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Apple App Store Freya • Surge Timer

The Positive Birth Company Ltd.

172
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4.5
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Feb 9, 2019
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Meet Freya, the world’s first hypnobirthing-friendly birth timer, brought to you by The Positive Birth Company. This award-winning birth timer supports you through labour, coaching you through every single surge (or contraction) with a simple breathing technique and guided relaxations.


Put hypnobirthing techniques into practice during pregnancy, labour and childbirth
Relax between surges with a mix of guided relaxations, positive affirmations, gentle music and calming visualisations
Birth timer that keeps track of surges, logging each surge or contraction so you can see how frequently they are coming and how long they are lasting
Receive a notification from Freya when your labour is established and it might be a good time to call your midwife
Use Freya during pregnancy to practice breathing techniques and relaxation
Available in French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian


Never birth alone with Freya by your side.


TRACK YOUR SURGES
In hypnobirthing we refer to contractions as surges, because a ‘surge’ more accurately describes the sensation you’ll experience when in labour. Freya is the ONLY hypnobirthing-friendly contraction timer on the app store, designed specifically with hypnobirthing mums in mind, using appropriate terminology, but can be used by anyone. If you would like to know more about Hypnobirthing, follow The Positive Birth Company on Instagram or Tik Tok where we share loads of free resources to make your birth better.


PREPARE FOR BIRTH
You can use this birth timer in pregnancy to help you relax and prepare for childbirth. In fact the more you practice your breathing and listen to the guided relaxations and positive affirmations, the more familiar they will become and the more effective they will be at helping you relax when it comes to birth. Positive affirmations have been proven to change the way your mind works and listening regularly will help you feel less anxious and more confident in the lead up to birth. You can practice daily and then reset the surge history whenever you like.


THE SCIENCE
We know the more relaxed you are during birth, the more oxytocin you will produce. Oxytocin helps your uterus to work efficiently, making labour faster and more comfortable.


LIFESKILLS
Freya can be used for pregnancy and post-birth relaxation, any time you feel you could benefit from taking some deep breaths or need some help finding your zen. Everything you learn - mindfulness exercises and breathing techniques - are skills for life.


If you have any questions or spot any pesky bugs lurking about the place please do let us know at hello@thepositivebirthcompany.com


WHAT YOU’LL GET:
- iPhone and Apple Watch app
- Timer to record your surges (also known as a contraction timer) and let you know when you’re in established labour
- Coaching audio to keep your mind focused on breathing through each surge and the ability to switch between 4 and 8 breath counts or 3 and 6, or turn the counting off altogether.
- 4 different birth coach voices
- Guided relaxations, positive affirmations and soothing visuals to help keep you relaxed between surges
- A gentle expanding visualisation that you can use to sync your breathing
- Option to record your own music, visualisations or relaxation tracks
- You can listen to your own playlist on a third party app (such as Spotify) whilst still using the Freya app to keep track of your surges and coach you through each one.
- A detailed log of your surges over time, so you can track your progress through labour, reset this after you practice breathwork at any time
- Ability to easily share the log with your birth partner, midwife or doula
- Coaching created by renowned hypnobirthing expert Siobhan Miller, founder of The Positive Birth Company


Download the ONLY hypnobirthing-friendly birth timer on the App Store and prepare to meet your baby in the best possible way, feeling calm and confident, relaxed and happy!
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Community Voice & Feedback

l.v.s. • Jan 31, 2026
Used this timer with both deliveries one 4 years ago and the other just a few days ago. It worked perfectly. I only used the timer feature. I also totally forgot you can delete a recorded surge.
Iayrjhyy__qe1349 • Oct 22, 2025
It does not stop. I don’t need it to keep talking to me after a contraction when they’re 20 minutes apart, but I can’t stop it. I guess it would be okay for when you’re having contractions very close together at the end (and actually want it to speak to you) but otherwise it’s not really set up for your entire labor.
IL84 • Aug 3, 2025
Invest in a UI/UX designer. Impossible to known when it’s on or off.
mixedmama112 • Jun 14, 2025
This was my second time birthing while listening to the surge timer and beautiful affirmations and recordings in between surges. Hands down the best app for managing fear and anxiety and letting your body work its magic! Very grateful this is available free of cost and widely accessible. Hope it can translated into multiple languages as well! Thank you!!
cfuna3 • Jan 10, 2025
This app was hands down the BEST thing for my labor with my son! The meditations and counting helped me to focus on my breathing throughout labor and really stay relaxed. I ended up going to the hospital after laboring at home and I was fully dilated by the time they checked me for the first time. It was an incredible first time birth experience and can’t wait to use the app again for my second, whenever that comes!
SouptheGoose • Oct 4, 2024
I had a very fast 6 hr labor with my first. I also had a 1hr 40 minute drive to where I was giving birth. I was so scared but it felt like the app was able to help me gain control and understanding. My husband didn’t have to ask if I was contracting he just had to look and see if the screen was purple and I was breathing. We would not have known what to tell my midwife when she asked how far apart the contractions were on the phone, if it wasn’t for this app. It helped us not to panic and see a pattern. When we got the birth center we literally just left it on contraction mode for the last two hours and it was just calming to have as a reminder of breathing and time going by.
Heather-Cole • Sep 30, 2024
I did have a beautiful birth experience that I attribute very much to the Positive Birth Company's hypnobirthing course. This app however was not something that I felt was worth the cost, when there are so many other timing apps that have much more utility. It did help me through early labor and up to transition, but there are just a few too many user interface components lacking for me to rate it highly. This person who previously reviewed hit it on the head with the basic things that are lacking so I will paste those things here:
-Easier way to turn on and off the sound of meditations, vs surge counter. It was kind of all-or nothing.
-Easier way to pause the meditations. Overall that interface was just clunky ESPECIALLY once I was in labor. Kind of gave up on it by the time I was in transition!
-Should be a better way to edit the surges, like if you accidentally left it running and need to shorten the duration from 2 minutes say to
1 vs. just delete entirely.
-More detail on the surges and patterns would be helpful. It just says "labor is established" basically but not "now you're ~5-1-1" or making notes about new patterns-it's not analyzing the data much. I would have preferred a more interactive app for that.
KC2387 • Aug 16, 2024
This app guided me through my pregnancy and labor. It was so helpful. I highly recommend! I had a beautiful home birth.
PNWmama2 • Jul 21, 2024
I had my second baby last week and in the months leading up to her birth, spent a lot of time doing birth meditations in preparation for labor. I also took several of the hypnobirthing classes from The Positive Birth Company (I wish I would have known about this approach during my first pregnancy).

This app is an incredible tool both in my preparation and during the birth of my daughter. It is simple to use and has a really nice layout. I found Siobhan’s voice to be so calming when my contractions were ramping up and having the breath count option really helped me stay in a calm space during labor. This app played a huge role in my peaceful birth experience!
Maddiem99 • Jul 6, 2024
I love this app and the versatility it brings. As a doula, I recommend it to all of my clients.
Imnottellinevernonotever • May 29, 2024
This is one of the main reasons I delivered naturally. It allowed me to not worry about counting and just worry about controlling my breath and visualization. Highly recommend!
lapreal22 • May 11, 2024
I loved this app. But then it stopped letting me add my own custom tracks. I reached out to customer support and they emailed me back and forth to get more information about my phone/os system. But then never resolved or followed up with the issue. App is basically unusable for me now.
KayyKat • May 1, 2024
This app was really great for early labor. The Hypnobirthing was relaxing and meditative. The counter is a statically, pleasing and easy to use once I entered an active labor. It wasn’t much use, but that is to be expected. I would definitely recommend this for the next laboring Mom.
LBGSun • Apr 30, 2024
Hello! I downloaded the app while reading the Hypobirthing book and it mentioned there would be guided meditation scripts for my birthing partner in the app. There aren’t any. This was the whole reason I purchased the app.
StephanieBrHo • Apr 27, 2024
I labored at home using this app, an exercise ball and in my bath. I was complete after an hour with this app guiding me (no doula or midwife or anything else). Second baby and a lot of time learning about unmedicated births. It was especially helpful while my partner was getting us ready to leave the house and getting our daughter settled. I truly cannot recommend it enough. Do not labor without it!!!

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