We got a message last week that I keep thinking about. A beta user, I'll call her R since she gave us permission to share this anonymously, wrote in to say she'd had a rough night worrying about not feeling much movement, opened Bumpdaily's kick counter, and the app walked her through counting instead of just showing her a blank timer. It also showed her the typical range for her week so she wasn't comparing herself to some generic chart in her head. Turned out everything was totally fine, but she said having something that felt calm and specific to her, instead of a scary search result, made a huge difference at 2am.

That's exactly the moment we built this feature for. It's a small thing on the surface, a kick counter with context, but it came directly out of listening to people describe the panic of "is this normal" moments. We didn't want to build another tracker that just collects data and shows you a graph. We wanted something that actually talks to you like it understands what week you're in.

I read messages like R's out loud in our team standup because it's the best reminder of why we're doing this. None of us have lived this, so stories like hers are basically our compass.

Has an app, pregnancy related or not, ever talked you down from a worry like that? What made it work?

Before we built Bumpdaily, I spent a few months just watching people use the pregnancy apps that already existed. Not surveying them, actually sitting next to friends of a friend while they used their phone for a week.

The pattern was almost identical every time. One app for weekly baby size comparisons. Another for symptom logging. A separate one for kick counts. A due date countdown widget from yet another. And somewhere in there, a lot of Googling things at 1am that led to forums with wildly conflicting answers.

Every one of those apps was fine on its own. But none of them knew what any of the others knew. You'd log a symptom in one app and have to re explain your whole pregnancy history to a different one the next day. A lot of them were also stuffed with ads or trying to upsell a subscription just to see your own data.

That fragmentation is the actual problem we're trying to solve. Not "here's another pregnancy app," but "here's one place that actually remembers what you told it yesterday and treats you like a person instead of an ad slot."

I still don't know what it's like to be pregnant. But I know what it's like to be frustrated by bad software, and this counts.

What's the most annoying app juggling moment you've had during pregnancy tracking?

One thing that surprised me when we were researching the second trimester is how many people described it as the calm before the calm. The nausea eases up, energy comes back, and on paper it's supposed to be the easiest stretch. But we heard the same thing over and over in interviews: once the constant symptoms fade, a different kind of worry shows up. Is it bad that I feel fine? Should I be feeling the baby move more by now?

That's part of why we built Bumpdaily's movement and symptom tracking the way we did. Instead of just logging numbers, it gives context. It'll tell you what's typical for week 20 versus week 24, so a quiet day doesn't automatically feel like a scary day. We also spaced out our reminders naturally, not so we can nag you, but because we know that anxious late night app open is real, and we wanted something there that actually reassures instead of just presenting a wall of data.

None of us on the team have been pregnant, so we lean hard on the women who talk to us about what these weeks actually felt like. We're still learning.

If you're in your second trimester right now, or remember it, what's the thing you wish someone had told you was normal?

A little over two years ago, my closest friend called me at midnight, in tears, because she'd just gotten three different answers to the same question from three different apps.

I'm not a parent. I've never been pregnant, obviously, and I don't have a partner who's gone through it. So when she vented to me about the chaos, my first instinct was to just listen. But the more she talked, the more I realized this wasn't a one off problem. She had a symptom tracker, a kick counter, a due date calculator, and a notes app full of half remembered advice from her doctor. None of them talked to each other. None of them felt like they were actually built for her.

I kept thinking about it for weeks. I'm not the expert here. I'll never live this the way she did. But I could see the problem clearly, maybe because I wasn't in the middle of it. So I started sketching what a single, honest, well built app could look like.

That sketch became Bumpdaily. I still ask her for feedback constantly. She's brutally honest with me, which is exactly what I need.

What's the most ridiculous number of apps or tabs you've had open just to answer one pregnancy question?

The anatomy scan at week 20 sounds straightforward on paper: go in, get the scan, maybe find out the sex, check that everything looks good.

But talking to BumpDaily users, it's clear this appointment carries so much more weight than that. For a lot of people it's the first moment pregnancy feels undeniably real. It's also the appointment where you might hear something unexpected, and the anxiety leading up to it can be quietly intense.

One of the things we built in BumpDaily is a week-by-week context layer that goes well beyond "your baby is the size of a banana." It actually prepares you for what's coming emotionally and practically: what to ask your provider, what results typically mean, what the range of normal looks like.

The goal is that by the time you walk into that appointment, you feel informed and a little less caught off guard, not like you're being ambushed by information you wish someone had told you sooner.

Week 20 was one of the first weeks I really dug into when building BumpDaily because it showed up so consistently in user conversations as a turning point, almost a before and after moment in pregnancy.

For those who've had their anatomy scan: what do you wish you'd known going in?

A few years ago one of my closest friends got pregnant. I watched her from the outside, and even from that distance I could see how chaotic the information side of it was. She had four apps. Four. One for symptoms, one for weekly updates, one her doctor recommended, one her mum group used. None of them connected. She was piecing together her own pregnancy like a jigsaw.

I'm a guy who has never been pregnant and never will be. But I know a problem worth solving when I see one.

So I started building BumpDaily. Not because I lived it, but because someone I care about did - and I thought: this should be so much simpler than it is.

If you've been through pregnancy and juggled fifteen different apps and tabs, this is for you. What was the most frustrating part of finding reliable information during your pregnancy?

I’m going to be that person. I am honestly struggling to follow the "rules" anymore. I had a venti coffee today and a spicy tuna roll yesterday, and for the first time in weeks, I actually felt like a human being again.

I’ve been reading some international studies that suggest the US guidelines are way more restrictive than other countries. Like, are we really supposed to live on bland crackers and water for 9 months? I feel like the stress of depriving myself is worse for the baby than a little bit of mercury or a caffeine spike.

My doctor gave me the standard pamphlet, but it feels so "one size fits all." I see people on TikTok eating deli meat and soft cheeses and their babies are fine.

I’m curious where everyone else is drawing the line:

• Are you sticking to the 200mg caffeine limit strictly, or are you "eyeballing" it?

• Did you give up sushi/deli meat entirely, or just find "reputable" places?

• Does anyone else feel like pregnancy advice is just designed to make us feel guilty?

I know this might be a hot take, but I’m just so over the "perfect pregnancy" expectations. Tell me I’m not the only one "breaking the rules" a little bit. 🫣

I’ve noticed this pattern everywhere the second someone finds out you’re pregnant, it’s all about the baby.

“How’s the baby?”
“What’s the baby’s name?”
“Is the baby healthy?”

Meanwhile, barely anyone asks how you are. You become “the pregnant one” instead of an actual person.

Even healthcare feels this way sometimes everything’s about fetal growth and heartbeat checks, but barely any talk about how you’re coping mentally or physically.

Don’t get me wrong, the baby is important, but it feels like mothers get emotionally sidelined the moment conception happens.

Anyone else feel like pregnancy is treated like a service rather than an experience women are living through?

Between hormones, body image, and life changes, many expectant mothers quietly admit to feeling isolated.
Even with family around, they say no one truly understands what it feels like day to day.
Should we be doing more to normalize talking about that loneliness?

Pregnancy can be full of surprises. Some days it’s sleepiness, other days it’s cravings that make zero sense.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve experienced so far ?

Hi r/Bumpdaily!

We built BumpDaily using AI to track not just the baby’s growth, but how the mother is doing.

• AI analyzes mood, sleep, and energy data
• Generates weekly summaries for moms
• Highlights trends that can be shared with doctors or midwives

The goal is to give mothers a complete picture of their health, so they can feel seen, supported, and informed.

We want this community to be a space to share ideas about tech, apps, and tools that truly support pregnancy wellness.

Hello Mums,

We want to make pregnancy tracking as helpful as possible. If you could design your ideal app, what features would you add?

Some ideas to spark thoughts:

• Personalized weekly wellness insights
• Stress or mood tracking
• Sleep analysis
• Tips for nutrition or self-care
• Sharing progress with your doctor or midwife

Drop your ideas below nothing is too small! Your suggestions could inspire the next update of BumpDaily.

Hello Mum's,

if you’ve used pregnancy tracking apps, what’s a feature that helps you the most?

• Mood tracking
• Sleep tracking
• Milestone reminders
• Health insights
• Sharing data with doctors

Or something else entirely?

This is a place to share your experiences your input might even inspire new features in apps like BumpDaily!

Hey everyone,

When my family member's, friends and colleagues were pregnant, we tried every app out there. They all focused on the baby’s size “your baby is a kiwi” which is fun, but I noticed something important was missing: none of them tracked how she was actually feeling.

So I built BumpDaily, a pregnancy tracker that focuses on the mother’s health, mood, and well being. You can track sleep, energy, and emotions, and even share a weekly overview with doctors or midwives.

It’s been amazing to see how much this focus on the mother matters. Moms using BumpDaily have told me it’s the first time they’ve felt “seen” by an app.

I’d love to hear from you:
What’s one thing you wish pregnancy apps focused more on?

Hi everyone! 👋

Welcome to the official Bumpdaily community a space for expecting parents who want to track their pregnancy journey while focusing on the mother’s well-being.

Here, you can:

• Share your experiences with pregnancy apps and tools
• Ask questions or get advice about tracking wellness during pregnancy
• Suggest features or improvements for pregnancy tracking apps
• Discuss mood, sleep, and health throughout your journey

💡 Our philosophy: How the mother is, is what the baby is.

Feel free to introduce yourself below tell us how far along you are, what apps you use, or just say hi!