You were never meant
to do this alone.
One app that carries you from pregnancy through labor and the early weeks after — so the prep you do now becomes the support that shows up when you can't bring yourself to ask.
One app that carries you from pregnancy through labor and the early weeks after — so the prep you do now becomes the support that shows up when you can't bring yourself to ask.
The part no one prepares you for
During pregnancy you make plans — meals, visitors, who's doing what. Then baby arrives, you're exhausted, and the plans live in scattered text threads. The people who want to help don't know how to.
Cradled gives your village a system. You set it up during pregnancy. It runs itself after birth.
Chapter 1 · Before baby
The conversations and decisions that matter most happen during pregnancy, when you still have bandwidth. Cradled gives them structure so the answers exist when you need them.
Six sections covering everything from pain management to feeding intentions. Build it at your own pace, or with your doula across multiple visits.
Visitors, night shifts, what happens in an emergency. Answer the same questions separately, then see where you agree and where you need to talk — before things move fast.
Invite your people during pregnancy. They learn how you want to be supported before you ever need them — meals, dietary notes, quiet hours, visitor policy.
Chapter 2 · The day itself
You won't be on your phone in active labor. Your partner will. Cradled turns hours of birth class into a structured, in-the-moment companion they can actually use at 3am.
As contractions begin, your partner taps through each stage — early, active, transition, pushing. Each stage tells them what's happening, what to do, what to say, and which comfort techniques to try.
Your affirmations, scents, touch boundaries, the things you don't want to hear. The work you did during pregnancy personalizes everything your partner sees in the moment.
When the care team proposes an intervention, the BRAIN framework and ready-made advocacy phrases are one tap away. So is a contraction timer that quietly shares with your doula.
“Birth partners don't freeze because they don't care. They freeze because no one ever told them what to do. Cradled gives them that script.”
— Kristi Field, registered social worker and certified doula
Chapter 3 · After baby
The decisions you made during pregnancy flow into action. Your village activates. You never have to coordinate. You never have to ask.
One tap. Your village is notified — not you. Meals, errands, childcare, or someone to talk to. The coordination burden never lands on you.
You track how you're really doing across six domains. Your partner gets their own check-in too, because postpartum is harder for partners than anyone talks about.
Your village sees what needs doing and claims slots. No group chats. No duplicated effort. Just people showing up.
Working with a doula or care provider?
Cradled works beautifully on its own. If you're working with a birth worker, they can join your journey — without you having to relay updates.
They log prenatal visits — you see a plain-language summary
They see your check-in trends between appointments
They can co-create your birth plan and a personalised postpartum plan
You control what they see. Connecting with a care provider is always free.
Built by
Kristi Field is a registered social worker with a decade of clinical experience. After her first birth, she found herself overwhelmed and silently battling postpartum depression — the same experience she'd spent years helping other families through.
She became a certified doula to change that, and has since supported dozens of families from pregnancy through the early weeks. The gap she kept seeing wasn't a lack of love — it was a lack of system.
So she built one. With her husband Ian. Cradled is the app they wish they'd had.
Ian Field
Husband · Co-creator
“Kristi was such a calming presence during labour and delivery — turning what would have been an overwhelming time into a positive experience.”
Pricing
Daily check-ins, your birth plan, and village coordination are always free — and your partner joins at no cost.
Free
For getting started
Village
$6.99/mo or $39.99/yr ($3.33/mo)
You can subscribe inside the app, any time. One subscription covers mom + partner.
Any point in pregnancy. The earlier you build your birth plan and align with your partner, the more prepared you'll be — but starting in the third trimester still gives you time to set up your village before baby arrives.
No. Cradled works fully on its own — you, your partner, and your village. If you are working with a doula or other care provider, they can connect to your account for extra visibility. But the core experience doesn't require one.
Yes — your partner gets their own experience. During pregnancy: alignment tool, prenatal check-in, and birth day readiness. After birth: daily check-in and a clear view of what the village is handling. Partners are always free.
Cradled is built for you too. The partner features are simply hidden — you get the full village experience without any awkward empty states.
Completely. You control exactly who sees what. Your partner and care provider only see what you choose to share — and you can change those settings any time.
You or your partner log the birth — just a date and an optional village announcement. The app shifts from prenatal to postpartum. Your village activates. You never have to coordinate anything.
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