Pregnancy Tracking with Garmin

^16.05.2022

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If you are pregnant or hoping to become pregnant, you probably already understand the importance of tracking your pregnancy. The changes your body goes through are wonderful, but it is important to keep track of them to make sure both you and your baby are healthy. And did you know you can track your pregnancy with a Garmin smartwatch?

 The same women's health feature that lets you track your menstrual cycle also lets you track your pregnancy. It's like a pregnancy app, but with the added convenience that all your other health stats (e.g. heart rate, sleep score, Body Battery™, stress score and much more) are sent from your wrist to the same easy-to-access Garmin Connect™ app on your paired phone.

Let's explore everything you can keep an eye on when tracking your pregnancy with Garmin.

What does the Garmin pregnancy tracking app track?

 Can I track my ovulation? Can I track my pregnancy? What about pregnancy symptoms like morning sickness and pregnancy discharge? The answer to each of these questions is yes. The pregnancy tracking feature on your paired Garmin smartwatch lets you track all of this and much more.

(Please note that if you have a Venu® 2 or Venu® 2S, the same features are also available in the Garmin Women’s Health Tracking app.)

• Daily symptoms and mood: It's important to pay attention to how your body feels and how it develops during this time. You can log your daily physical symptoms – such as acne, bloating, constipation, contractions, cramps, headaches, fatigue, tenderness – as well as your mood, with options like good, happy, sad, overwhelmed, sensitive and much more

• Every month you get a 4-week overview of your logged symptoms so you can spot bigger patterns. If you're not pregnant yet but hoping to conceive, you can use the same Women’s Health Tracking to track your menstrual cycle and ovulation.

• Baby size: During pregnancy you'll know roughly how big your baby should be and can compare it to real-life objects. You can watch your baby grow from the size of a strawberry to a zucchini, and from a zucchini to a cabbage, and share this with family and friends so they can experience it with you.

• Baby movement: Are you sure your baby is destined to be a football star, given all that kicking? Do they seem to have the hiccups all the time? You can log all your baby's movements, both as a pregnancy keepsake and as a pattern to discuss with your doctor if you have any concerns.

• Exercise and nutrition tips: You probably don't need us to tell you that your body changes during pregnancy. (If you're reading this, we'd guess you're already experiencing it — or hoping to in the near future!) Remember that your body's needs change too. The Garmin pregnancy tracking app offers exercise and nutrition recommendations as your pregnancy progresses – from reminders to eat more protein to key information on how much water you should drink based on your trimester.

• Due date:  If your doctor has given you an estimated due date, you can add it to Garmin Connect to see a weekly countdown of your progress, week by week, with the final count marking your baby's birthday.

• Weight gain: Obviously, weight gain is a big part of this journey. Yet we hear it all the time: How much weight should I gain during pregnancy? The Garmin pregnancy tracking app gives you a ballpark figure based on where you are in your pregnancy journey, and you can talk to your doctor if something seems off.

• Training status: If your device also tracks your training status, you might worry about losing your progress during pregnancy. To avoid this, you can turn the feature off, and once your baby is born and you're ready to return to your training routine, you can pick up where you left off. You can also turn off the regular „move“ reminders, as your habits often change during pregnancy.

What is the Garmin contraction timer?

When it's almost time for the baby, tracking contractions is important. You and your partner can both download the Garmin contraction timer to see exactly how much time there is between your contractions. This helps you determine whether labour is starting. Besides recording the length and frequency of contractions, you can also compare the history of your previous contractions.

Which Garmin smartwatches have pregnancy tracking?

Many Garmin smartwatches display pregnancy tracking data right on your wrist, and all Garmin smartwatches are compatible with Garmin Connect's free pregnancy tracking feature. To see the full list of smartwatches compatible with the Garmin pregnancy tracking app, click here. If you are a Venu 2 or Venu 2S user, click here to see the complete women's health tracking app.

To shop Garmin smartwatches designed especially for women, click here.