Contraction timimg apps

[IssyStark]

Anyone got any recs for an iPhone app to time contractions?

1. just use a stop watch, you don't need to know by the second. When you get to hospital, they will monitor the strength and frequency via pads on your belly.
2. There is no way through the agony of contractions I would of given a fuck about exactly how frequent they were and if DP was mucking about on his phone instead of being a human stressball, then he would of been kicked in the bollocks several times.

not an app but online contraction timer

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Iv never used any app but i know their are a few on the app store ranging from free upwards in price. just type in contraction into the search on app store and a few come up. i remember i had one ready for when i started but cant remember which one it was and completely forgot about it when the contractions started lol.

Contraction master. I know 2 people who've used it (first babies) and they both turned up at the hospital 4 or 5 cm dilated.

BadDay thanks for the rec.

I know I could have just looked at the app store but I wanted to hear personal recs.

This is my second but my waters broke at 42w before I had any contractions first time around, then I never had any natural contractions and of course by the time you are having induced (and totally ineffectual ones) you are hooked up to machines. This time I'd like to stay at home as long as possible but as a vbac I need to keep track of my contractions and my memory is shot so having something that remembers how far apart and how long is a must. Unless I labour at night, I'm likely to be by my lonesome for the early bits so a button I can hit is what I need.

Contraction (free) only let me do 10 contractions before it said I had to buy tge full version, even in labour I wouldn't pay for an app so used full term which was just as good.

They were brilliant cause you could see everything, how long the last one was, time between, ave etc

It was also really good for something to ficus on, one button at start of contraction same button at the end.

Bear in mind that many midwifes and doulas don't recommend these types of apps. There is a good deconstruction here on why it may be counterproductive.

By all means try it if you want to, but I always think it's good to have all the information, and apologies in advance if you've already read up on all of this and decided you still want to use one. In terms of the need to time for the VBAC element, don't stress too much - you could do it the way the midwives do. The don't do intervals, they say how many in ten minutes. So you can just pick a ten minute period and see how many contractions you have. So they would say you were 'two in ten' or whatever.

I have never used an app, but I do know that my contractions never really got more intense until I turned off the lights and hid the clocks, so I think for me a timer could have been a nightmare.

Love thanks for the full term rec. I shall check it out.

secondtimelucky I've been told to come in at three in ten but quite frankly I am tired enough that my short term memory is not up to much so I'd prefer to have something to hand which could record if I've had three in ten rather than me stressing about remembering to note the time myself on the piece of paper I put down somewhere but can't remember where. Of course if I end up in the shower, all talk of apps or bits of paper etc. will be rather moot.

Second I've just read your link, to be fair she says that timing recording your contraction with anything is a bad idea. I disagree with much if what she says but of course everyone has their own opinions.

I used contraction master. Of course i was having ineffectual 3 in 10s as DS was OP but it helped to know when to wake DH.

I used contraction master. Very easy, touch when contraction stops/starts. Works out how regularly they're coming and how long they're lasting. It records all the the timings in screen so you can ring labour ward and tell them contractions are so many minutes apart lasting however long and have been for half hour or whatever.
When I rang they wanted the contractions every 4-5mins lasting a good minute each before I went in (as long as everything else was ok)
With dd I arrived at hospital and was 7-8cm already after just using TENS at home.