10 best breastfeeding apps for mums

These apps remind you which side you nursed from last, chart your baby's progress, monitor his wet diapers and much, much more...

In this digital age, there’s an app for everything including – you guessed it – breastfeeding. Not one, but many apps actually. And while you may think breastfeeding is easy-peasy and why should technology interfere in something so natural, the truth is it’s not always easy for all mums.

So breastfeeding mums, if you need a bit of nursing assistance during those 3am feeds when your only company is your mobile phone, help is just a swipe away!

In no particular order, here are 10 of the best breastfeeding apps around.

1. LactMed

This is a really good app for breastfeeding mums who want to check if certain medications are safe to use while nursing.

The app lets you look up a drug and view the possible side effects in relation to breastfeeding. It even suggests alternative drugs for your consideration, when appropriate.

Price: Free

Download on iTunes.

Download on Google Play.

2. Baby Nursing

This is such a handy app for breastfeeding mummies to help you track your baby’s nursing progress, doctor’s visits, diaper changes and more.

The information you get on your nursing journey is really detailed. You get daily averages, cumulative totals, graphs and even calculations on how much you have fed your baby!

Price: Free

Download on iTunes

Download on Google Play

3. Breastfeeding Central

With this app, you’ll feel like you have a breastfeeding expert right by your side, 24-7. No surprise then that it was created by international board-certified lactation consultant Beverly Rae, who is also a mum of five.

This app guides you through every phase of your breastfeeding journey, and is divided into six categories, including preparing for breastfeeding, the first six months of nursing and going back to work. Articles are full of information, helping you solve your nursing issues.

Price: US$3.99

Download on iTunes

4. Breastmilk Calculator

Developed by Kittie Frantz, a pediatric nurse practitioner and lactation expert with over 40 years of experience, this app tells you exactly how much breast milk a baby is getting from the breast per day and per feeding.

It also suggests how much milk to leave for your baby’s carer, should you need to be away from your baby, how much breast milk baby gets if using a feeding tube at the breast and also changes baby’s weight from pounds/ounces to kilograms and back again.

Price: US$2.99

Download on iTunes now.

5. ParentTown

This app combines the collective knowledge of mummies and experts in various parenting fields to bring you answers to everything you have questions about – including breastfeeding. You get your answers quickly and they are informed by ‘real’ experience.

ParentTown also comes with an NFSW feature, so you can still share those ‘sensitive’ pictures while protecting your privacy.

Price: Free

Dowload on iTunes now.

Download on Google Play now.

6. Breastfeeding

This handy app makes breastfeeding easier by helping you track your baby’s breastfeeding-related behaviour.

It records what time your baby nursed and on which breast as well as when he sleeps and cries. When it accumulates enough data, it turns that information into a graph that predicts when your baby is likely to get hungry.

Price: Free

Download on Google Play now.

7. Feed Baby

This is a great app to track a newborn baby’s breastfeeding progress. It includes comprehensive charts, graphs and reports. The timeline shows you all of your activities across multiple days so that you can have a better understanding of your newborn activity patterns. And this app even supports twins!

Price: Free

Download on Google Play

8. MommyMeds

Taking medication when you’re ill and breastfeeding is cause for concern for many nursing mums. With MommyMeds, you can stop worrying.

Doctors at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center have officially taken the guesswork out of which medicines are okay to take while you’re nursing. They compiled safety ratings on more than 20,000 drugs and OTC meds and made the info searchable by product name or category.

There are also lists of breastfeeding-friendly drugs to help you tackle common woes like headaches, nausea, or allergies.

Price: US$3.99

Download on iTunes

9. Pump Log

This app is ideal for exclusive pumpers and new mums returning to the workplace. It tracks milk totals, storage totals, and even suggests how many ounces a caregiver will need while you are away at work. It also gives you automatic ‘pump’ reminders, and suggests foods that will help boost your milk supply

Price: Free

Download on iTunes

10. Total Baby

This nifty app is like a super-organiser all us mums need so badly. It has loads of helpful tools like a feeding timer which tells you when baby last had a feed and which breast is up for the next feed, a record of how much milk you’ve pumped and a log of dirty and wet diapers. It also helps you keep track of baby’s immunisations and doctor’s appointments.

Price: US$4.99

Download on iTunes.

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Written by
Nalika Unantenne

mums

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