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5 free journal apps to harness your thoughts in 2018.

Keep track of your thoughts, and maybe tackle a New Years’ resolution, with these 5 free journal apps. They’ve made it so, so easy to track your daily highs (and lows), even add photos and video like a virtual baby book, which is smart for your bigger kids...

Meet Ava: A fertility tracking bracelet that finally lets you toss out the BBT thermometer

by Kristen Chase | Baby Tech, Fitness + Health

While I didn’t personally experience infertility issues, I had close friends and family members who did, and I’m still amazed at how they handled all the challenges they faced, not to mention all the tracking, the doctors visits, and the expenses they...

This gadget does what? 5 outrageously crazy new tech gadgets you never knew you needed. (And still don’t.)

by Jeana | Tech Toys and Random Fun

Most of the tech pitches I receive fall into a few categories: 1) Wow, that’s super cool 2) Hmm, possibly, I’ll take a closer look and 3) Eh, no thanks. But with the proliferation of crowdfunding campaigns and sheer numbers of tech products being developed...

YONO is the first in-ear wearable to help track fertility. Whoa.

by Liz Gumbinner | Fitness + Health

With so many wearables on the market to track everything from health to sleep, it was only a matter of time before we saw something like YONO, the first in-ear wearable made just for tracking your fertility. Pop the tiny, silicone encased thermometer in your ear and...

Pregnancy apps get a run for their money with Totally Pregnant

by Jeana | Baby Tech, Lifestyle Apps

We have covered pregnancy apps in the past like We’re Pregnant and Sprout, and now the Totally Pregnant app is another awesome one to add to the ranks. As for me, after recently having baby #3, the shop is closed and I’m done, but seeing someone pregnant...

We’re Pregnant! Yup, there is an app for that too.

by Stephanie Mayers | Lifestyle Apps

I remember when we were pregnant and pretty much counting down the days until we could announce it to the world. We of course were not together enough to spill the beans in any clever fashion but rather did so in a deluge of texts, emails and phone calls. But if...

Piquing Our Geek – Mobisante smart phone ultrasound device

by Cool Mom Staff | Random Coolness

I remember that one of the first things I got when I found out I was pregnant with my first baby was one of those at-home doppler kits so I could hear the heartbeat whenever I wanted. Well, if you’re willing to shell out $7400 (or more likely, you’re a...

Web Coolness: Facebook Makeup, Yahoo’s New CEO, and Kickstarter Tech

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are our favorite tech links from this week. We hope you enjoy reading them too! Here’s an awesome round-up of cool Kickstarter tech campaigns! If you’re the owner of a new MacBook Pro or are planning to get one, make sure to check out these...

Emails from the Underbelly.

by Eva Glettner | Entertainment

You know those emails that we all get hooked on when we are pregnant? The ones from Baby Center that say thinks like “right now your baby is the size of a peanut?” I loved having those come into my inbox because it made my pregnancy feel so...

Sprout pregnancy app gives you the play-by-play, day-by-day

by Jeana | Lifestyle Apps

It’s amazing to me how much information is available for pregnant women now, as opposed to when I was with child more than seven years ago. Yes, we had the Internet back then (it wasn’t that long ago), but honestly, my go-to resource was my trusty What to...

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