Welcome to the world of twin pregnancy!
Twin pregnancy is twice the fun and twice the challenge. As a twin mom-to-be, you’re going to be managing double the morning sickness, double the crazy cravings—and (most importantly) double the love.
This blog is dedicated to helping you navigate the ups and downs of your journey by offering information on how to handle each stage. We’ve also compiled some of our favorite apps to help you make it through this unique experience fully prepared for whatever comes your way.
Here’s an overview of what you can expect:
Week 1: First Trimester
Week 2: Second Trimester
Week 3: Third Trimester
Week 4: Birth
best apps for twin pregnancy
Best Apps for a Twin Pregnancy
1. Pregnancy Diary-Twins in Womb
Twin pregnancy is a journey, from the first sonogram where you see not only one but TWO little beans on the screen, to the first time you embrace your two tiny humans with a heart full of love.
Remember this unique time of your life with Pregnancy Diary-Twins in Womb, a journaling app designed specifically for multiple pregnancies.
This app allows you to write entries to catalog your symptoms and thoughts as you slog through experience the wonders of twin pregnancy that can later be exported as a PDF.
You can include photos to see your babies bump grow over time, or remember places you went with two in tow. The app counts down to your due date and each week you can read about and view 3D images of fetal twin development.
While you may have only heard of it, I can attest that pregnancy brain is a real thing! The good news is that you can stay organized using the apps built in to keep track of doctor appointments or important milestones (i.e. end of the first trimester!)
If by the end of your pregnancy, this app has come to feel like an old friend, you can still use it to create albums with your hundreds of baby pictures!
2. WebMD Pregnancy
Though not designed exclusively for twins, the WebMD Pregnancy app allows you to customize settings and tailor your experience specifically for multiples. This is a feature MUCH appreciated by expecting twin mothers craving information about fetal development that is not written for singletons.
Though twin growth is much the same as singletons for the majority of our pregnancy, twin moms like to visualize how two babies look inside instead of one.
Each week you can view interactive images and read descriptions about what is happening to your twins as they grow from grains of rice to melons!
This app is complete with checklists such as what to pack in your hospital bag, crucial products to have before your babies arrive, and lists of questions to ask your doctor along the way.
There is even “getting ready for twins” content geared specifically towards prepping for expecting mothers of multiples so you can read about feeding options, childcare, etc. specifically for twins.
To keep it fun, the app includes a belly photo album so you can watch your belly grow from week to week. And even if you don’t look and feel your best, you will one day really appreciate taking these photos to reflect upon your tremendous journey.
Downloading the WebMD Pregnancy app also grants you access to message boards where you can ask questions and share your experience with other expecting moms just like you!
3. What to Expect Pregnancy and Baby Tracker
The What to Expect Pregnancy and Baby Tracker has weekly descriptions and videos of fetal development, though it is basically geared towards singletons.The weekly update is paired with a “fruit-size” depiction of your growing baby and a count down to the big day. Once baby arrives, you can keep a timeline of milestones and photos within the app.
With this install, you can access thousands of medically approved articles that cover everything baby from a twinkle in mom’s eye to training wheels. The main attraction of the WTE app is access to the message boards.
WTE message boards are a popular haven for expecting moms and women with newborns. Here you can connect with hundreds of other expecting mothers who share your birth month to question, compare, commiserate, uplift, and laugh together!
4. Sprout
Sprout is actually a brand of apps that truly encompasses the entire baby-making experience.
There are three apps: A Fertility and Period Tracker, a Pregnancy app, and a Baby app.
The first of the three helps to predict ovulation and optimal fertility windows. If you have made it to this article, then you are probably already pregnant with at least a couple of babies, so exit here and proceed directly to the Pregnancy app.
Each week, the Sprouts Pregnancy app features amazing and interactive models of fetal development. What is special about the Sprout Pregnancy app compared to other pregnancy apps is the inclusion of some pregnancy tools: a weight tracker, a kick counter, and a contraction timer.
While you should always consult with your OB, these tools will definitely come in handy. Weight gain with a twin pregnancy is especially important and it helps to have a visual so you don’t get behind.
It can also help you embrace the idea that gaining weight is a normal and necessary part of the amazing process happening inside of you!
Sprout pregnancy doesn’t forget the journaling and prepping moms either. You can create a pregnancy timeline of belly photos and journal entries while checking off premade to-do lists.
If you love your Sprout Pregnancy app, then keep it in the family with Sprout Baby after your twins arrive.
Like Baby Connect, Sprout Baby keeps track of feeding, diapering, nursing, pumping, health, and more. All of the data is summarized in charts, compared to WHO and CDC guidelines, and can be synced across multiple devices.
One perk of Sprout Baby is that it includes monthly development updates and daily tips to keep you sane. Oh and those precious baby photos? They can be exported into an eBook so you can whip it out on graduation day and show your kids’ friends “Twin’s First Bath in the Sink!”
best apps for twins
Here are the 4 apps that I primarily use to care for my babies:
1) Sprout Baby App
This one I use THE MOST because I love documenting (which is probably a side effect of working in pediatrics the past decade….ha! ). That said, when I first had the twins, I downloaded several baby apps and evaluated all of them. None of them had everything I needed, so I ended up deleting them all… EXCEPT the Sprout app, as it captures everything I need in one place! When you have two babies going through the same things at once, it’s nice to keep everyone’s information separate and organized. The Sprout app allows for the input of multiple children and great for tracking several things, such as:
- Developmental milestones:
Each month you fill out a questionnaire on the app about what each of your babies are up to and the app will tell you for which milestones your babies are early, on time, or delayed. This information helps you determine which developmental areas need a little more attention. - Feeds/Pumping:
If I don’t write down when a feed was done for the babies and how much each baby took, then I’m prrrrrrobably going to forget in 5 seconds. My twins are a little over 3 months old, but we still document when and how much they’re taking at each feed. Noting this information helps me stay ahead of the game with knowing when their next feed is due and helps me plan out the day better. Plus, when the doctor asks at their next well visit how much everyone is eating, I have all of the raw data to share right there on my phone. - Diapers:
Was it Baby A or Baby B that pooped yesterday? Can’t remember? Problem solved! Personally, I don’t use this feature because my babies are very “regular” with their output. However, for those mamas with twins that have a little constipation here and there, I imagine this feature would be very helpful. - Growth:
Every time I get a measurement of the twins’ lengths or weights (whether at home or the pediatrician’s office) I input the values and the app plots it on a CDC growth chart for me to trend. As a pediatric nurse practitioner, I’m VERY big on data points and I like to pay attention to progress over time, so this feature is particularly my favorite. You’ll also like this feature if you’re a visual person. - Doctor’s visits:
This part is helpful for when you have sick visits and can’t remember exactly when it was that your baby’s cold symptoms started or when you can’t remember when that last DTap vaccine was.
2) 4Moms App for MamaRoo Seats
In the middle of pumping but your twins are across the room wanting to be held and rocked for the millionth time? My 4Moms app fixed this problem countless times for me. We have the 4 Moms MamaRoo chairs that you can connect to the 4Moms app and you can CONTROL THEM FROM YOUR PHONE! Amazing. I can be sitting on the couch and turn on the chair to swing, change the swinging motion, or select different sounds to play by clicking a button on my phone. Needless to say, it’s saved me time and energy when I don’t have much left of either.
3) Nest App
There are several other great cameras and apps to use to watch your babies from afar, but we happen to have the Nest App for our Nest cameras. There’s something reassuring about being able to be in a totally different room and just look down at my phone to see and zoom in on each napping baby. It allows me to multitask with more confidence!
4) Photos App
Sharing is caring, right? When there are twice as many baby photos on your phone and your close family and friends want to see it all (but you don’t want to blow up your social media), this is an easy solution. My husband and I used our iPhone “Photos” app (the one that already comes pre-programmed on the phone) to create a shared album. We then invited our family to subscribe to the album. Whoever joins the album will get a notification on their phones each time a new baby picture is posted. It’s private, only viewable to those that you invite, and multiple people can contribute to it. Plus, it’s been a family favorite for those that don’t live nearby and don’t get to see the babies often! If you have an iPhone and you don’t know how to create a shared photo album, then here are some instructions from
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