Count the Kicks: How an App Saved This Woman’s Unborn Baby

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Smart phones may be heavily criticized for their distracting qualities, but this maternity app just saved the life of a woman’s unborn child. Emily Eekhoff first downloaded the “Count the Kicks” app when she was 28 weeks pregnant. The app is designed to monitor the health of unborn children by recording the frequency of a baby’s kicks. A healthy baby is supposed to be kicking a fair amount every hour – but then, when Eekhoff became 33 weeks pregnant, the constant kicking stopped. 

Concerned over the lack of movement, the 26-year-old mother went to the Mercy Medical Center, in Des Moines, Iowa to get checked out. It’s good that she did, too – doctors found that the baby had a heartbeat, but no fetal movement. They immediately performed an emergency cesarean section. When Eekhoff’s daughter was delivered, it had the umbilical cord wrapped three times around its neck.

If Eekhoff hadn’t recognized the danger, the baby could have been stillborn.

But after receiving oxygen post-delivery, however, Ruby weighs in at 4 pounds and 3 ounces – and she is doing wonderfully. The Count the Kicks app was designed by four women who all lost unborn children to similar situations. Eekhoff has thanked the creators profusely, saying that if it weren’t for their innovation, she would be mourning the death of her infant, rather than celebrating.


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Count the Kicks is a phenomenal idea. The app, the group set up on Facebook and other social media places...they have helped so many women! I tend to follow their stories as there are too many women who don't always understand the fact that you need to be aware of the number of kicks (and/or frequency) you should be getting during your last trimester and especially coming up to your due date.

A neighbor of mine, years ago, lost her daughter due to the fact she didn't know about this. The baby was stillborn in the back of the ambulance right outside my door. All if us who lived in the street knew that the poor baby had gone when the ambulance pulled away quietly and slowly into the night.

Great story in the OP. I hope it's soon widely recognised everywhere and perhaps given a free spot on the TV for some advertising.

I've amended your title a little to promote the app.

No problem.