Reviews for Freya – surge timer for labour

I am happy this app came to android now and will be using it during my labour in a few weeks time. The app is really easy to navigate and includes everything I am going to need - the surge tracker, calming music, positive affirmations and counting during surges to concentrate on proper breathing. I am able to change the breathing pattern, reshuffle/turn off songs. Siobhan's voice is calming and the surge tracker is very straightforward - the app tells you when you are in an established labour.

Was so excited for this to be available on Android and just in time as baby due any day now! I love that everything will be available on the app when labour begins, including the mp3s. Its all very easy to navigate and use so far. Update - used this during the first stage of Labour to count my surges which we found really easy to use and useful to keep track, the midwives found it useful too! We used the mp3's whilst tracking surges,. 2nd stage of labour ramped up a gear and so did the pain so we didnt use the mp3's as things got a bit too busy, but my husband continued to use light touch massage, arm stroking and reminded me to relax after surges which definatley helped me throughout. I highly recommend the app alongside the book/digital pack on the lead up to your labour, so many useful tools to click on and use at the moments you need them. Thank you for launching it just in time Siobhan.

I will say I haven't used this in labour yet, but I am looking forward to being able to in the next few weeks :) it seems to be very user friendly, easy to navigate and a helpful way to track your contractions/surges. The main bonus of this app is having the MP3s from the online hypnobirthing course right there - you can choose which ones you want to hear, which order they come on, and you get the counting for breathing through surges as well. You can also mute or just have the music. Love it!

I've been waiting for this app to be available for android and it's finally here. It's so easy to use and helps you keep focused through your breathing during labor as well as playing the guided relaxations. The up breathing counting is great as you don't need to worry about counting as it does it for you. You can also turn off the background music so you can play your own playlist. This is a great addition to the digital PBC course.

Perfect accompaniment to the toolbox taught on the course. Help with counting the up breath whilst having the option to listen to the MP3s that are part of the digital course pack. Can switch off individual readings and change the order they are read. Can mute the app at anytime. Surges tracker very important and love how easily the tracker can be shared if needed. Can also exit the app and it doesn't switch off!

Its straight forward to use. However, I found the timing to be missleading! It took us a while to notice that the times between surges are inclusive of the actual surge. Which I found it Not useful. For example it was giving me 4-5 min between surges but when actually timed it separatly they were half of that....which obviously changes your view on how frequently they come on. I wouldnt use it again because of this!

This app is amazing! I have been patiently waiting for this app to arrive on android and it is all I could have hoped for & more. My poor husband spent all of my last birth counting my breathing for me but this does everything for you! It compliments the digital pack perfectly which I would also highly recommend. I love that you can put your own music on in the background if you want to change it up from the music on the app too. Thank you so much PB! I can't wait to labour with this!!!

I'm finding it really helpful to practice breathing and feel more confident knowing that I have this app ready for me when labour starts. I love the reading of the positive affirmations, too. Drawbacks: some of the affirmations don't resonate with me so I wish I could deselect those, and add more. Secondly, the affirmation notifications I get each morning seem to be a repeat of the same two, rather than cycling through all of them.

A great inclusive app for pregnancy relaxation and labour tracking. The app is simple and easy to navigate. It introduces the purpose of the app clearly and with a few buttons, it doesn't take long to use (excellent when simple is key in labour). The music remains the same, slow and calming. Siobhan's voice is gentle as she narrates various different relaxation tracks which compliment 'surge' measuring. Automatically, the middle button records the length of a contraction and aids breathing.

Good app but tweaks needed. Frustrating the music louder than the voice. A music volume button is needed so it doesn't drown out affirmations. Also music off should let you hear affirmations and play your own soundtrack but it doesn't. It just stops affirmations once your music starts. Final improvement is there are only 5 affirmations. I wasnt keen on 2 so was just left with 3. Would be good to be able to download more (oak tree? Bubbles?)/ add your own. Still a good app but could be better.