Parents often rely on multiple tools to track baby activities, monitor health symptoms, access educational resources, and connect with lactation professionals. The goal of this project was to develop a unified digital platform that supports parents throughout pregnancy and postpartum while enabling certified lactation consultants to connect with families more effectively.
Parenting tools are often fragmented, requiring users to switch between multiple apps for baby tracking, health monitoring, educational content, and professional support. The objective was to build a single platform capable of supporting both parents and lactation consultants while maintaining strong privacy and security standards.
- Enabling parents to track activities, growth, and symptoms for multiple babies in one place
- Providing stage-based educational content created by certified lactation consultants
- Incorporating emotional wellness tracking and mental health screening features
- Allowing parents to discover and book appointments with certified lactation consultants
- Enabling providers to manage availability and conduct consultations through the platform
- Supporting administrators in managing providers, users, and educational content
Technology Stack
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Backend
Node.js -
Admin Portal
Angular Web Application -
Mobile
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Database
MongoDB Atlas -
Cloud Infrastructure
AWS ECS with auto-scaling -
Integration
Zoom API, Google Calendar APIs
Virstack developed a mobile platform that integrates baby tracking, lactation education, and professional consultation services into a single application.
Multi-Profile Baby Activity Tracking
Parents can create multiple baby profiles and log activities such as feeding, pumping, sleep, diaper changes, and growth measurements. Growth data can be monitored against pediatric growth charts.
Symptom Tracking and Mental Health Monitoring
The platform allows both baby and parent symptoms to be tracked. Emotional wellness monitoring triggers screening tools when patterns of negative emotional states are detected.
Educational Content Library
Evidence-based articles created by lactation professionals are delivered through a content management system based on the user’s parenting stage.
Provider Discovery and Appointment Booking
Parents can browse certified lactation consultants, view availability, and schedule consultations including virtual, in-office, or home visits.
Provider Practice Management Tools
Approved providers can manage appointment availability, sync external calendars, and conduct virtual consultations through integrated tools.
Secure Record Sharing
Parents can grant providers controlled access to baby activity data, growth charts, and symptom records to support consultations.
Administrative Web Portal
Administrators can manage educational content, approve provider registrations, and oversee platform users.
The platform created a centralized ecosystem for parenting support and lactation consultation.
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A unified platform combining baby tracking, education, and consultation booking
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Early identification support for postpartum mental health through emotional monitoring
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Improved communication through community and notice features
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Improved collaboration between parents and lactation consultants through secure record sharing
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Streamlined provider management with scheduling and virtual consultation tools
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A scalable cloud infrastructure supporting secure and reliable platform performance