and "second wake-pack" warning based on date and time - your due date, maybe.
quicklist: 7 Category: Baby Arrival Planning Title: My Pregnancy Today, Guide for Android url: Media: 18724396 Text: My Pregnancy Today app by BabyCenter is one of the most popular pregnancy app in the Google Play store, with more than one million downloads in the last month.
This is one of the applications of pregnancy-encompassing, with a week-by-week pictures of fetal development, the explanation for how the body is pregnant you will change over time and due date calculator, to name a few, but the "Check List" is one the best feature of this app.
Designated as its own tab, break Check List down week-by-week list of suggestions for what you can do to stay healthy and prepare for the workforce. For example, in Week 16, the application says you should do Kegel exercises and make an appointment for your first trimester prenatal.
quicklist: 8 Category: Staying Healthy Title: Foods to Avoid While Pregnant, $ 0.99 for the iPhone url: Media: 18729141 Text: This app could not be easier. the name says it all.
The Foods to Avoid When applications Pregnant, created by LitCharts, provide a full menu of all the food you are expected to avoid when expecting and break them down into eight major categories: milk and cheese, dressing and condiments, beverages and drinks, fish and seafood, frozen food and ready, meat and eggs, pates and spreads, and vegetables.
From there, the app breaks down further into categories in a different way their food is prepared and what pregnant women should and should not eat.
For example, meat and milksection is broken down into six categories more. One section, labeled "egg, cooked," says "cooked eggs safe for pregnant women to eat but under-cooked eggs can be contaminated with salmonella," so pregnant women should avoid runny or soft-boiled eggs.
Similar to Android: Pregnancy Food Guide, $ 2.99
quicklist: 9 Category: Staying Healthy Title: Pregnant and FIT!, $ 3.99 for the iPhone url: Media: 18729045 Text: There are several applications for both the iPhone and Android devices that offer pilates, yoga and other exercise moves specifically designed for pregnant women - again, please consult your doctor first - but many of these apps seem to be on the expensive side. There were sell as much as $ 9.99.
Pregnant and FIT! by Brooklyn Academy Roots LLC is at the expensive end, as far as applications go, at $ 3.99, but the layout is clean and user-friendly to make this application seems feasible.
First, the initial screen asking the user if they want to do 30 minutes of exercise or a full body. The next screen prompts the user to select a workout based on the intensity: "Mama Fatigue, Feeling Good or Super Mom." Then, it lists the type of equipment you need and show you step-by-step exercises, complete with photos.
quicklist: 10 Category: Staying Healthy Title: I'm pregnant, Free for Android url: Media: 18724438 Text: I am pregnant by Kolsoft is covering all the other applications that include an explanation week-by-week changes in your body and fetal development, calendars, tracking weight, counter kicks, packing list, checks and notes, or "diary" section.
But what makes it different this application also offers tips for healthy eating for conception and pregnancy, as well as a fitness exercise for pregnant women.
quicklist: 11 Category: While in Labor Title: Contraction Timer, Guide for Android url: Media: 18724428 Text: Let's say you do not want all the bells and whistles of a 3-D image, weight tracker and doctor appointment reminder, but the big day has arrived and the contractions had started.
Instead of trying to time your contractions with a watch, consider the application contraction time.
The Contraction Timer app by James Ots looks almost like a marathon runner applications may use to track their training runs. Monitor application contraction in the interval start time and duration by pressing a button, and then track how they improve over time.
quicklist: 12 Category: While in Labor Title: Contraction Monitor, Free for iPhone url: Media: 18729089 Text: The Contraction Monitor with Maxwell Software application a little more depth than most applications contraction time.
Monitoring the contraction frequency and time intervals, Contraction monitor allows the user to the level of how intense the contraction is on a scale from "very light" to "very strong." It then generates a summary of your progress, complete with graphics.
For more than a bare-bones, stopwatch counter-type contraction, Full Term-Labor Contractors Timer by Mustansir Golawala, free for iPhone, super easy to use.
quicklist: 13 Category: BONUS: A Pregnancy App for Men Title: m Pregnancy, $ 2.99 for the iPhone url: Media: 18729473 Text: Besides the obvious become a stereotype, applications m Pregnancy has some fun features for men with pregnant partners, particularly those who may roll their eyes at the idea of reading a pregnancy book.
Applications that are created by the Double Dip Media, Inc., shows the gradual development of the fetus a man can understand. For example, it tells you that the 10 week-old fetus was 1.2 inches, or about the size of a beer cap.
The application also includes facts pregnancy and tips for dads-to-be, such as food pairings you should avoid when she is pregnant and how to help her prepare for the delivery. Even had the odometer as "Score Board" that amount to the maturity date of the baby.
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