Expectant mothers may use smartphones to check in on babies

Every expectant mother wonders just how her baby is doing while still in the womb, and now a new wearable monitoring system can help her monitor her baby’s well-being through her smartphone.

Bloomlife, a digital health company, has developed a wearable sensor that is able to track pregnancy-specific parameters such as contractions, fetal movement and fetal heart rate. Partnering with the University of California, San Francisco’s Preterm Birth Initiative and research teams at Stanford University, Bloomlife hopes its technology will provide significant information for researchers regarding pregnancy and pregnancy complications.

The Bloomlife wearable technology can be paired with other medical products such as a blood pressure cuff and blood glucose monitor to provide more information on both maternal and fetal health.

"Every pregnancy is unique and expectant moms are looking for validation of what they are feeling. Boomlife provides an objective second opinion," says Eric Dy, CEO and founder of Bloomlife.