Pregnancy
Scans, tests and vaccines by date, the free pump your plan owes you, and getting ready for the day. Everything you're supposed to remember, remembered.
Tools
- Due date calculatorHow far along you are, and every scan, test and vaccine by date.
- hCG doubling time calculatorTwo beta results in, the doubling time and the rise over 48 hours out, with what clinics look at.
- Parental leave plannerWhether your job is protected, what your state pays, when to tell work, and when leave ends.
- Breast pump through insuranceWhich suppliers take your insurance, which pumps are free, and when you can order.
- Baby registry builderWhat you actually need, for how you'll live: by feeding, childcare, space and budget, with what to skip.
- Hospital bag checklistA tickable, printable list for how you'll give birth, feed and get home, by season.
- Birth plan builderYour choices on one page, ready to print and share with your care team.
- Kick counterCount your baby's movements the way your provider asks, with the signs that mean call now.
- Contraction timerTime contractions with one button, and see when the pattern means it's time to call.
Guides
- How to choose a pediatrician: questions to ask before birth When to start looking, how to check who's in network, and the questions to ask at a meet-the-pediatrician visit, so you know who to call on day one.
- High-risk pregnancy: when to ask for an MFM specialist What makes a pregnancy high-risk, what a maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) specialist does, when to ask for a referral, and how to speak up for the care you need.
- Miscarriage: what happens, your options, and support Plain answers after an early pregnancy loss: what happens, your three treatment options, when to get urgent care, recovery, trying again, and where to find support.
- For dads and partners: before birth, at the hospital, after A to-do list for the non-birthing partner: what to sort before the birth, your jobs at the hospital, and how to carry your half of the first weeks at home.
- How to support someone after a miscarriage or pregnancy loss For partners, family and friends: what to say and what not to, practical help that matters, how to grieve as a partner, and the dates that can hurt later.
- Prenatal appointments and tests, week by week The usual prenatal visit schedule and every common test, from the first visit to 41 weeks: NIPT, the anatomy scan, the glucose test, GBS, and what to ask at each.
Coming next
We add new guides every week. Here's the plan. Each one is fact-checked before it goes up.
Week of Nov 16
- Stillbirth and loss later in pregnancy
- Trying again after a loss
Week of Nov 23
- Baby registries compared
- Planning a baby shower, with printables
- Websites, apps and books we trust
Week of Nov 30
- Baby names: a shortlist you both vote on (a new tool)
Week of Dec 7
- Preeclampsia: the signs to know
- Morning sickness and hyperemesis
- Signs of preterm labor
- Induction: what to expect
Week of Jan 4
- Medicines in pregnancy