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Techday NZ
4 days ago
- Health
- Techday NZ
Oura app enhances Pregnancy Insights with personalised tracking
ŌURA has introduced an updated Pregnancy Insights feature in its app, offering women detailed information about the physiological changes that occur during pregnancy. The new features build on the company's current suite of tools related to women's reproductive health, including Cycle Insights, Fertile Window, and Period Prediction. The updated offering seeks to address gaps left by traditional prenatal care, which typically relies on periodic check-ins and provides limited guidance on real-time bodily and health changes during pregnancy. The enhanced Pregnancy Insights experience integrates continuous, individualised tracking of key biometrics such as temperature trends, resting heart rate (RHR), heart rate variability (HRV), and respiratory rate. The system also provides educational content and daily tools to help women navigate every phase of their pregnancy. Accumulating data from more than 10,000 pregnancies, the app aims to offer mothers insights not only about fetal development but also about their own changing health patterns. Features Among the new capabilities, ŌURA has refreshed gestational age tracking with an updated homecard, incorporating trimester rings and expandable weekly insights. This improvement aims to enhance both visibility and usability for expectant mothers monitoring their health. For new members who begin using Oura during pregnancy and do not already have biometric data recorded, the app now initiates a calibration period of between seven and fifteen days. This approach is designed to create a more individualised baseline before providing Pregnancy Trends, ensuring data relevance for each user. The introduction of a new Trend View lets members visualise how central biometrics fluctuate throughout pregnancy, either by trimester or across the entire pregnancy period. This is paired with reference ranges from anonymised population data, clarifying which changes are in line with typical pregnancy patterns. The company states that while their product is not a diagnostic device, ongoing visibility of these trends may provide reassurance and prompt more informed conversations with healthcare providers if unusual patterns are observed. A new "Keeping Track" tagging system now provides a location for members to log symptoms, experiences, and emotions, prompting users to reflect and keep records based on scientific literature about their current gestational age. The company's tag library has also been expanded to include specific symptoms such as Braxton Hicks contractions, nausea, food aversions, pelvic pain, and skin changes, which helps users contextualise the impact of symptoms on their biometric data. Education and context ŌURA has developed integrated educational content for this feature with input from medical professionals, including the company's Medical Advisor and Reproductive Endocrinologist Eleni Jaswa. This content is tailored to clarify changes in sleep, recovery, and overall well-being throughout pregnancy, offering practical guidance alongside the biometric data. New updates also encompass contextualised messaging within Readiness, Sleep, Rest Mode, and Recovery Mode insights. These now interpret biometrics such as HRV, RHR, and temperature changes in light of the evidence-based physiological changes expected during pregnancy. Additional features connect the Pregnancy Insights function with Oura Advisor, where users can discuss pregnancy to access more personalised support. The integration also extends to reproductive health history, allowing members to view how their physiological data changes before, during, and after pregnancy. Full visibility is provided into past and current cycles, including pregnancy phases, expanding the relevance of the app for users at different life stages. Continued focus ŌURA is marking this product update as a key step in its ongoing strategy to develop digital health support for women, following its partnership with Natural Cycles and research collaborations with institutions such as Scripps Research Digital Trials Centre, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, San Francisco. Oura is deeply committed to protecting member privacy, especially when it comes to sensitive women's health data, and has technical and organisational safeguards to keep data safe and secure. Members maintain full control over their data rights, with transparent privacy settings and the ability to opt in or out of features at any time. As Oura expands into clinical partnerships with leading health providers, data sharing with third parties is only permitted if and when members choose to allow it. These collaborations are built on trust, clinical integrity, and a shared commitment to advancing care without compromising individual privacy. The updated Pregnancy Insights feature is now available to all Oura members using iOS or Android devices in Australia and New Zealand.
Tom's Guide
4 days ago
- Health
- Tom's Guide
Your Oura ring is getting a bunch of new Women's Health features — here's what you need to know
The Oura ring is one of the best smart rings on the market, especially when it comes to tracking your menstrual cycle. Still, this week, the fitness tracker is getting even smarter, with new features related to pregnancy and perimenopause. The features will come in an update this week, so whether you have a new Oura Ring 4 or the Oura Ring Generation 3 on your finger, you should be able to take advantage of them. The new features focus on two of the biggest changes in the female body — pregnancy and perimenopause. As a fitness editor, I've been wearing an Oura Ring for the past four years. It's my go-to tracker for keeping track of my sleep, menstrual cycle, and overall fitness. My Oura ring knew I was pregnant before I did a couple of years ago, but I was slightly disappointed to not be able to track my pregnancy symptoms on my ring, so I'm thrilled to see these long-awaited changes drop. Below, I'll dive into the different features coming to your Oura ring this week. Your Oura ring will now give you week-by-week pregnancy insights to help moms-to-be to better understand what's going on in their bodies. When you opt into the new Pregnancy Insights feature, your ring will highlight four key insights related to pregnancy — temperature trends, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and respiratory rate, plus give you context into why these key metrics might be changing. Each day, you'll be able to see how far you are into your pregnancy by trimester, as well as a weekly message highlighting any symptoms to expect. You can also add pregnancy-related tags — these can be habits, feelings, or physical changes, but it can help you keep track of how you're feeling. There are 35 new tags to capture the highs and lows of pregnancy, and these include heartburn, Braxton Hicks, vomiting, and contractions. Once you've told your Oura ring you're expecting, your insights will also take this into account. Readiness, Sleep, Rest Mode, and Recovery Mode will be reflective of your pregnancy and gestational age. Oura's AI Advisor will also remember you're pregnant and offer advice about symptoms. Oura's Pregnancy Insights feature will be available on Oura Ring 3 and Oura Ring 4 from August 12 on iOS and Android. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. There are over one billion women worldwide either in perimenopause or post-menopause, and despite writing about the best fitness trackers for the past decade, this is the first dedicated feature for it I've ever seen on a device. Oura's new perimenopause check-in feature will allow women to track symptoms and understand their impact. Members will begin by completing a 12-question Menopause Rating Survey. Once they've completed the survey, they'll get a downloadable PDF which includes their symptoms, biometric trends, and cycle data, which can easily be shared with a healthcare professional. Members can also seek support from Oura's women's health partners, including Midi Health, Evernow, Mavern Clinic, and Progyny. Oura's perimenopause check-in feature will be available to Oura ring users in the US from August 13, with plans to expand internationally soon. Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
The Sun
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
‘I keep thinking I can't get bigger' exhausted mum-to-be sighs as she gets people's ‘eyes watering' with her GIANT bump
A MUM-TO-BE has left "eyes watering" after sharing a look at her giant baby bump. Becca is 32 weeks along in her pregnancy, but admitted she's exhausted thanks to her ever-growing stomach. 3 3 She also sighed in a video on her TikTok page that her "poor knees" are "struggling to hold my weight" and her feet are "starting to swell". Not only that but her bump has started to take a toll on her back too. In the clip, she explained she can't wear anything covering the top part of her stomach, so had rolled her top up and the waistband of her trousers down. Becca - who is expecting twins - also admitted she's been doing "too much" around the house, and has also been struggling with Braxton Hicks tightenings. "I still have to put away all my Tesco shop," she sighed. "But this is 32 week bump and I am feeling it my back. "Oh my goodness the Braxton Hicks! "It's not sore, it's just so tight." She ended the video after hearing her washing machine beeping to let her "know I have more stuff that I need to do!" In the caption, Becca admitted she's "feeling sorry for myself" at the moment. Alison Hammond, 50, shows off her huge 'baby bump' as she hits back at pregnancy rumours with toyboy lover, 27 "There is one word for it and it's 'tough'," she added. "I have not stopped all day and the Braxton Hicks are making me aware of that. "I keep thinking I can't get any bigger and then I look in the mirror and there we have it, bigger again!" "If only I could fast forward these next few weeks of pregnancy because I'm struggling," she concluded. And people in the comments admitted they'd been left stunned after seeing the size of Becca's bump. "Jeepers!!!! my eyes watered! go you," one wrote. What is the 'baby bump theory'? Can the gender of an unborn baby really be determined by the bump? Popular theory suggests a baby's gender can be revealed by the shape of the mother's bump. For years, it has been claimed that the way a woman carries their unborn child can predict whether it is a girl or a boy. If followed, the theory suggests the baby will be a boy if the bump is high and at the front. A lower, more spread out bump is said to indicate a girl. But this really is just an old wives' tale. In reality, the only way of finding out the sex of an unborn baby is through medical screening. This can be done several ways - via an ultrasound, a chromosomal blood test or through a CVS/ amniocentesis. "God that's a bump and a half girl!" another gasped. "Jeezo have a rest, poor girl," a third urged. As someone else agreed: "Oh mama - you need to put your feet up now and start nesting. "Won't be long until babas are here." "Time to start doing the bare minimum!" another added. "You're doing amazing, hold on you're nearly there!" someone else said. 3
Scottish Sun
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
‘I keep thinking I can't get bigger' exhausted mum-to-be sighs as she gets people's ‘eyes watering' with her GIANT bump
Other people questioned just "how many babies" she's having BUMPING ALONG 'I keep thinking I can't get bigger' exhausted mum-to-be sighs as she gets people's 'eyes watering' with her GIANT bump Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A MUM-TO-BE has left "eyes watering" after sharing a look at her giant baby bump. Becca is 32 weeks along in her pregnancy, but admitted she's exhausted thanks to her ever-growing stomach. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Becca left people stunned as she showed off her huge baby bump online Credit: tiktok//@mumlifewithbecca 3 She said she was exhausted after doing too much around the house Credit: tiktok//@mumlifewithbecca She also sighed in a video on her TikTok page that her "poor knees" are "struggling to hold my weight" and her feet are "starting to swell". Not only that but her bump has started to take a toll on her back too. In the clip, she explained she can't wear anything covering the top part of her stomach, so had rolled her top up and the waistband of her trousers down. Becca - who is expecting twins - also admitted she's been doing "too much" around the house, and has also been struggling with Braxton Hicks tightenings. "I still have to put away all my Tesco shop," she sighed. "But this is 32 week bump and I am feeling it my back. "Oh my goodness the Braxton Hicks! "It's not sore, it's just so tight." She ended the video after hearing her washing machine beeping to let her "know I have more stuff that I need to do!" In the caption, Becca admitted she's "feeling sorry for myself" at the moment. Alison Hammond, 50, shows off her huge 'baby bump' as she hits back at pregnancy rumours with toyboy lover, 27 "There is one word for it and it's 'tough'," she added. "I have not stopped all day and the Braxton Hicks are making me aware of that. "I keep thinking I can't get any bigger and then I look in the mirror and there we have it, bigger again!" "If only I could fast forward these next few weeks of pregnancy because I'm struggling," she concluded. And people in the comments admitted they'd been left stunned after seeing the size of Becca's bump. "Jeepers!!!! my eyes watered! go you," one wrote. What is the 'baby bump theory'? Can the gender of an unborn baby really be determined by the bump? Popular theory suggests a baby's gender can be revealed by the shape of the mother's bump. For years, it has been claimed that the way a woman carries their unborn child can predict whether it is a girl or a boy. If followed, the theory suggests the baby will be a boy if the bump is high and at the front. A lower, more spread out bump is said to indicate a girl. But this really is just an old wives' tale. In reality, the only way of finding out the sex of an unborn baby is through medical screening. This can be done several ways - via an ultrasound, a chromosomal blood test or through a CVS/ amniocentesis. "God that's a bump and a half girl!" another gasped. "Jeezo have a rest, poor girl," a third urged. As someone else agreed: "Oh mama - you need to put your feet up now and start nesting. "Won't be long until babas are here." "Time to start doing the bare minimum!" another added. "You're doing amazing, hold on you're nearly there!" someone else said.
The Irish Sun
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘I keep thinking I can't get bigger' exhausted mum-to-be sighs as she gets people's ‘eyes watering' with her GIANT bump
A MUM-TO-BE has left "eyes watering" after sharing a look at her giant baby bump. Becca is 32 weeks along in her pregnancy, but admitted she's exhausted thanks to her ever-growing stomach. 3 Becca left people stunned as she showed off her huge baby bump online Credit: tiktok//@mumlifewithbecca 3 She said she was exhausted after doing too much around the house Credit: tiktok//@mumlifewithbecca She also sighed Not only that but her bump has started to take a toll on her back too. In the clip, she explained she can't wear anything covering the top part of her stomach, so had rolled her top up and the waistband of her trousers down. Becca - who is expecting twins - also admitted she's been doing "too much" around the house, and has also been struggling with Braxton Hicks tightenings. Read more Pregnancy stories "I still have to put away all my Tesco shop," she sighed. "But this is 32 week bump and I am feeling it my back. "Oh my goodness the Braxton Hicks! "It's not sore, it's just so tight." Most read in Fabulous She ended the video after hearing her washing machine beeping to let her "know I have more stuff that I need to do!" In the caption, Becca admitted she's "feeling sorry for myself" at the moment. Alison Hammond, 50, shows off her huge 'baby bump' as she hits back at pregnancy rumours with toyboy lover, 27 "There is one word for it and it's 'tough'," she added. "I have not stopped all day and the Braxton Hicks are making me aware of that. "I keep thinking I can't get any bigger and then I look in the mirror and there we have it, bigger again!" "If only I could fast forward these next few weeks of pregnancy because I'm struggling," she concluded. And people in the comments admitted they'd been left stunned after seeing the size of Becca's bump. "Jeepers!!!! my eyes watered! go you," one wrote. What is the 'baby bump theory'? Can the gender of an unborn baby really be determined by the bump? Popular theory suggests a baby's gender can be revealed by the shape of the mother's bump. For years, it has been claimed that the way a woman carries their unborn child can predict whether it is a girl or a boy. If followed, the theory suggests the baby will be a boy if the bump is high and at the front. A lower, more spread out bump is said to indicate a girl. But this really is just an old wives' tale. In reality, the only way of finding out the sex of an unborn baby is through medical screening. This can be done several ways - via an ultrasound, a chromosomal blood test or through a CVS/ amniocentesis. "God that's a bump and a half girl!" another gasped. "Jeezo have a rest, poor girl," a third urged. As someone else agreed: "Oh mama - you need to put your feet up now and start nesting. "Won't be long until babas are here." "Time to start doing the bare minimum!" another added. "You're doing amazing, hold on you're nearly there!" someone else said. 3 She's 32 weeks along in her pregnancy, so still has a way to go Credit: tiktok//@mumlifewithbecca
