Why I Deleted The Pregnancy Apps

I had a lot of meltdowns while pregnant. A day after the meltdown I would realize how ridiculous the meltdown was so I started a list. Not surprisingly, a fair number of them are food and beverage related.

Ridiculous Reasons For Meltdowns While Pregnant

  1. I was too hot with the blanket on, but too cold with the blanket off

  2. I was hungry but I had a snack so I wasn’t hungry enough for lunch

  3. I needed to shower and I was hungry, but I didn’t know which one to do first

  4. Taco Bell wouldn’t deliver at 11pm (I don’t even eat Taco Bell)

  5. I was craving juice at 9pm but Kroger was out of the grape juice I wanted

  6. I spilled a teaspoon of applesauce on my shirt. This somehow then turned into freaking out over how I’m not gonna be able to handle my life or budget with a baby.

  7. I was watching the College National Championship Football Game. The camera panned over to The University of Georgia’s mascot, Uga (whomst is a real bulldog). He was falling asleep during the game. He was too tired to stay awake.

  8. I dropped a fork under the table and couldn’t reach it

  9. I tried to cut something with scissors and couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t working. Then I realized I was trying to use the scissors with my left hand. (I’m right-handed)

  10. I spilled olive juice

  11. Pregnancy Apps

At the beginning of my pregnancy I felt so unqualified to be pregnant, so I was desperate for any information I could get. At 29 I was obviously looking for the quickest way to get information - It’s not like I was gonna read a book…

I downloaded 3 apps on my phone: The Bump, BabyCenter, and What To Expect. I downloaded one and hated it so I downloaded the other two - didn’t like either of those much better, so logically I kept them all.
I liked how the apps tell you how and what your baby is developing this week. Initially, that was one of the two reasons I liked the apps. The other reason was I liked the comparisons between the baby’s size and a fruit or vegetable - This was really helpful. The first week the food comparison was a poppyseed. That’s how my baby got the nickname “Poppy”.

However, overtime I started to realize these apps took every opportunity to shade me (yes, specifically me) that they could:

  1. Sharing things that I should be doing to prepare for baby’s arrival - You just got done telling me it’s typical to feel nauseous and exhausted but you need me to hand stitch monograms into all of my baby’s onesies and carve a marble sculptures for the nursery? I haven’t left the couch for 48 hours, Sharon, no I cannot whittle the baby a rattle right now.

  2. Click-bait articles trying to ruin your peace - “Here are your daily articles, Miranda. Enjoy!” The daily articles:

    • Is Your Baby Scared of Your Uterus? And 10 Other Pregnancy Myths

    • Babies Are Expensive, but Look At America’s Top Babymoon Destinations

  3. There was a lack of plus-size representation - Weight gain information, diagrams and pictures of plus-size pregnant women, articles from the perspective of plus-size pregnant women.

The pregnancy apps had to go. I wish I’d done it sooner instead of waiting until the 3rd Trimester. Regardless, I definitely felt better without them, and I just started asking my actual healthcare professionals more questions.

What did you think of the pregnancy apps?

Pregnancy.L&D.PostpartumMiranda DoddComment