Mercy Baby App
Mercy’s free baby app offers anytime, anywhere parent education powered by YoMingo, an education program designed to give you convenient access to valuable information, tools and support at every stage, such as:
- Evidence-based information on prenatal care; labor and birth; postpartum; breastfeeding; and newborn care, including lots of videos.
- Information specific to your arrival and stay at Mercy Birthplace and NICU.
- Classes and groups.
- A kick counter, contraction timer, personal journal, feeding log, immunization log and other tools.
Learn about childbirth, newborn care and more – right from your phone, tablet or desktop computer! The smartphone app is also available in 15 languages and includes a read-to-me option.
Content
Milestones:
- conception
- month by month development
Prenatal Care:
- importance of prenatal care
- changes to expect
- prenatal testing
- diseases and infections
- vaccines
- high-risk pregnancy
- baby’s monthly growth
- taking care of yourself
- feelings and emotions
- healthy eating
- exercise
Labor & Birth:
- birth stories
- choosing care for yourself and your baby
- prenatal education
- labor support
- comfort measures during labor
- understanding labor and birth
- labor pain, signs and management
- pain medicine during labor
- labor guide
- stages of birth
- Cesarean birth
- the miracle of birth
- what baby will look like
- hospital packing list
Postpartum:
- physical changes after birth
- self-care
- emotional changes
- bonding with your partner
Newborn Care:
- newborn procedures
- basic care
- newborn senses
- fussy baby
- developmental milestones
- becoming a new family
- family and your newborn
- baby gear
- safety
Breastfeeding:
- about breastfeeding
- how breast milk is made
- feeding your newborn
- breastfeeding positions
- latch
- getting enough to eat
- newborn feeding patterns
- breast care
- breastfeeding questions
- collecting and storing breastmilk
- working and breastfeeding
Languages
- English
- Arabic
- Chinese (simplified)
- Chinese (traditional)
- French
- German
- Haitian Creole
- Hindi
- Hmong
- Italian
- Korean
- Nepali
- Russian
- Somali
- Spanish
- Vietnamese
Get Started
Step 1: Complete this registration form to sign up. You’ll receive an email confirmation upon registration.
Step 2: Download the app by searching for “myYoMingo” in Google Play or the Apple App Store.
Step 3: Enter your username (your email address) and the default password that was included in the email.
Please note: Mercy Birthplace & NICU will receive the information you enter on this form. By providing your email address, you agree to receive emails from Mercy. Your healthcare treatment and services are not conditioned upon your consent to receive emails. You can opt out of receiving emails from Mercy by clicking unsubscribe at the bottom of email messages or by contacting Mercy Marketing at 319-398-6086 or Mercy Medical Center - Attention: Marketing, 701 10th Street SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52403.
ONLY available from Mercy Birthplace & NICU!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Birthplace at birthplace@mercycare.org or (319) 398-6344.
