Meet Arlo

• Baby Saves

• 10.16.25

“We began using Count the Kicks during my last trimester as suggested by our OB/GYN, and I’m so thankful that we did. Our doctor suggested that we count kicks every day during the third trimester to make sure everything was OK with the baby and Count the Kicks was the first app that popped up that looked easy to use and helpful!

I used the app almost every day during the last three months to monitor his kicks. One important feature in the app — and something I hadn’t been taught to monitor elsewhere — was the strength feature, which prompted me to rate the intensity of Arlo’s movements after each tracking session. Arlo was a strong kicker in my belly every single day since I first began feeling him.

Only three days prior to Arlo’s due date, I was sensing something was off. Using the app, my husband and I recorded the session in the early morning and we noticed something was very different. It took longer between kicks and even though he reached the number of kicks in a similar time, Arlo’s movements were definitely not as strong as usual. Since the app recorded and saved all of our past sessions, it was easy to see that there was something wrong when we compared the last session. After seeing the difference between this session and our past ones, we immediately called the hospital and rushed over. 

Once arriving at the hospital, I was able to show my provider the difference in movement and it alerted them to fully investigate. My medical team determined that Arlo was having some complications. The umbilical cord had wrapped around Arlo’s neck and it would tighten when he tried to move so it would be safest for the baby to have an emergency cesarean section. Arlo was born healthy, and incredibly happy. He’s been our super active little sunshine guy ever since.

I would advise other moms to trust your intuition. You know you and your baby so don’t worry about bothering the medical providers because you’d rather be safe than sorry. If it wouldn’t have been for counting and recording kicks, I don’t know how it would have gone but I’m so grateful for everything that went right that day.” -Celine O., Arlo’s Mom