Top 10 Pregnancy Apps to Help You Keep Track of Your Growing Baby
When you're pregnant, every week can mean big changes in your growing baby's development. With so many aspects to keep up with during pregnancy, you'll want to utilize one (or a few) of these handy pregnancy apps to keep track of everything.
Totally Pregnant
Photo source: Google Play
Free, available on iOS and Android
If you want to connect with other mamas-to-be while staying up-to-date on your baby's development, try out the Totally Pregnant app. This app features 3D videos of each growth stage, a vibrant community of new moms, helpful vlogs, and more.
BabyBump Pregnancy Pro
Photo source: BabyBump
Free, available on iOS and Android
Not all pregnancy apps are created equal, but BabyBump Pregnancy Pro knows exactly what a pregnant mom needs. Not only can you countdown the days until your little one arrives, but you also have access to weekly images, a journal, weight tracker, contraction tracker, and even a kick counter.
Ovia Pregnancy Tracker
Photo source: Ovuline
Free, available on iOS and Android
With a focus on health and wellness, the Ovia Pregnancy Tracker app gives you feedback that's personalized according to your BMI, age, and medical history. You can even sync the app to a fitness tracker so that you can import physical activity and sleep levels. This app also features notifications to help you remember appointments and when to take your prenatals when you're having bouts of pregnancy brain.
My Pregnancy & Baby Today
Photo source: Baby Center
Free, available on iOS and Android
The My Pregnancy & Baby Today app from Baby Center has it all, including weekly images and videos of fetal development, a contraction timer, day-by-day pregnancy calendar, an active community of moms, kick tracker, and due date countdown.
Baby Names!!
Photo source: Apple iTunes
Free, available on iOS and Android
Choosing your baby's name can feel like a daunting task, but not when you use the Baby Names!! app. With over 30,000 baby names to choose from, you can search for the perfect name based on gender, first initial, popularity, and place of origin.
What to Expect Pregnancy Tracker
Photo source: What to Expect
Free, available on iOS and Android
The What to Expect Pregnancy Tracker app, developed by writers of "What to Expect When You're Expecting," features both day-to-day and hour-to-hour tracking, a due date countdown, updates on your baby's development shown in fruit sizes, pregnancy tips, and community photo sharing.
Full Term
Photo source: Apple iTunes
Free, available on iOS and Android
Don't rely on an old-fashioned kitchen timer when you start feeling contractions. Instead, use the Full Term app, which acts like a customized stopwatch developed just for contractions. Simply press a green button when you feel a contractions beginning, then press the red button when your contraction stops. This handy app will calculate the duration and frequency of your contractions for you so that you'll know exactly when "it's time."
Glow Nurture-Pregnancy Tracker
Free, available on iOS and Android
If you're a mom-to-be that likes an app that's easy to use, the Glow Nurture-Pregnancy Tracker has you covered. This app keeps it simple with customizeable alerts and pregnancy updates, pregnancy tips, a symptom tracker, a database of articles to keep you well-informed about your pregnancy, a due date calculator, and an active community for support.
WebMD Pregnancy
Free, available on iOS and Android
Do you love looking up health symptoms on WebMD? Now you can enjoy the same type of "research" while pregnant with WebMD Pregnancy. This app features weekly pregnancy updates, information on how to stay healthy while pregnant, a delivery checklist, appointment tracker, journal, and baby belly slideshow.
Pregnancy++
$4, available on iOS and Android
Enjoy watching amazing week-by-week 2D and 3D ultrasound images as well as stunning animated videos of developing babies with the Pregnancy ++ app. Not only does this app feature beautiful imagery, but also include daily pregnancy updates, a weight tracker, appointment tracker, journal, kick counter, contraction timer, and a baby names database.
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As an award-winning journalist, author, and artist, Kelly Sundstrom has a passion for helping parents feel well-prepared, confident, and capable in the journey ahead. As an Attachment Parenting advocate and homeschooling mother of two, Sundstrom has been a guest speaker on Grassroots TV in Aspen, Colorado, and encourages families across the country to disconnect from media and reconnect with each other.
