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WanderBirth

Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum — Idaho subpoenaed Flo in 2024, 36% maternity care deserts, US 32.9/100K maternal mortality (worst high-income country), 84% preventable.

Health & Wellness
ReplacesThe Bump / BabyCenter (data harvesting, sold to insurers) / Flo (subpoenaed by Idaho 2024)
Open-source baseNone

In 2024, Idaho prosecutors subpoenaed Flo Health for user data related to a criminal abortion investigation — the first documented use of a pregnancy app's data in a post-Dobbs prosecution. The Bump and BabyCenter are data harvesting operations that sell reproductive health information to insurers, employers, and data brokers. 36% of US counties are maternity care deserts with no OB or midwife. The US maternal mortality rate is 32.9 per 100,000 live births — the worst of any high-income country, 3x the UK rate. 84% of maternal deaths are preventable according to CDC analysis. Black women die at 2.6x the rate of white women. Postpartum depression affects 1 in 5 people and is routinely dismissed, undertreated, or misdiagnosed. The Flo subpoena changed the threat model for every pregnancy app: local-first storage is not a feature, it is the minimum viable security architecture. WanderBirth is local-first by design with post-Dobbs subpoena resistance built in from day one.

  • Local-first: all pregnancy data on your device — Idaho subpoenaed Flo in 2024, this is the threat model
  • Post-Dobbs data protection: what to say and not say in hostile states, how to refuse digital documentation
  • Midwife + doula finder: affirming, vetted, cost-transparent — 36% of counties are maternity care deserts
  • Birth center vs. hospital comparison: C-section rates, VBAC support, LGBTQ+ welcoming
  • Home birth safety + legality by state: CPM licensing, what's legal where
  • Birth plan vault: travels with you, accessible by care team with your explicit permission
  • US maternal mortality: 32.9/100K (worst high-income), 84% preventable — birth plan is a safety document
  • Postpartum mental health: 1 in 5 affected, routinely dismissed — screening, provider referral, crisis support
  • Infant + pregnancy loss grief: miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR, SIDS — specific communities, not generic
  • WanderAccess integration: abortion care in the same privacy-protected environment
Hand-assembled

Built by supported employment workers — people with intellectual disabilities, autism, and physical disabilities — through WWP's fulfillment program. Every product ships with a Built By card. Competitive wage, never 14(c) subminimum.

Repair & refurb

Send it back. Prepaid label. Component-level repair, module upgrades, firmware updates. 7-year spare parts guarantee. Donate on return — refurbished hardware goes to shelter and community partners. GPL firmware: the device works even if WanderVerse shuts down.

No hardware subscription — ever

BMW charged $18/mo for heated seats already in your car. GM locked remote start. Eero charges for VPN on hardware that could run it free. We don't do that. You bought it, you own it — every feature works forever, no subscription required. WanderAssist ($9/mo optional) is a convenience layer, never a gate. Safety features are never paywalled.

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