Pregnancy Tracker 3D by Sprout

I used it during my first pregnancy and it really helped me. I really enjoyed the facts it shares about each week. It gives you tips on what to do depending on where you are in your pregnancy. It also says what you can expect on your next doctors appointment. It a a built in journal for you to add notes. And it gives you ideas of what to write. And for each entry you can add a picture. By the end of my pregnancy the app created an album with all my notes and pictures. I love it! Now during my second pregnancy my daughter loves seeing how the baby grows. It has helped me explain to her that she’ll be a big sister. Now she constantly asks to see her baby sister! It is a very user friendly app!

It’s really good to help me keep track of where I am in my pregnancy. I don’t use the journal so not interested in the future. What I don’t like though is when the app gives its opinion on what you should or should not do during your pregnancy. They have a ‘The Doc Says” section which gives you a new piece of information everyday. I would rather have these information focused on the fœtus development, your body changes, and perhaps advice on things to help with pregnancy discomfort. But don’t tell me what I can or cannot eat, drink or do during my pregnancy. Also not a big fan of the “name ideas.” Instead I’d rather know another scientific fact about what’s happening in my body. Talk about relaxin, physical changes in my body (not just the baby’s), fun facts and anecdotes about certain things that happen to certain women on a specific day of their pregnancy, etc. But please STOP giving me your opinion on what you think I should do during my pregnancy. Also, perhaps you guys should read the book “Expecting Better” where the author gives us all of the raw data while giving us the opportunity to make our own decisions. That’s what I would expect from an app like yours.

I love the weekly picture of baby and adore then included heart earth. I think the journal is great, the checklist neat and the format pretty good. I do wish it was more inclusive and useful for people having home birth. There is a checklist for women to bring for their birth in a hospital but no such option for a homebirth. A homebirth checklist would be amazing. Example of some of the things a home birth checklist could contain: birth kit recommended by your care provider which includes medical pads and umbilical cord clamp, plastic mattress cover and double sheets, clean towels, a birth pool of intending to birth in pool, a way to drain said pool, snacks for birthing such as frozen grapes or coconut water, music if you want it. The list goes on. It would also be nice if the app was inclusive of medical choices like midwives. As it is, I do like the app, but since it doesn’t actually help me, I’m not sure if it was worth the money I spent on it. I’m going to recheck if there is an area to put in medical information as it comes too, but I do t think it has that option either.