Apps to keep track of contractions

[HedgehogBear]

I have been looking at using an APP to help me keep track of my contractions. I have an i-phone. There are so many out there. I was after some advice on which APP people thought was the best. I am looking for one that is easy to use and provides you with all the information that you need.

Good luck! I used a free one but after on off contractions for a week I got totally fed up and uninstalled it....!

I used sprout, it gives you weekly updates about your baby during pregnancy, has a kick counter and a contraction timer. Really useful.

I used iBirth contraction timer. I actually became a bit obsessed with timing them and found it hard to stop! It was interesting to look back at the data afterwards.

Thank you for all your advice. I will have a look at them all.

I used Babybump which was simple and easy to use. Midwives looked a bit confused when I waved my phone around on arrival at the hospital though.
Couple of things. Remember to keep your phone on a charger while you are timing them or it will be dead before you get to the hospital.
Find an app that will allow you to download the data. As soon as I got preg with no 2, it over-rode the old data. Would have been nice to keep it for reference.

Hi HH,
The mothercare app seems to be quite good, you can time contractions and feeding. I'm due today so haven't actually used it yet but it looks handy.
Good luck!

Interesting piece on why not to bother with contraction apps by the Hackney Doula here - I'm not anti-app, honest (posted on your other thread too!) but there are some things apps aren't necessary for!

Agree with Flisspaps
I didn't want monitoring at the hospital so wouldn't be doing it myself at home either. Just get your Birth partner to have a glance at the clock every so often.
With DC4 I ended up having an unplanned home birth as I was waiting for the magic 5 mins apart to go to hospital like the Midwife on the phone told me. My contractions never got passed 10 mins apart they just got more painful and lasted longer.

interesting

That does assume you have someone with you to glance at the clock. If you don't, the advantage of the app is that you don't have to think about it beyond pressing the button; you don't have to keep checking the data between each contraction.

I was wondering about this- and interesting notsomuch as i was very similar- didn't have an app but with DS2 I was waiting for my contractions to become regular and 5 mins apart and as they weren't the midwife told me to go have a bath- i fluffed around then realised I had to go to hosp and had DC2 outside the hospital!! Sooo, they sound useful if your contractions do get regular but not sure its' for me- tho I found it hard to write down each one on paper as it was hard to concentrate with the pain and excitement/fear etc!

and an interesting article flisspaps thanks- I agree with what she says really -the whole Oxytocin and relaxing/going with the flow thing has a lot to be said for easier/shorter labours!