Bloom — pregnancy & baby tracking app case study · Karine
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From bump to first steps, all in one calm place

A pregnancy and baby-tracking app spanning onboarding, week-by-week pregnancy guidance, appointments, baby tracking against WHO growth standards, mom recovery, a family plan, and an AI assistant — 90+ screens designed as one connected system rather than a loose bundle of trackers.

Year
2024
Platform
iOS
Role
UI/UX Designer

( 01 ) The brief

A brand-new app, built from a blank canvas — pregnancy and the first year, held in one calm place.

90

screens, one connected system

Pregnancy and the first year of a baby's life each come with their own scattered tools. Bloom had to hold both without feeling like two apps stitched together.

Bloom welcome screen: from bump to first steps, all in one calm place
Welcome back: sign-in screen with saved email and password
Vitamins and meds: today's checklist for prenatal multivitamin, folic acid, iron and vitamin D
Baby names: swipeable name-picker with a match found with partner
Move gently: trimester-specific exercise guidance with a prenatal yoga video
  1. Week-by-week pregnancy content lived in generic articles, not tied to kicks, contractions or symptoms actually logged
  2. Appointments had no memory of what to ask, so the same questions got re-thought every visit
  3. Growth tracking against WHO percentiles needed a chart, not just a number, to mean anything
  4. Postpartum mood and recovery were treated as an afterthought, not a first-class part of the journey
  5. Partners and caregivers had no shared view — everything lived on one person's phone
  6. Free vs. paid features needed to be legible without the app feeling like a constant upsell

( 02 ) Objective

One calm home that carries a family from the first missed period through the toddler years.

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Flows designed end to end — onboarding, pregnancy, birth, baby tracking, subscription, profile, recovery, and more — as one system, not separate features.

2 modes

Every core screen has a pregnancy-stage version and a baby-stage version, so the app's identity carries through instead of resetting at birth.

1 tap

The moments that matter under stress — logging a kick, timing a contraction, finding a hospital — stay one tap from the home tab.

( 03 ) Solution

A week-aware home tab, tools that stay one tap away, and growth you can actually read.

  • Week-by-week home tab

    Progress ring, baby-size comparison, trimester progress and the next appointment, all on one card that updates itself as the pregnancy progresses.

  • Kick counter, contractions & symptom log

    The three tools used under time pressure sit in "Your tools" on the home tab, one tap away, with mood and free-text notes for anything else.

  • Appointments with saved questions

    Each visit carries its own date, clinic and a running list of questions to ask — so nothing gets forgotten between the couch and the exam room.

  • Growth vs. WHO standards

    Weight and length are plotted against the WHO percentile bands, with a plain-language status (On track / Watch / Talk to doctor) instead of a raw number.

  • Hospital & caregiver lookup

    Nearby maternity centres with live status, plus a caregiver-sharing flow so a partner can log and view without owning the account.

Good morning, Anna: week 24 home tab with progress ring, tools and next appointment
Growth check: weight below the 2nd percentile flagged as worth a chat with your doctor
Kick history: weekly kick-count chart and session log

( 04 ) Sitemap

Thirteen sections, 94 screens — organised by the family's stage, not by feature.

Pulled straight from the Figma page structure below: the IA is grouped chronologically (onboarding → pregnancy → birth → baby → toddler) with subscription, profile and settings running alongside as a constant layer.

  1. Tab bar — Today, Journey, Growth, Me, plus a centre "+" quick-log that reaches every tracker without leaving the tab
  2. Two parallel tracks — every "Today" and tool screen has a pregnancy version and a baby version, so switching stage doesn't mean re-learning the app

( 06 ) High-fidelity screens

My children: family list with Mila and Leo, add a child or new pregnancy
Units & language settings: metric and Celsius selected, English, Armenian and Russian language options
Doctor report: growth, feeding, sleep and notes for Mila 0 to 3 weeks, export PDF or share with doctor
Privacy and data: Face ID lock, Apple Health sharing, download or delete account data
Help centre: search help articles, popular questions, chat and email support
Delete account confirmation: lists child profiles, photos and caregiver access that will be removed
Growth check: weight below the 2nd percentile flagged as worth a chat with your doctor
New measurement form: weight value flagged as too high with a suggested correction
Your journey timeline, second trimester, week 24 highlighted as size of an ear of corn
Week 24 detail: size of an ear of corn with length, weight and developing systems
Kick history: weekly kick-count chart with average time to 10 kicks and session log
Blood pressure tracker: latest reading, weekly trend chart and history with pulse
Bump journal: weekly pregnancy photos from week 12 through week 24
Birth plan: pain relief preferences, after-birth choices, birth partner and environment
Baby names: swipeable name picker with a match found with partner
Is it safe: food safety checker for fish, cheese, drinks and meat during pregnancy
Move gently: trimester-specific exercise guidance with a prenatal yoga video
Mood check-in: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale style question with answer options
New note: symptom note with tags and an optional reminder
Article: sleeping comfortably in the second trimester, midwife-reviewed guidance
Baby names: swipeable name-picker, a match found with partner on Ani
Growth chart: weight tracked against WHO percentile bands over time
Journal: milestone entries with photos, firsts and health notes
Birth plan: pain relief and after-birth preferences, 5 of 8 sections done
Blood pressure: latest reading with a 7-day trend chart and history
Postpartum mood check-in based on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Compare plans: Free, Plus and Family feature comparison table
Me screen: profile, subscription, caregivers, reminders and settings

( 07 ) Foundations — light mode

Fraunces for display, DM Sans for UI, on a warm sage-and-blush palette.

Bloom light mode colour tokens: backgrounds, text, action, status and chart colours
Bloom type scale: Fraunces for display, DM Sans for UI, from Display/Large to Label/Overline
Bloom spacing scale (2–48) and radius tokens from xs to full

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