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Number one, the “daily fact” is a comparison of the size of baby to an object. These have become a comedy topic for friends and family as the daily size of my baby went from a lime to a Swedish fish, to a plum, to being able to “fit on a sugar packet.” I send the daily “fact” and we laugh about how the baby may have significantly shrunk for the day. All fun and games. My other issue with the app, however is much more serious… In an article about when you can determine the sex/gender of your baby, the article gives a long paragraph defining gender as something that the baby will be able to determine as he or she grows… this is a NEW THEORY that has only come about in recent pop culture and is being presented as FACT in this article. This THEORY is very controversial and is NOT accepted by the majority of scientists and physicians, or the general population, but rather an agenda being pushed by a relatively small group people. The idea of gender fluidity being pushed in an article and being presented as fact is disgusting. The “daily fact” was funny, but with this disturbing article I will not be deleting the app immediately and I encourage other free-thinking individuals who do not just jump on the band wagon of every “popular” hot topic that contradicts thousands of years of social norms to do the same.

It was great at first, but then participating in my birth month group has become a hassle. It says I must enable Java to ‘love it’ on someone’s post. I replied 2 times to thenin-app question of how they’re doing and let them know this. It says ‘we’ll be in contact.’ They were never in contact. I don’t like leaving negative reviews but it’s really annoying not to be able to show people support especially when in some threads like birth stories, people just want to keep it to the story and likes. I also can’t upload photos most of the time when it comes to hump day bump day or nursery pics, etc. The glitches ultimately lead to a Facebook group migration in every birth month group leaving some who detest Facebook behind and bitter and creating a divide for anyone who wants to check in on both apps. This app could be amazing if they updated it. I don’t want it to go away like the baby bump app did (which I never had any problems in. I’d rather pay a one time fee for the app though than let it continue on this glitchy. I only still have it at this point to track my weekly and daily pregnancy progress.

I love the week-by-week tracker and learning how baby is developing. The articles are often useful and entertaining. The nutrition advice, though, is often confusing or conflicting from article to article. I would like to see more consistent, evidence-based nutrition articles—if what we eat is what our babies are made out of (literally) then it’s perhaps one of the most important topics. For example, today I encountered an article suggesting to reduce red meat consumption and get iron instead from seeds and nuts. While seeds and nuts have wonderful benefits and should definitely be included in a healthy diet, they are not at all equivalent in terms of iron. I recently read another article that said breakfast cereal is a sufficient source of vitamin D. 😬 If you want to eat cereal, no problems there, but don’t assume additional supplementation won’t be necessary. Whatever a mother decides to eat, she should be given full and accurate information so she can confidently make her own decisions. For moms using this app, I’d highly recommend also picking up a good evidence-based book like Real Food for Pregnancy.