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Every Babylytics feature, explained

A reference covering every feature by life stage. Print to PDF with the button above for an offline copy.

1.Getting started

Babylytics handles three life stages on one platform: cycle (planning before pregnancy), pregnancy, and baby. You can run profiles for each separately and they transition smoothly when the time comes.

Create your first profile

From "My profiles", tap "Add profile" and pick the stage that fits — Cycle, Pregnancy, or Baby. Each stage shows a different sidebar tuned to what you actually need at that point.

Caregivers + roles

Invite a partner, doctor, nurse, or pharmacy by email. Each role sees a different slice of the data — partners see a curated summary (no raw symptom logs), doctors see the medical record, pharmacies see only medications.

Where: Profile → Caregivers

Switching profiles

The profile picker at the top of the sidebar lets you jump between profiles instantly. The sidebar refreshes to show the right pages for the active profile's stage.

2.Cycle (planning) features

For tracking your cycle, planning a pregnancy, or just understanding your body better.

Cycle calendar + prediction

Log periods, see fertile windows + predicted ovulation, track cycle length over time.

Where: Cycle → Cycle calendar

Energy forecast + 25+ daily ideas

Reads your phase + cycle mode + Egyptian/MENA context, surfaces a "today's read" and a phase-tuned suggestion.

BBT + vital signs

Basal body temperature, BP, blood sugar — all useful for fertility + general health tracking. Auto-converts F → C and lb → kg on import.

Personal pattern engine

After a few cycles, spots patterns in your data and drafts ready-to-send questions for your OB-GYN.

Partner mode

Invite a partner with the "Partner" role — they see a curated summary (current phase, days to next period, how to support) without your symptom logs.

Ramadan + cultural awareness

During Ramadan, suggestions and nutrition tips shift to suhoor + iftar guidance.

3.Pregnancy features

Through the 40 weeks. Risk-aware, week-by-week guided.

Pregnancy dashboard

Gestational age, trimester, weight gain band (IOM-based), latest BP / glucose / fetal heart rate, week-by-week "baby is the size of…"

Risk-pattern detection (ACOG / ADA)

Reads your tracked BP / glucose / weight / kicks and surfaces signals when patterns match published thresholds — preeclampsia screening, gestational diabetes screening, sudden weight gain, low fetal movement. Screening, not diagnosis.

Where: Pregnancy overview · top of page when active

Kick counter + maternal vitals

Tap-to-count fetal movements with the standard "10 in 2 hours" rule. BP / glucose / weight all log from one place.

Prenatal visits + ultrasound OCR

Upload a scan PDF or photo and Babylytics extracts gestational age, EFW, biometry, summary fields automatically.

Partner mode (pregnancy)

Curated view for your partner: gestational age, trimester, days to EDD, "how to support this trimester" copy. Never sees your symptom logs.

Pumping log (postpartum)

Appears once you've marked the baby as born. Track sessions: side, volume, duration, location.

4.Baby features

Daily care + intelligence layer. Logging plus prediction.

Daily logs

Feedings (with food name + symptoms), stool, sleep sessions, temperature, vaccinations, medications, measurements — all in one place with the right form for each.

Tonight's outlook

When asleep: predicted next wake (median nap duration). When awake: optimal next-nap window using age-banded wake windows from Polly Moore + Weissbluth research.

Where: Baby overview · top of page

Sleep regression detection

Flags ≥30% week-over-week drops in total sleep — catches the famous 4-month, 8-month, 12-month regressions.

Pattern alerts

Overtired pattern (short naps + frequent wakings → counter-intuitive earlier bedtime helps). Growth spurt (feed count up ≥30% week-over-week → feed on demand).

Risk signals (AAP / NICE)

Fever rules tuned to age — any fever under 3 months is treated as urgent per AAP/NICE. High fever, persistent fever, vomiting frequency, red-flag vomiting (projectile / bilious / blood) all flagged separately.

Pumping log

Sessions with side / volume / duration. Quick-log mode (full session) or Start now mode (open session you stop later).

Where: Baby → Care → Pumping log

5.AI companion

Available on every stage. Strict no-medical-advice rails.

Two modes: explain / draft

Explain a reading you logged (plain language + reference range + cite the guideline). Or draft a precise question for your next visit (cycle: OB-GYN, pregnancy: OB-GYN, baby: pediatrician).

Reads only your data

The AI sees only the structured snapshot the server sends — recent BP, glucose, weight, symptoms, etc. Never invents numbers. Never gives treatment recommendations.

5 calls / day / user

Rate-limited across all stages combined to keep API costs predictable.

6.Mental health check-in (EPDS + PHQ-2)

Self-screening at the right windows. Private to you only — partners and other caregivers never see results.

When prompts appear

1st-trimester PHQ-2 baseline · 3rd-trimester EPDS at ~32 weeks · postpartum EPDS at 2 weeks / 6 weeks / 3 months / 6 months. Cools down 21 days after any submission.

Crisis path

If your score is high or item 10 (self-harm thoughts) is non-zero, the result panel surfaces Egypt-specific crisis resources (Mental Health Hotline 0800-2000-200, Ambulance 123, nearest emergency room) and recommends contacting your doctor that day.

Privacy

Three-layer enforcement: row-level security (only your screenings, even other caregivers can't see them), partner-deny restrictive policy, server-side validation on insert. Never shared.

7.Smart nutrition (Egyptian-tuned)

Stage-aware tips drawn from Egyptian / MENA cuisine. Not generic "eat healthy" — actual dishes with their nutritional rationale.

How tips are picked

Each tip carries stage scope (cycle / pregnancy / baby), trimester or age-band filter, addresses-tag (iron / folate / calcium / etc.), and Ramadan flags. Engine ranks by weight × random × Ramadan boost × lab-deficiency boost.

Lab-deficiency boost

When you upload labs that flag a low value (Hgb, Ferritin, Vit D, etc.), tips that address that nutrient up-rank with a "For your labs" badge.

During Ramadan

Suhoor + iftar tips boost. Tips that don't make sense during fasting hide.

8.Community forum

Talk to other women in the same stage — by name or anonymously per post.

Stage-categorised

Cycle (general / PCOS / TTC / postpartum return), pregnancy (each trimester + birth), baby (newborn / older / toddler / sleep / feeding), general open chat.

Anonymous handles

Per-post toggle. When anonymous, you appear as a deterministic pseudonym (e.g. "BraveOwl42") that's consistent across the whole forum.

Reactions, follow, search

React with ❤️ 🤗 ✋ 🙏. Follow a thread to get reply pings even if you didn't post in it. Full-text search works for both English and Arabic queries.

Notification modes

In Preferences: instant (one ping per reply), daily digest (one summary per day), or off.

Moderation

Report any post for spam, harassment, medical misinformation, or other reasons. Admins review and can soft-delete.

9.Imports + uploads

Bring history in from anywhere — whether it lives on your phone, in a spreadsheet, or as PDFs / scans.

Apple Health import

Drop your export.zip — Babylytics parses it locally in your browser and lets you choose categories: cycle history, weight, BBT, sleep, BP, glucose. Re-importing the same file is a no-op.

Where: Profile → Records → Import

Bulk CSV import

Paste or upload CSV for any tabular category. Categories shown depend on the profile's stage.

Where: Profile → Records → Bulk import

Bulk file upload

Drag up to 50 PDFs / scan images at once. Each file's kind is auto-guessed from the filename and overridable per-file.

OCR Smart Scan

Single-file flow that uploads + auto-extracts content from prescriptions, labs, ultrasounds, reports. Sets up structured data you can review and confirm.

10.Privacy + data

How your data is protected and what we don't do with it.

Data isolation

Postgres row-level security ensures every query is scoped to your account. Other users — even other caregivers on the same baby — only see what you explicitly grant.

Partner mode lockdown

When you give someone the partner role, sensitive tables (cycle logs, symptoms, BP, glucose, sleep, kick counts, ultrasound notes, mental health) are blocked at the database level — not just hidden in the UI.

No data selling

Babylytics does not sell or share your data with advertisers. AI calls go to Anthropic with no training opt-in.

Account deletion

Contact support to request full deletion. Cascade removes everything — babies, logs, photos, messages, forum posts.

This guide is not medical advice. Every health alert in the app ends with "talk to your doctor" — for good reason.
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