Birth Partner
Be the calm in the room.
You've read the leaflets but you still don't know what you're actually supposed to do when it starts.
Birth Partner gives you one small, useful thing to do each week and rehearses the moments that you may be dreading, before they happen.
Start free
Know where you are
Five minutes is enough.
Every week from now to the birth: what's happening, what's coming, what to watch for, and the one thing to do today. Nothing beyond this week, so there's nothing new to worry about.
Rehearse the hard bits
It's 3am. Now what?
Branching scenarios you play through: the 3am phone call, the moment the room changes, being asked a question you don't know the answer to. Reading about it doesn't stick. Practising does.
Know what to say
The sentence, ready to go.
Scripts for the conversations that matter, asking for time, asking what the alternatives are, speaking up when she can't. Plain sentences you can actually use out loud.
The day itself
Bags by the door.
The day it actually starts, the app changes shape: a contraction timer, what to take, when to ring, and what happens when you get there.
And then you are three.
It doesn't stop at the birth
The weeks after count too.
Feeding, sleep, her recovery, and how to spot when she isn't okay. The app keeps going into the fourth trimester, because that's where most partners are left on their own.
Birth Ready
Go further when you want to.
Everything in the journey above is free to use: every week from now to the birth, all the jargon in plain English, and a rehearsal from every stage. The birth preferences builder is free in full, too.
Birth Ready adds the deeper material. Longer guides, more scenarios to play through, and the practical detail you'll want for the day itself. Unlock it inside the app whenever you're ready.
One payment, once. Not a subscription, nothing renews, and nothing expires: buy it once and it stays unlocked on your account for good.
Works today, in your browser
Nothing to install. Birth Partner runs on your phone, your laptop or your tablet, and picks up where you left off.
iOS and Android apps are on the way.
Why I built it
I'm Sean. My wife Josie is pregnant and I was quietly terrified of being useless and unhelpful.
Everything I found was written for her. The books were too long, the videos were for people who'd already decided what kind of birth they wanted, and the forums made it worse. What I actually needed was someone to tell me, once a week, what to do next.
So I built Birth Partner.
If you’re thinking the same thing I was, I think this app will help.
Three fair questions
- Is it free?
- The app is free to use. There's an optional Birth Ready unlock that adds the deeper material — a single one-off payment, not a subscription, so you buy it once and keep it forever. You'll see exactly what that costs in the app before you decide anything.
- Is this medical advice?
- No, and it never will be. It's educational and it's for rehearsal. Anything about her health or the baby's should continue to go to your midwife or maternity triage, the app says so every time it comes up.
- What happens to my data?
- Everything you write is kept on your device and on secure servers. It is never sold, it isn't used for advertising, and there are no ad trackers. A couple of the services behind the app, crash reporting and email, are based in the US; they're all named in the privacy policy. You can export or delete everything from Settings in two taps.
Be the calm in the room.
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