“I soon realized, the most-downloaded pregnancy apps bear a closer resemblance to the political disinformation I research than a reliable medical resource for parents-to-be.”
following me around the internet. But once I got pregnant, going through that anonymity wringer every time I had a question became burdensome. So I caved, and accepted that the ads I saw would no longer depict luxury handbags and exotic vacations I couldn’t afford, but eco-friendly cribs and organic onesies I probably didn’t need. I assumed that would be the worst of the internet’s offenses.
From the very first interaction with one of these apps—usually a sign-up screen—it’s clear they don’t exist solely to help users through pregnancy. Begrudgingly, I provided my email address to each app. I checked the box acknowledging that the app developers might share my information with partners—otherwise, no app for me!—but the immediacy with which it happened was staggering. Within minutes, I had a health newsletter from WebMD in my inbox.
Of all the troubling suggestions made in the apps I visited, cord blood banking was perhaps the most nefarious, as Jennifer Gunter, a Bay Area–based ob-gyn and author of, points out. Gunter cautions her patients to avoid any online medical information that is attempting to sell them health-related products, whether in the form of cleverly disguised advertisements or more blatant sponsored content.
We are a means to an end—a home for a growing baby; a caring, anxious, overjoyed bank account to be advertised to and manipulated.
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