Introducing the NEW offline data protection feature

Hi Everyone!We would like to make an announcement that we are releasing a new feature that enables our users to further protect their health data. The Offline Data Protection feature lets a user store her important health data (e.g. period data, health logs, etc) locally onto her device. These health data will be permanently deleted from Glow’s servers and she will be the only person with access to these health data and no one else. We view it as truly 'your data, your choice.'The Offline Data Protection feature is now on the Eve, Glow, and Nurture app (both iOS & Android). Our number one goal is to build the best products for our users and we will continue to protect our users' privacy and personal health information. Please don't hesitate and contact us if you have any questions or feedback!

New Glow homepage is coming!

Hi Everyone!Since we began our journey in 2013, we’ve relentlessly strived to give our users the best product experiences possible. We are extremely proud that we have successfully helped over 1.6 million users become pregnant! Throughout the years, we’ve focused on designing the best product experience for our users. We’ve learned that fully understanding one’s reproductive health is not an easy task. The users have to navigate through layers of personalized information, health metrics, and they have to understand them thoroughly in order to decide how to best achieve their reproductive goals. We also know that the app can become cumbersome to navigate as more features are added over the years. So to reduce the complexity, we are excited to announce the release of a brand new homepage, which is designed to make the navigation experience and information consumption easier for everyone. This new update will be rolling out next week, and we hope to hear your feedback so we can continue to improve the product experience for all of you.  Here's a sneak peek of changes coming your way:

🗳️ Vote for the Glow sister app Eve for the Glamour Wellness Awards!!!

Hi Glow Fam!We just received a notification from Glamour Magazine that our little sister app Eve just received a nomination for the BEST FERTILITY TRACKER in 2022!! We certainly agree that it's well-deserved but we need your help to win it!! Here's how you can help:1. Go [HERE] to enter the Glamour Power List2. Scroll down to section 14 under  "Best Fertility Tracker" and select Eve app!3. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, and CONFIRM YOUR VOTE!THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT! And let's continue to GROW our amazing community!!!

Have you seen Glow’s baby car seat helper?

Hi Glow Mamas!We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and great start to your New Year! As many of you may have noticed, we recently launched a baby car seat helper. This will help you parents choose the ideal baby car seat for your little one. In case you haven't tried it…Here's the link to The Glow Car Seat Helper!We also would love to get some feedback from you. Would you mind commenting below on if you like The Glow Car Seat Helper or if it is beneficial? If not, what is missing and how can we make it better and more useful for our Glow mamas?

🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR & WELCOME TO 2022!!! 🥳

HI GLOWFRIENDS! Can you believe we're almost done with 2021? Are you looking forward to a brand new start in 2022? We sure are! And we'd love to see what YOU are looking forward to in 2022 as well! To start -- We look forward to GROWING this AMAZING Glow Community together and helping millions more women!And so, we thought it'd be fun to do a little Glow Premium Giveaway to kick this year off on a high note!Here's how the giveaway will work:✅ Share the one thing you MOST look forward to in 2022 in the comments below✅ Add your Twitter or Instagram handle next to your comment ✅ Glow will post the top 3 comments that received 10+ upvotes on our official account and we will tag you on the social networkThe post that gets the most likes or retweets will win 1 YEAR OF GLOW PREMIUM FOR FREE! (We will do a count by end of the week next week) ==============================And of course, if you haven't already. Please follow us on these social networks and help spread the word about our amazing Glow Community!Instagram: @GlowHQTwitter: @GlowHQFacebook: @Glow==============================UPDATE: The winner of the 1 YEAR GLOW PREMIUM is @JESS_SHAFER with the MOST LIKES generated on Instagram!

Glow’s kick counter & contraction timer are ready for you!

Dear Glow moms, we are very excited to introduce two new tools to support your pregnancy - our kick counter and contraction timer! You can access them from the homepage once you’ve upgraded to the latest version of the Nurture app. You can easily track your baby’s kicks and movements every day to understand your baby's patterns. And when you’re close to your due date, you can also use the contraction timer to track both duration and interval of your contractions. All good things to know as you go into labor or determine when to go to the hospital or call your midwife!Upgrade to the latest version of the Nurture app to access these new tools. Here’s to a happy and healthy pregnancy!

Moderating posts related to vaccines and mask-wearing

As a women’s health platform, Glow strives to help and support you in your health, no matter what your reproductive health or family planning goals may be. With this in mind, we believe in the importance of staying up to date with current World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control recommendations and guidelines. As new information and data emerge, WHO and CDC recommendations may change over time. Currently, both WHO and CDC recommend practicing social distancing, staying home as much as possible, frequent hand washing, and wearing a mask in public. Staying up to date on vaccinations, including the annual flu shot, is also recommended for everyone without medical exemptions. To efficiently reduce confusion and promote healthy habits within our Community, comments and posts going against WHO and CDC recommendations regarding the use of masks and vaccinations will be deleted without comment. We thank you for your understanding and support!

Healthline award announcement

Hi everyone-A quick interruption to your August doldrums. We have exciting news to share! Glow has just been selected by Healthline as one of their best apps of 2020 for breastfeeding. We’re honored that our support for new parents is being recognized. While not everyone breastfeeds (for multiple good reasons), those who have know that it is one of the hardest things a new mom encounters. We created the Glow Baby app (iOS,  Android) with this in mind, providing easy-to-use tools for new parents to tracking feedings, pumping sessions, and so much more. And we’re so proud that our pregnancy app, Glow Nurture (iOS,  Android), helps new moms track their own postpartum health, because a healthy mama means a healthier baby. Check them out, and tell a friend!Stay healthy and mask up,The Glow Team

Small Change to Social Media Sharing Rules

Hi Everyone! We've made a small change to the Community Rules. You are now allowed to share your social media information in the Community. Please keep in mind to stay safe while doing so (only share accounts that you don't mind being made public).Please note that you are still not allowed to promote personal businesses or products, or ask for donations, no matter how worthy the cause is. Also, please remember that this is not a dating app, and all attempts at sexual solicitation will be deleted and you will be issued with a warning or permanently suspended.

We’re proud to be partnering with Apple to bring even more Glow Baby functionality to new parents!

In case you missed it, earlier this week, Apple announced at their big annual WWDC meeting that we have partnered with Apple to bring new features to Glow Baby, just for the Apple Watch! We’re so excited to be able to make Glow Baby information even easier to access on the Apple Watch--check out the image below to get a sense for what’s to come in the fall. Can’t wait to share our Glow Baby complications on Apple Watch!(See the official press release here for more details.)

Silence Is Not An Option

We cannot stand by in silence. We believe #blacklivesmatter and will #amplifymelanatedvoices. And we are so saddened by the events from the last few days, but we are even more saddened by the pain that African Americans have been experiencing in the past *hundreds* of years. We urge you to educate and inform yourself and others. Here are just a few of many invaluable resources that inform, that fund and that are continuing to break the silence.In fierce solidarity,The Glow teamLearn:The 13th (available on Netflix)www.rachelcargle.com www.theconsciouskid.orgwww.antiracismforbeginners.comDonate:www.naacpldf.org www.blacklivesmatter.com Break the Silence:www.colorofchange.orgwww.change.org #JusticeforFloyd#IRunWithMaud

Questions about COVID 19 for a medical adviser.

Hi Glow/Eve Community. We have the opportunity to interview a medical adviser. And we would like your input. What would you like to know about COVID 19? Please post you questions in the comments.

New 'Product Recommendation' Feature!

Hi Everyone!We're revamping what was once 'Essentials' and introducing the new and improved 'Recommend' feature. This update will be slowly rolled out over the next few days!In this 'Recommend' tab, you'll be able to recommend products you've used and enjoyed to your fellow Community users who are looking for advice about what to buy. Or, if you're wondering what the best brand or item is for a particular need you have, you can use the 'Recommend' tab to ask for suggestions or reviews!When you recommend a product in the new feature, you'll be able to link directly to the product, so that it's easy for the user to find exactly the item you're talking about! Likewise, if someone recommends something to you, you'll be able to follow a link to the item on Amazon or through Google, for ease of purchase or bookmarking on your device.Just a quick admin note about personal business promotion rules: These are still in effect. We ask that you use the Recommend feature to recommend third-party products only. Spamming questions with links to your personal business products will still fall under the Community rules against both spamming and personal business promotion. The new 'Recommend' tab will be similar to how you use the Product Recommendations Group in the Community today.We hope you enjoy the new feature!

New to Glow? How did you hear about us?

Hi Everyone!There's been an influx of new people to our platform this week - YAY! WELCOME! And we here at Glow were wondering how you first heard about our little app? Was it a particular social media post? Did you see us advertised somewhere? Let us know if you can pinpoint what you saw that made you want to give us a try!Thanks!

Community Ads

Hey Everyone,You may remember the post we did a while ago announcing ads would be coming to the Community. We're going to be launching two ads in the near future, so keep an eye out for those. I know no one necessarily enjoys ads, but they're something that will be good in the long run for the Community - ads mean money for the Community, which we can then use to pay our admins and work on new features.So if you see them, don't be surprised. We'd also really like to hear your feedback on what you think and what we can improve. One of the ads is now live. If you'd like to check it out so you know what they'll look like, you can see it here: https://glowing.com/community/topic/72057594042418520

Posts about Suicide and Self-harm

It saddens us greatly to see members of our community hurting. However, based on medical research, we have a policy of removing any and all posts that mention suicide, self-harm and other such behavior. Instead, we at Glow reach out to them privately to offer help and resources. The reason we delete such posts is two-fold: 1. We want to protect the poster from any unsupportive replies. (I know this would never happen here, but in other communities, I have seen comments such as "Just do it! Kill yourself already!") 2. Suicide/self-harm are catching. Social evidence has shown that suicide serves as a model, in the absence of protective factors, for the next suicide. This is referred to as suicide contagion. They occasionally spread through a school system, through a community, or in terms of a celebrity suicide wave, nationally. If you see a post about suicide or self-harm please report it immediately. Thank you very much. The Glow Team Here is an article about Suicide Contagion in case anyone wants to learn more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/upshot/the-science-behind-suicide-contagion.html?_r=0      

Need help?

 For individual problems about your app - such as crashes or your period showing up on the wrong day - please contact our support team here.  If you have a question about how to use the app, check out our FAQs here.  Thank you!