First, labor is nothing like lounging around in cute pajamas. Also, my phone is the last thing I’m going to want when I am pushing out a baby.
When this press release came through, I instantly pictured a twenty-something pregnant woman yelling in a labor and delivery room with her iPhone in a death grip. I am a Gen X-er, so I don’t have the joined-at-the-hip devotion to my phone that Millennials do. I can’t see event that powerful connection surviving labor pains, though.
The woman who built this app has been a doula for eight years. She also says that it is designed for people who can’t have a labor coach with them during birth.
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But having worked with a doula once and given birth twice, I don’t get this app at all. Even if my husband couldn’t be there, the last thing I would turn to is my phone. And none of the doulas I’ve met would recommend an app, even to supplement their own support. Doulas are just about the crunchiest people you will ever meet, and I’m sure they love their iPhones too, but not to the extent of thinking the device can ease labor pains.
