New smartphone app for pregnant women to hear the fetal heartbeat

A new smartphone app allows pregnant women to listen to the fetal heartbeat and to monitor the development of the baby in the womb.

Heart rate monitor app (Bellabeat Connected System) which includes a display of fetal heart rate, maternal automatically adjust to hear the baby's heart rate and record sound.

This system also allows the pregnant woman to track important data for the development of the fetus, including heart rate per minute, number of bicycles and baby baby weight increased over time.

This application also helps track mood of pregnant women, recording their emotions during pregnancy. In addition, it also tracking the signs of depression detected early.

Co-founder of applications , she Urska Sršen said: "Listening to the heartbeat of the fetus as the basic features of the application and will have many other features that come with it. With this application, pregnant women will be able to track the changes in mood and my feelings during pregnancy. It is important that this system helps the future parents can monitor the process of fetal development. "

"In addition, once a month, users will answer two questions about feelings and your mood. If there are any signs of depression in the early stages, this application will encourage women to seek help from a doctor, "she said Urska Sršen.

Currently, this app is for healthcare professionals to learn after their patients use tested. The company expects the smartphone patent system will be widely used throughout the maternity clinic in the United States.

The app also incorporates a system called Global BellaBeat help pregnant women can interact, exchange experiences, and share information to create a diary of pregnancy.

Ms Sršen adds: "We are going to add new monitoring devices such as blood pressure and blood sugar in the early stages of pregnancy . "

This latest app released for iOS users, but the Android version will have to wait until this summer. Bellabeat installed applications are free, but require a tracking device attached $ 129.