The Bump: Baby & Pregnancy App

It’s funny how ridiculous the daily facts are as they range so wildly from day to day! Not much for education but every day we get a good laugh. I do enjoy how the articles seem to match up with symptoms Ive likely been experiencing though and even the questions and worries on my mind week by week, even how to help my dogs adjust to a baby in the house! They are fun to read and share with my partner. However, many of the articles are aggressively pointing you to spend lots and lots of money on sponsored items. As this app is free I understand that’s how they make their money, but it can be a little condescending if you don’t have money for a $2000 dollar “push present” or the latest in high fashion maternity wear. It seems to only really help navigate surviving pregnancy in an office setting with white collar jobs, and nothing about blue collar physically demanding jobs. Lots of impractical advice around maternity leave which many new moms can only have the bare minimum 6 weeks if they can afford to take that long. Also, the only formula positive thing I have seen in the entire app or articles is an ad for a high end formula. I enjoy the app for what it is, but at the end of the day there’s a lot of room for improvement.

So my wife and I have been using this app to track the baby’s growth, learn about our pregnancy, and try to be the best first timers we can be. However, these baby size comparisons are absolute bonkers. From endive to kiwi, cabbage to lettuce? A ball fruit to a long fruit? Week over week these size comparisons are wild and so out of left field. Like I get that they are “standard/average” but like we all know there’s like 3 to 4 popular heads of lettuce? Romain is different than green leaf which is different than iceberg. All of them differing in both shape, size, and weight. In the first trimester, the baby gets compare to endive. Have you seen endive? It can get huge. Also, endive can be either endive or radicchio and those are two vastly different plants. And like like orange to squash to grapefruit or something like that. I also believe there was a comparison jump from a round citrus or melon to a long vegetable. Week 18- artichoke to mango to banana to endive to coconut to grapefruit to cauliflower to kale and now lettuce. So are we comparing length or weight? And later on it’s compared to asparagus??? At 16.2 inches long? I’ve seen asparagus that long- BUT I’ve been a professional chef. Asparagus in a store that large is RARE. but again, length or weight?? The app has been very informative for a lot of things, but the size comparison is UNHINGED. Very entertaining, and not consistent or regulated at all.

It’s so approachable, comprehensive and educational. I feel so informed with everything that is happening along the way. A lot of times, a new symptom will develop and I’ll open the bump app and it just happens to be what one of the daily articles is about! Everything is so on point and relevant. You get the cute “fruit” size updates, week by week informational updates on what to expect, daily articles, appointment calendar, weekly checklists on things that will probably be coming up soon or things to get done, 3D views on what baby looks like and what’s developing that week, plus 3D view of what is happening inside your own body as well! There’s forums, and the new update that immediately says how far along you are and how many weeks to go is great! I truly love this app for pregnancy and feel very lucky to have found it. I don’t feel “lost” or filled with unending questions, instead— I feel as in control as possible during pregnancy! Highly recommend.