Your pregnancy and birth matter and God wants to meet you there.
Made for This Birth is here to support and encourage you as you prepare for a happy, healthy, and yes, even holy pregnancy and birth with God. We believe that you are designed intentionally and beautifully to grow and birth your baby and He wants to be part of the experience. Birth can be one of the most amazing and spiritually transformative experiences of a woman's life and Made for This Birth can help you prepare your body, mind, heart, and soul for just that.
The Made for This Birth Album contains over THREE HOURS of Catholic meditations, prayer, affirmations, Scripture, and relaxation practice for birth. We'll help you overcome fear, heal disordered beliefs, and prepare you for a joyful and empowering birth with God at the center. Playlists are customizable and can even include your own Apple Library tracks! Tracks were written and are led by the author of Made for This: The Catholic Mom's Guide to Birth, childbirth educator and doula, and mother of seven, Mary Haseltine.
Our Weekly Pregnancy Guide walks you through a more intentional and TRULY holistic pregnancy and birth from the very beginning - Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul. Each week you’ll be offered a unique glimpse of what your baby is up to, digestible but impactful information and reflections about your pregnancy, prenatal care, birth, and postpartum time, beautiful and compelling questions to reflect on, take to prayer, and even journal through, and a custom prayer specific to that week to help you orient all your decisions and experiences toward God's plan for YOU. Unlike secular sources, we’ll see you and your baby through the lens of God’s intentional design, in a way that honors you as a complete woman and your baby as a unique human being.
The Made for This customizable contraction timer allows you to time contractions while also offering sacred images, Scriptures, saint quotes, intentions, and even your own uploaded images to provide encouragement and inspiration as you labor!
THE MADE FOR THIS APP IS THE ONLY APP TO FEATURE;
• Over three hours of original audio tracks with:
Scriptures and Encouragement from the Saints
-Prayers and Affirmations for Pregnancy and Birth
-The Rosary with custom meditations designed for pregnancy and birth
-A Litany to Mothers
-The Divine Mercy Chaplet
• Custom Built Pregnancy and Birth Playlists where you can add your own music!
• Weekly Pregnancy Tracker from a Christian perspective with information, prayer, journaling prompts, and an integrated, holistic approach to your pregnancy unlike any other pregnancy tracker available
• CUSTOMIZABLE FAITH-BASED contraction timer
• Access to encouraging birth stories written by Christian mothers just like you
• Printable resources and affirmations
• Daily Encouragement on your phone home screen
• The Made for This Birth Directory connecting you with like-minded birth workers in your area
• Prayers and novenas for your pregnancy and birth with optional daily reminders
• Dozens of educational articles for your faith-filled pregnancy and birth
• And more!
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I am clergy in the United Methodist Church and I love this app! Pregnancy, labor, and birth are such sacred gifts and should get to be beautiful, safe, dignified and meaningful times in any woman’s life. We have been blessed with three girls, two sweet littles under three and another on the way. For each pregnancy I have used Mary Haseltine’s resources—her book, following her social media, and (for baby #2) her app! So much of labor and birth comes down to spiritual and emotional release and strength which simultaneously regulates the mind and body and reduces fear and pain. There is no better way to unite to God’s presence during labor and birth than prayer and this app will give you some tools not just to pray along with the app and the hundreds of other women who have used it, but it will give you tools to articulate your own needs and longings before the Lord. Even if you’re from a different theological tradition, with an open mind, in this app you will find a phenomenal resource for labor and birth filled with biblical wisdom and Spirit led encouragement. Plus, the creator is a mom of 7, a doula, and comes to this project with an excellent theological education so on all fronts she knows what she is talking about! Download this app! And, while you’re at it, get a copy of her book.
Second Time Home Birth Catholic
KatherineWilch
My first home birth was kept mostly secret from family/friends l and I went in very confident after doing so much research. Thanks be to God everything went smoothly. My second time around I felt so much anxiety. I felt like everyone knew I was birthing at home and it just made me uneasy. I was also busy with a toddler and had no real downtime to mentally prepare. I started reading Mary’s book and boy was it the answer to my prayers. It had so much good information. Then, I found out about the app. I had prodromal labor the 24 hours before my actual labor. I popped on my AirPods and listened to the prayers/affirmations in the app in between naps. Then came my labor, I breezed through early labor. As soon as active labor picked up, the Litany of Mother Saints began to play. I felt empowered, like each Saint I named was in the room with me. I started listening to the rosaries once I got into the pool. Transition started and I stalled in my labor pool at 8 cm. My midwife noticed some blood and we moved on to the bed. I started to worry, but kept praying with the rosaries playing in my ears. Within 7 minutes on the bed and three pushes my beautiful baby girl came earth side. She was 1.5 lbs heavier than my first and I had no tearing. It was a such smooth labor that I felt less mentally prepared for. I really believe it was all thanks to the prayers and affirmations in the app that kept me focused. This app is very different than the “Christian” focused programs I used in the past. This app and book focuses on the beauty of suffering. It’s hard to not feel pain or have a pain-free birth for me, but this program doesn’t embrace labor being pain-free, rather, it explains that labor is doable because God’s will be done. Mothers go on their own Calvary and what an honor and privilege that is. Thank you so much for this program 🙏🏼
An invaluable resource for moms, especially first time moms.
Allie_Klein
I’m extraordinarily delayed in a review as I was blessed to be a tester of the Made for this Birth Audio Tracks right before the Apple App came out. I listened to these tracks through out my entire labor until the last half hour when I hit transition / the pushing stage. My all time favorite was the Relaxation Practice Track. I listened to this track on repeat for at least 2 hours straight as contraction waves intensified and they carried me to transition. Even on my 3rd time around now in pregnancy, reading the weekly updates on what’s going on in my womb is so helpful and special. Mary takes it to the next level by incorporating separate Mind, Heart & Soul reflections during that week as well. Typically that’s the main feature of a pregnancy App.. but Made for this Birth has even more with:-A section of Prayers, Novenas, Litanies and Blessings-Several Free PDF Downloads walking you through different tasks of pregnancy-Birth Stories that are always my #1 inspiration and source of excitement during pregnancy-A Directory of Faithful Providers all over the US-Birth tracks!! Which were a staple for me during my last labor as I stated above. And more.. I mean, Made for this Birth had gone above and beyond with compiling the most beautiful resources for us. While this app is primarily for Catholics, there is MUCH offered for Families following other denominations as well. Thank you to the Made for this Birth team! What a beautiful App! We’re grateful for the MANY hours you’ve put into this.
The perfect app for expecting Catholic mamas
Britney Crawley
I read Made for This during my last pregnancy and really loved the book. This time around the app was available so I downloaded it to check it out. I’m really happy to have had this during my labor. I prayed two rosaries and a chaplet with the app during labor. My favorite track was the birth prayer track. I wish I could have hit “repeat” so it would keep on a loop. I had my phone nearby and could hear the prayers during my contractions and pushing. It helped to keep me focused on intentions and intercessions of certain saints when things got tough. I was able to remain calm and focused with this as I delivered my baby. It was a holy birth and the prayers in this app helped make it so!
* Three Brand New postpartum audio tracks!
* Our brand new Labor Companion including a customizable contraction timer!
* Personalized visual encouragement, affirmations, intentions, and inspiration for your labor
* The ability to create your own playlists! Choose from the Made for This album or from your favorite songs on your device or Apple Music subscription.
* Sleep timer added!
* Ability to schedule novena notifications to remind you daily to pray
* Brand new Pregnancy Journal with guided prompts for each week of your pregnancy and the ability to record your experiences
* Updated birth supply checklists for home, hospital, or birth center and a postpartum supply checklist
* Bug Fixes
Version 4.0.5
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