The Tenth Journal
The Care Between Appointments: Why We Built Circles
Pregnancy is measured out in appointments. A booking-in visit, a scan, a check-up, another scan. Each one gives you a few minutes with someone who knows what they're talking about, and then you're back to the rest of your week, on your own, with whatever question didn't get asked or didn't have time to be answered.
That gap, the space between appointments, is where most of pregnancy actually happens. It's where the 2am symptom search happens. It's where the "is this normal?" question sits unanswered for days. It's where the loneliest and most uncertain moments tend to live, quietly, because there's rarely anywhere obvious to take them.
We built Circles to sit inside that gap.