A local couple from Strasburg, Nicole and Grant Holden, have developed a new app called OurBirth to provide personalized support to women during labor. The app's main aim is to reduce medical interventions during childbirth and increase positive birth experiences. Research has shown that continuous labor support can lead to better birth outcomes such as shorter labor and fewer medical interventions.

OurBirth offers active labor support for labor, providing personalized reminders, coping mechanisms and educational resources for women during their labor process. The app includes features such as reminders to eat, drink and go to the bathroom, along with customization for digital birth preferences that can be easily shared with medical and support teams.

In addition, OurBirth offers a website, http://www.ourbirth.app, which provides educational materials about pregnancy, postpartum, labor and parenting to provide support throughout all stages of the pregnancy and parenthood journey.

The app is currently in its final stages of development and will retail for a set price upon release. However, the app is available now for early use by beta testers for free. To get early access or more information, email admin@ourbirth.app.

OurBirth is also seeking mothers who are willing to share their positive birth stories online to help frame the idea of birth more positively for pregnant mothers everywhere. Anyone who would like to share her story can contact OurBirth at the previously mentioned email address. The goal is to empower individuals to make more informed decisions during childbirth and to soften the sterile hospital environment that many women experience during labor.