Kick counting apps?

Hi all. Is anyone using apps for counting kicks? If so, which app would you recommend?

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Don’t stress yourself out with this - if you have a concern go to the hospital. You don’t need to count kicks.

I would also be interested if anyone is using any counting apps! It’s good to get used to patterns should there be any moment you get concerned 🥰 following xx

I find counting apps useless, this pregnancy and my last. Both babys have kicked different times of the day it's not like a ten kick per hour thing it's more that I just feel kicks mainly in evening and morning, that's been the pattern for both, occasionally in the day. I can sit there with the app one hour feel nothing and the next hour i'll feel lots. I just find them pointless and unreliable and i don't get it?? If I feel like I haven't felt anything for a while and feel concerned I just drink some cold water and lay down and usually feel something or give them a little prod🤣

Kick counting is not recommended by the NHS. They say just get to know your baby's pattern of movement

Absolutely not!
I was told by my first midwife not to do it (after colleagues told me about it)
You learn your babies patterns. My 1st pregnancy made me laugh as she slept in and would start kicking my desk at work after getting in. Right when I wanted to relax (lived in London and only had a 20 minute walk)
Current pregnancy is a night mover (god save me when he’s out my tummy). My daughter never kicked when I was asleep. So I’m curious to see the differences when the baby arrived

You notice they kick after you drink cold water and after meals. Use that as a gage.

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