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The Top Rated Contraction Timer Apps For iOS And Android

When your wife goes into the labor, you really only have 2 jobs: get her to the hospital, and help her time her contractions. Here's how to handle the latter.

by Fatherly
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Once labor starts, the last thing you want to do is arrive too early to the hospital and sit for hours on the maternity ward with your wife uncomfortable but barely dilated … actually, that’s the second-to-last thing you want to do. The last last thing you want to do is have your baby born in the car. Fortunately, yes, there’s an app for that. Plenty of contraction timers offer unnecessary bells and whistles and in-app purchases, but really all you need is a slightly modified stopwatch – here are the top rated free versions for iOS and Android.

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