How we write and check what we publish

Articles on proba.baby carry the byline ProbaBaby editorial. Behind it is the parent who builds the ProbaBaby app, working with AI writing tools. The editor sets what we write about and which sources count, decides what is published and answers for it. The editor is not a doctor, midwife or nurse.

We never invent authors or reviewers. When a clinician reviews a page, their real name, their qualification and the date of the review appear on that page.

Most of our text is drafted with AI writing tools. We tell you because you should know how a page was made.

A draft is not a source. Every health statement in it has to trace back to a source listed on the page. Facts about the ProbaBaby app come from one fact sheet that is checked against the released app. Automated checks catch broken internal links and claims about the app that the fact sheet rules out.

We write Turkish pages in Turkish, for Turkish readers, instead of translating English pages word for word.

We base health information on guidance from public health bodies and professional societies, and on peer-reviewed research. The sources we use most often:

• World Health Organization (WHO)
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• NHS, the UK's National Health Service
• Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Health (T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı)
• Peer-reviewed studies, each cited on the page that uses it

Where countries' guidance differs, we say so, and we ask you to follow your own care team. We don't use forums, social media or other apps' blogs as evidence for a health claim. Health articles list their sources at the end of the page.

How much checking a page gets depends on what could go wrong if it were wrong.

1. 01

   Calculators and data tables

   The math follows a published method, such as Naegele's rule for due dates or the WHO's BMI categories. Before a calculator goes live, its results must match worked examples from that source. Each one lists its sources and says plainly that it is not a diagnosis — and that cycle tools are not contraception.

2. 02

   Guides and articles

   A person reads each guide in full, checking it against its sources, before we let search engines index it. For long lists built from data, such as baby names, a person reads a sample of the entries. Turkish pages are always read in full.

3. 03

   Health pages that need a clinician

   Some topics cost more if we get them wrong: the first weeks of pregnancy and early scans, tests and test results, vaccines month by month, food safety, screening for postnatal depression, recovery after birth, and timing when trying to conceive. These pages stay unpublished until a licensed clinician has reviewed and signed them. The page then shows the reviewer's name, qualification and the review date.

This policy took effect on 10 October 2026. Pages published before then were written before it, and not all of them meet it yet.

No page on proba.baby has been reviewed by a clinician yet, so none of them carries a “medically reviewed” label. When a clinician reviews a page, it will say so on that page.

• “Safe days” calculators, or anything presented as contraception
• Verdicts on hCG numbers or on whether a pregnancy is going well
• Pages that try to tell you whether you are having a miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy
• Pages about which medicines to take, or in what dose
• Invented authors or reviewers
• Paid links or paid mentions

ProbaBaby makes an iOS app, and some pages mention it or compare it with other apps. Those pages say so. The app is never the answer to a health question: where a page links to it, the link comes after the answer. We don't run ads, and we don't take payment for links or mentions.

If you think something on a page is wrong or out of date, email support@proba.baby with the page link and what you think is wrong. A source helps if you have one. We check it against the sources, and if the page is wrong we fix it and update its last-updated date.

Everything on proba.baby is general information. It is not medical advice, a diagnosis or a treatment plan, and it cannot take your own history into account. Talk to your doctor or midwife about your own care. If you think you or your baby may be seriously unwell, call your local emergency number or go to the nearest emergency department.