Freya • Surge Timer

This app was hands down the BEST thing for my labor with my son! The meditations and counting helped me to focus on my breathing throughout labor and really stay relaxed. I ended up going to the hospital after laboring at home and I was fully dilated by the time they checked me for the first time. It was an incredible first time birth experience and can’t wait to use the app again for my second, whenever that comes!

I had a very fast 6 hr labor with my first. I also had a 1hr 40 minute drive to where I was giving birth. I was so scared but it felt like the app was able to help me gain control and understanding. My husband didn’t have to ask if I was contracting he just had to look and see if the screen was purple and I was breathing. We would not have known what to tell my midwife when she asked how far apart the contractions were on the phone, if it wasn’t for this app. It helped us not to panic and see a pattern. When we got the birth center we literally just left it on contraction mode for the last two hours and it was just calming to have as a reminder of breathing and time going by.

I did have a beautiful birth experience that I attribute very much to the Positive Birth Company's hypnobirthing course. This app however was not something that I felt was worth the cost, when there are so many other timing apps that have much more utility. It did help me through early labor and up to transition, but there are just a few too many user interface components lacking for me to rate it highly. This person who previously reviewed hit it on the head with the basic things that are lacking so I will paste those things here: -Easier way to turn on and off the sound of meditations, vs surge counter. It was kind of all-or nothing. -Easier way to pause the meditations. Overall that interface was just clunky ESPECIALLY once I was in labor. Kind of gave up on it by the time I was in transition! -Should be a better way to edit the surges, like if you accidentally left it running and need to shorten the duration from 2 minutes say to 1 vs. just delete entirely. -More detail on the surges and patterns would be helpful. It just says "labor is established" basically but not "now you're ~5-1-1" or making notes about new patterns-it's not analyzing the data much. I would have preferred a more interactive app for that.

This app guided me through my pregnancy and labor. It was so helpful. I highly recommend! I had a beautiful home birth.

I had my second baby last week and in the months leading up to her birth, spent a lot of time doing birth meditations in preparation for labor. I also took several of the hypnobirthing classes from The Positive Birth Company (I wish I would have known about this approach during my first pregnancy). This app is an incredible tool both in my preparation and during the birth of my daughter. It is simple to use and has a really nice layout. I found Siobhan’s voice to be so calming when my contractions were ramping up and having the breath count option really helped me stay in a calm space during labor. This app played a huge role in my peaceful birth experience!

I love this app and the versatility it brings. As a doula, I recommend it to all of my clients.

This is one of the main reasons I delivered naturally. It allowed me to not worry about counting and just worry about controlling my breath and visualization. Highly recommend!

I loved this app. But then it stopped letting me add my own custom tracks. I reached out to customer support and they emailed me back and forth to get more information about my phone/os system. But then never resolved or followed up with the issue. App is basically unusable for me now.

This app was really great for early labor. The Hypnobirthing was relaxing and meditative. The counter is a statically, pleasing and easy to use once I entered an active labor. It wasn’t much use, but that is to be expected. I would definitely recommend this for the next laboring Mom.

Hello! I downloaded the app while reading the Hypobirthing book and it mentioned there would be guided meditation scripts for my birthing partner in the app. There aren’t any. This was the whole reason I purchased the app.