The class
Nine lessons: what happens in labour, breathing and positions, signs labour is starting, pain relief options, and what a birth partner actually does. Short enough to read in a waiting room.
Stage two · getting ready, and going
A birth class you can open at 3am
Read the birth lessons at your own pace, then keep a timer, breathing guide and checklists close by. The birth tools use large controls, with a dark screen for guided breathing. You can choose this stage whenever you want to explore it.
Guided breathing
Slow flow, 4-7-8 and box, paced on a dark low-glare screen with haptics on your phone — so you can keep your eyes closed and still follow it.
A timer that means something
Not a stopwatch. It groups what you log and averages length and spacing, so the shape of the hour is legible at a glance and you have something concrete to tell your unit.
Lists that split
Hospital bag, home and paperwork — twelve items in the bag alone, each with an owner, ticked off from the car with nothing to remember unaided.
In the app today
- Nine birth-class lessons
- Guided breathing: slow flow, 4-7-8, box
- Contraction timer with grouped sessions
- Hospital bag, home and paperwork checklists
- Everything available offline
How the stage moves
Nothing here predicts labour, and nothing tries to. The timer reports the pattern you logged and points you at your midwife — babybub is not a medical device.
The other two stages
Stage one · in the wombWatch them grow, one week at a timeWeek-by-week development guides, nutrient targets that move with your trimester, and every scan explained — from week 4 to week 42.Stage three · the first yearThe first year, made legibleLog feeds, naps and nappies. Explore development with linked sources, try simple play ideas and keep memories in your baby’s diary.
babybub gives general information and a place to keep your own records. It is not a medical device and it does not diagnose anything. Always ring your midwife, child health nurse or GP if something worries you.