It seems everyone is out there to make life a little easier for new mums, as there are now many smart phone applications that can keep you fit, save you time as well as give you peace of mind. Here we list just a few.
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Better than dad guessing, this iPhone app is designed for women who are 25 weeks into their pregnancy or later and its easy touch-screen tracker keeps everyone reassured that bub is active and growing and progressing ok.
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These great apps help you keep track of what is normal as you go into labour. As you phone keeps a record of each contraction, duration and frequency, it makes it much easier to relate timing information to the hospital or midwife if asked.
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BabyBump is a pregnancy app that keeps soon-to-be parents informed about their pregnancy progress and enables tracking and sharing the experience with family and friends around the world.
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If baby is in the next room, why not download a torch app on your phone, so you can clamber out of bed for the next feed without bumping into things in the dark.
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New mums will love this app for iPhone as its simple quick touch stores feeding information helping you keep track of the length of each feed, and more importantly remembering which side baby is due next.
Works especially well for twins.
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Not really an app but an online data base that you can take anywhere. Just add to the MyGroceries list as you think of things you need on your computer or phone so it can be viewed by any family member with a web based mobile or access to the internet.
This particular site will also display weekly specials from Coles, Woolworths, BWS and LiquorLand with IGA and Aldi soon to be added. See items being checked off as your partner shops while on your couch – bliss.
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Taking your bulky SLR camera out to capture those magic moments will soon lose its appeal when you realise that you can improve photos taken with your smart phone. Here are two apps both excellent for resizing, cropping, editing colour effects, adding boarders etc just like you can do on your computer at home.
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Not an app, but very useful for sending hundreds of photos in a single email to relatives who are keen to see ever shot taken and not just the highlights you put up on facebook. SkyDrive allows you 25GB of file data which is also password-protected, so you control who has access to them.
Skydrive is free
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To help strengthen all those core muscles that have had a pretty rough time of it during labor, try this pilates app for iPhone.
Pilates instructor Kristin McGee has 3 progressive levels of Pilates mat sessions to tone your midsection and you can do it where ever and whenever it suits you.
There is a track and log feature for your workouts and you don’t have to hunt down a DVD or be in front of a television to get started.
iPump Pilates is a bargain for $1.99
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Save a trip to the internet or searching through cook books, this handy app includes loved, tried and tested recipes. There are also nutrition facts helpful when you are trying to find healthy recipes or if you are trying to lose that baby weight.
But probably more importantly right now you can select recipes that can be prepared within a certain time with the cooking time calculator.
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If you are that organised that you might do it if you wrote it down, here is another ‘to do list’ app where you can create and edit tasks more quickly and efficiently than others as most of the folders appear on one page and it only takes a few taps to enter information, quicker than its competitors.
TapDo is just $2.99.
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If you have always been a light sleeper, you may find it hard to get to sleep, even when you do get the opportunity. This app has 10 different natural noises to help you fall asleep. Sleep training is not just for babies.
