Linked: Pregnancy Apps Can Do Better for Parents After Loss

Hannah argues that pregancy apps can better support several categories of user:

People who have spent years trying to get and stay pregnant. People who have spent almost as much time recovering from a miscarriage as they have actually being pregnant. People who have ended a very desired pregnancy because of medical conditions for the parent, the fetus, or the baby. People who have given birth to a gorgeous child who didn’t make it.

I've had several friends who have been outside of the  "normal" user category and I fully endorse that apps should support folks who fall outside of this. I can only imagine that it's extremely hard to be in any number of situations where the constant assumption of a healthy child on the part of app developers is just a reminder of loss, unhappiness, or despair.

 

 

 

Caleb Hearth @calebhearth