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Freya • Surge Timer 4+
Hypnobirthing birth timer
The Positive Birth Company Ltd.
Designed for iPhone
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- $5.99
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Description
Meet Freya, the world’s first hypnobirthing-friendly birth timer, brought to you by The Positive Birth Company. This award-winning birth timer supports you through labour, coaching you through every single surge (or contraction) with a simple breathing technique and guided relaxations.
Put hypnobirthing techniques into practice during pregnancy, labour and childbirth
Relax between surges with a mix of guided relaxations, positive affirmations, gentle music and calming visualisations
Birth timer that keeps track of surges, logging each surge or contraction so you can see how frequently they are coming and how long they are lasting
Receive a notification from Freya when your labour is established and it might be a good time to call your midwife
Use Freya during pregnancy to practice breathing techniques and relaxation
Available in French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian
Never birth alone with Freya by your side.
TRACK YOUR SURGES
In hypnobirthing we refer to contractions as surges, because a ‘surge’ more accurately describes the sensation you’ll experience when in labour. Freya is the ONLY hypnobirthing-friendly contraction timer on the app store, designed specifically with hypnobirthing mums in mind, using appropriate terminology, but can be used by anyone. If you would like to know more about Hypnobirthing, follow The Positive Birth Company on Instagram or Tik Tok where we share loads of free resources to make your birth better.
PREPARE FOR BIRTH
You can use this birth timer in pregnancy to help you relax and prepare for childbirth. In fact the more you practice your breathing and listen to the guided relaxations and positive affirmations, the more familiar they will become and the more effective they will be at helping you relax when it comes to birth. Positive affirmations have been proven to change the way your mind works and listening regularly will help you feel less anxious and more confident in the lead up to birth. You can practice daily and then reset the surge history whenever you like.
THE SCIENCE
We know the more relaxed you are during birth, the more oxytocin you will produce. Oxytocin helps your uterus to work efficiently, making labour faster and more comfortable.
LIFESKILLS
Freya can be used for pregnancy and post-birth relaxation, any time you feel you could benefit from taking some deep breaths or need some help finding your zen. Everything you learn - mindfulness exercises and breathing techniques - are skills for life.
If you have any questions or spot any pesky bugs lurking about the place please do let us know at hello@thepositivebirthcompany.com
WHAT YOU’LL GET:
- iPhone and Apple Watch app
- Timer to record your surges (also known as a contraction timer) and let you know when you’re in established labour
- Coaching audio to keep your mind focused on breathing through each surge and the ability to switch between 4 and 8 breath counts or 3 and 6, or turn the counting off altogether.
- 4 different birth coach voices
- Guided relaxations, positive affirmations and soothing visuals to help keep you relaxed between surges
- A gentle expanding visualisation that you can use to sync your breathing
- Option to record your own music, visualisations or relaxation tracks
- You can listen to your own playlist on a third party app (such as Spotify) whilst still using the Freya app to keep track of your surges and coach you through each one.
- A detailed log of your surges over time, so you can track your progress through labour, reset this after you practice breathwork at any time
- Ability to easily share the log with your birth partner, midwife or doula
- Coaching created by renowned hypnobirthing expert Siobhan Miller, founder of The Positive Birth Company
Download the ONLY hypnobirthing-friendly birth timer on the App Store and prepare to meet your baby in the best possible way, feeling calm and confident, relaxed and happy!
What’s New
Version 7.0.1
We have listened to our amazing hypnobirthing community and the lovely Freya has had a glow up. Make your birth even better!
- Choose your own birth coach: You can now select the voice you find the most soothing and inspiring to coach you through your surges and relaxation.
- Mix the audio levels to suit you: Use the background music adjuster in settings to increase or decrease the volume of the relaxing music that accompanies the voice of your birth coach.
- Receive calming notifications: Your daily positive affirmation is now accompanied by a tone that is personal to Freya, so you know to look at your phone for a little bit of positivity when you hear that calming sound.
- Now available on Apple Watch: Download Freya to your phone or tablet and it will automatically appear on your Apple Watch too.
Ratings and Reviews
BEST labor/contraction timer! I’m so excited to use this during labor!
I have been counting down the days until my due period for our second baby. When I saw this app was possibly going to be released before our delivery I was overjoyed. I’ve been checking the App Store several times a day for its release and squealed with joy when I saw it was available this morning. I purchased the positive birth company’s online birth class and it has been wonderful, so I had very high hopes for this app. And it meets ALL my expectations.
It is a very clean and calming format. I absolutely love the slow bubble movement on the screen as the guided mediation plays. I also love that there are no distracting words or pop ups. If you have never used anything like this before it’s kinda like the headspace app, but for labor. Having the up breathing counting play once pushing the contraction button is awesome! (It’s also super handy that you can mute it at anytime without messing with phone volume) And the best part is that it tracks everything, so I will be able to stay positive and focused. I’ve been testing out other labor/contraction timers and this one is by far the BEST! Thank you so much positive birth company!!
Developer Response ,
So happy to hear Freya could be by your side on the big day! ❤️!
Integral part of my labor
Loved using this app during labor. Found out about it after using the digital pack from the positive birth company and am so glad I did. I initially used it on mute to time my surges (contractions) so I wouldn’t have to keep track. I was so relaxed using other tools from the positive birth company, that I was shocked and a little scared that I waited too long to go to the hospital when Freya told me I was in active established labor and my surges were 2 minutes apart. For the car ride to the hospital, I turned the volume on and listened to the guided relaxation in between surges which was helpful to keep my mind off having to sit still during the ride. The counting for my breaths was a lifesaver during labor as I didn’t have to think about it or have my partner count for me. VERY, VERY HELPFUL to me and would definitely recommend it.
It helps!
I used used Freya first to practice listening to a calming voice to practice hypobirthing. It helped a lot. I became relaxed and began to drift off to sleep. Later, I used it to count my real surges to screenshot and send to my midwife as a record. I was also able to send those to family to give a heads up if what’s happening or to show how fast my labor was going after I delivered. I was able to delete most of the accidental taps but one or two wouldn’t delete, showing a 3 second surge that confused people. For some reason though, I could delete the newer surges at least. I’ll be recommending this app to anyone I run into who needs a counter.
One thing I’d love is for the developers to add stories along with the affirmations. I noticed several programs and ladies practicing hypnobirthing also love being told a first person story or a guided story to help get their minds off the pressure and discomfort and have a lesser painful delivery. I did this using a podcast with guided stories and had to keep switching the podcast and Freya to keep going. A little annoying but at least I had both. I think with a few various 2 minute guided stories would help.
App Privacy
The developer, The Positive Birth Company Ltd., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- The Positive Birth Company Ltd.
- Size
- 125.9 MB
- Category
- Medical
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 6.2 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © The Positive Birth Company Ltd
- Price
- $5.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.