Momlog: Auditory Exercises for New Moms With BabyPlus
What can you give to an expectant mom for Mother's Day? How about a device that lets you interact with your baby before it's born? The BabyPlus is a device designed to create sounds that resemble a mother's heartbeat. Think of it as a sort of auditory exercise for your unborn child. Simply insert the unit inside the fabric pouch, place it on your abdomen, and fasten it around your waist like a fanny pack. Its "sonic pattern introduces your child to a sequential learning process, built upon the natural rhythms of their own environment." You can start to use BabyPlus anytime between 18 and 32 weeks of pregnancy, for one hour twice a day.

The spoken word and music are too difficult for an unborn child to understand. After 20 years of research, BabyPlus developer Dr. Brent Logan found that a prenatal child "recognizes the maternal heartbeat and can learn to differentiate progressively altered versions of that sound."