Let’s place you on the journey.

We calculate pregnancy dates from the first day of the last period. Your dates stay on this device in this first release.

First day of the last period

The first hello

When did everything change?

This becomes a personal milestone in the story. It does not change the estimated due date.

When did you find out?

Actual size

Calibrate this screen.

Place a bank card over the outline and adjust until the edges match. This helps actual-size mode feel meaningful later.

85.6 mm

Card width on this screen

A name for now

Would you like to give baby a nickname?

Totally optional. If you add one, the app will use it gently in headings and story pages.

Baby nickname

Educational approximation for pregnancy week 8

Inside the womb

Week 0, day 0

First

Animated science

Weeks 4 to 41

Browse the story chapters

Actual size mode

Calibrate with a bank card

Place a standard bank card on the outline and adjust it until the width matches. The app uses that screen measurement to scale the educational illustration in actual-size mode.

85.6 mm

Card width on this screen

When to get help

For personal advice, contact your midwife, maternity triage unit or GP. Use NHS 111 for urgent help when it is not an emergency. Call 999 for emergency symptoms or immediate danger.

NHS pregnancy guide NHS 111 online Reduced movements

Blog

Quiet reading for the waiting weeks

Clear, calm pieces on pregnancy science, practical preparation and the small personal moments in between. General reading only, not individual medical advice.

Start here

How to read a pregnancy week without turning it into monitoring

Dates, size comparisons and illustrations can help tell the story, while care decisions stay with your midwife, maternity team or doctor.

5 minute read

Science notes

What “week by week” really means

How dates, measurements and developmental stages fit together in plain English.

4 minute read

Preparing gently

The small admin before the big feelings

Booking appointments, saving questions and making space for support in early pregnancy.

3 minute read

Behind the images

Educational illustrations, not diagnostics

How developmental artwork can support a story while keeping care decisions with clinicians.

4 minute read