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Handheld Contraction Timer
I remember, a while ago, someone asked about a tool for timing his wife's
contractions for his handheld. I don't remember if it was for a Pocket PC or a Palm, but I found fourfor the Palm system. I've downloaded the freeware one, and it is kind of neat. To find them, all I had to do was a search on Palmgear.com for "contraction". http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fu...rd=contraction There is also one I found for the Pocket PC, but I haven't tried it. It's also a freebee: http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=3301 I also remember that poster got quite mad because he hadn't received any response to his inquiry... Well. Better late than never, right? |
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A handheld contraction timer? Wouldn't that be called a watch, or stop
watch? : ) -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys, 1/3/03 Addison Grace, 9/30/04 Check out the family! -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password |
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.....wiping tea off the computer screen
Kelly #4 2/12/05 ps-that was nice of Zaz to not only find the info, but post it. I am sure it is appreciated by some. "Jamie Clark" wrote in message ... A handheld contraction timer? Wouldn't that be called a watch, or stop watch? : ) -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys, 1/3/03 Addison Grace, 9/30/04 Check out the family! -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password |
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"Jamie Clark" wrote in message ... A handheld contraction timer? Wouldn't that be called a watch, or stop watch? : ) I think she's talking about something where you can just hit a button when the contraction starts, another when it stops, and it will do the math for you. Personally, I think timing contractions is sort of pointless. Jenrose |
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I know Jenrose, I know. Just being a smartass here... : )
....something that does the math for you? Wouldn't that be a calculator? wink Ba da boom. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys, 1/3/03 Addison Grace, 9/30/04 Check out the family! -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password "Jenrose" wrote in message news:1098164475.p2M121iOLUPvUGOWRzDruQ@teranews... "Jamie Clark" wrote in message ... A handheld contraction timer? Wouldn't that be called a watch, or stop watch? : ) I think she's talking about something where you can just hit a button when the contraction starts, another when it stops, and it will do the math for you. Personally, I think timing contractions is sort of pointless. Jenrose |
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"Jamie Clark" wrote in message ... I know Jenrose, I know. Just being a smartass here... : ) ...something that does the math for you? Wouldn't that be a calculator? wink Oooog pregnant. Oooog not do math. What this cal-kee-lay-tor thingy? |
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Jenrose spake thusly
I think she's talking about something where you can just hit a button when the contraction starts, another when it stops, and it will do the math for you. Personally, I think timing contractions is sort of pointless. I think there was a discussion here a while back, and I ended up downloading Labor Timer for my Palm. Verdict: brilliant!! I was sitting at my computer on a Saturday afternoon when I started getting very mild period-like cramping. Using the Labor Timer, I didn't even have to take my mind off what I was doing (probably reading mkp ). And after a few hours, I took a look at my Palm and noticed how the "cramps" were getting longer and closer together. Course, after five hours and ringing the midwife, they fizzled out, but at least I hadn't been using a watch and pen and paper and getting all stressed out. However, later on that night, when the cramping returned with a vengeance, I definitely didn't feel like timing anymore! -- Maggie |
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However, later on that night, when the cramping returned with a vengeance, I definitely didn't feel like timing anymore! -- Maggie My point exactly. As long as the contractions are iffy enough that I have to time them to figure out if they're 'real', they're by definition not real enough to bother timing them. If they're significant enough to be worth timing, I don't need to time them because I *know* they're coming fast and hard. Jenrose |
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It's not for me: it's for DH. Some guys are like that: they like to have
hard numbers in front of them. Mine is a real techie, and he will feel much more "in control" (hh ha) if he feels he can watch over things, and get nice graphs and pie charts out of it! "Jenrose" wrote in message news:1098187362.1/rFQrEVNr1mCuH7WCsJUg@teranews... However, later on that night, when the cramping returned with a vengeance, I definitely didn't feel like timing anymore! -- Maggie My point exactly. As long as the contractions are iffy enough that I have to time them to figure out if they're 'real', they're by definition not real enough to bother timing them. If they're significant enough to be worth timing, I don't need to time them because I *know* they're coming fast and hard. Jenrose |
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"Zaz" wrote in message . .. It's not for me: it's for DH. Some guys are like that: they like to have hard numbers in front of them. Mine is a real techie, and he will feel much more "in control" (hh ha) if he feels he can watch over things, and get nice graphs and pie charts out of it! LOL-so THAT's why I have four color graphs of my blood pressure since April! Actually, I could see this being more useful earlier than later-right now, there are times when I AM timing BH contractions to be sure they're not a reason to panic. "Jenrose" wrote in message news:1098187362.1/rFQrEVNr1mCuH7WCsJUg@teranews... However, later on that night, when the cramping returned with a vengeance, I definitely didn't feel like timing anymore! -- Maggie My point exactly. As long as the contractions are iffy enough that I have to time them to figure out if they're 'real', they're by definition not real enough to bother timing them. If they're significant enough to be worth timing, I don't need to time them because I *know* they're coming fast and hard. Jenrose |
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