Birth pool: the new BabyWish game to bet with friends and family
Waiting for a baby is one of the sweetest waits in life. But it's also a long wait, made of weeks in which friends and family keep asking the same things: “when is the baby due?”, “boy or girl?”, “how much will they weigh?”. Starting today, on BabyWish, that curiosity turns into a game: meet the birth pool, a new free feature to bet — playfully, of course — on your baby's arrival.
What is the BabyWish birth pool
The birth pool is a little game to share with the people who love you: friends, relatives, colleagues, even the grandparents who are most suspicious of phones. Everyone makes their prediction on four things:
- The weight at birth (in grams).
- The gender, if you haven't revealed it yet.
- The day of birth.
- The exact time when the baby will arrive.
When the baby is born, you just enter the real data: BabyWish tallies the points and crowns the winner — whoever came closest. A small digital ceremony, perfect to share in the family group chat the day after birth, when you finally get a minute to breathe.
How it works, step by step
It's designed to be as simple as possible. No account for players, no money, no hassle:
- You activate the birth pool from your BabyWish list with one click.
- You share the link in the family chat, on WhatsApp, wherever you like.
- Each friend enters their prediction (weight, gender, day, time) in less than a minute. Just a name — no sign-up.
- You see every guess in real time in your dashboard: who's rooting for a boy, who swears the baby will arrive in the right week, who's optimistically convinced that “it's coming on the 15th”.
- When the baby is born, you enter the real data and BabyWish automatically picks the winner.
Why you'll love it (and why your friends will too)
It's not just a game: it's a sweet way to keep the people around you involved during those weeks of waiting. Pregnancy can feel endless — especially in the last month — and having friends and family in “active anticipation” with you makes the whole thing feel lighter.
- It creates shared anticipation. Every kick becomes a clue: “baby kicked at night, definitely an early-morning arrival!”.
- It breaks the ice with more reserved relatives: even those who don't know what to gift can still make a guess.
- It becomes a sweet keepsake: the list of predictions, saved next to the real numbers, is a little postcard from the day of birth.
Just for fun: no real betting
One important note: the BabyWish birth pool is just for fun. There's no money on the table, no real stakes, no gambling. It's the classic “let's see who guesses” from family chats, but organized properly, with the scoring done for you. The prize is bragging rights (and, if you like, a pizza on the loser).
It fits perfectly with your baby registry
The pool is a feature of your BabyWish baby registry: the same friends you ask for a gift can also play at guessing. They find everything on the same page, shareable with the same link. One single thing to ask of your loved ones — kinder, more social, simpler.
When should I turn it on?
The ideal moment is around the seventh or eighth month, when you already know the due date and the baby is starting to show a “personality” that fires up everyone's imagination. But you can activate it whenever you like: the earlier you open it, the more guesses you'll collect.
In short
The birth pool turns the curiosity of people asking “so when's the baby coming?” into a real, shared, fun game. Weight, gender, day, time: four predictions that become a small family ritual. It's free, it's part of your BabyWish list, and no account is needed for the people playing. Try it: in those last weeks of waiting, you'll get smiles even before the baby arrives.