Best iphone app for labour / contractions?

[AliB]

Hi all

I've noticed there are lots of competing iphone apps that have been launched to monitor contractions and generate stats etc.

Can anybody recommend one that they've used recently?

Thanks
AliB

[Kitt3n]

Wow.

I would never have thought of that.

Are there Iphone preg tests too?

(sorry that just blew me away!)

[BellyBelly]

I think women are better off focusing on their bodies, their babies and knowing their body is going to do a beautiful job no matter how far apart those contractions are... just distracts from the normal and natural process which will happen no matter how many minutes apart they are in any one minute!

[AliB]

It's only for DP's benefit, you must understand...

But seriously neither of us have second hands on our watches so it would be great just to click on the 'start' and 'stop' on the iphone. I think that would mean less clock watching is required actually - just keep an eye on the overall frequency every now and again.

[AliB]

Wow.

I would never have thought of that.

Are there Iphone preg tests too?

(sorry that just blew me away!)

Kitten LOL Yes there are!! Only joke ones though

[Kitt3n]

rofl!

I told my hubby about this and he said

Yeah, i'm going to be ****ing around with an iphone to do simple math while my wife is about to give birth.

Bless his little cotton socks!

It's so funny how differently men react to labour/childbirth!!!

[Visitor6]

You go an use whatever you two want!

Don't pay for them though as they generally have an on and off button giving you a contraction length time and the number per minute. So they aren't very complicated and therefore not worth paying for: get a free one!

[AliB]

Thanks SB. Don't iphone apps only cost a couple of bucks anyway?!?

Yeah I think most of them are essentially stop watches - they also remember previous readings so you don't need to note any readings down, you can just look every now and then to see 'the last 10 have been coming every 5 minutes' or the like.

Some of them have serious functions that we don't want or need. Like 'progress of labour' - if it isn't enough having the midwifes and OB pushing labour along, as if you want your bloody iphone warning you that you're not dilating fast enough!!!

While I appreciate there is value in relaxing and letting labour happen, surely the vast majority of first time labouring couple obsessively time contractions at home while wondering IS IT TIME TO GO TO HOSPITAL YET??!! So I guess a stopwatch type function is all we need.