The idea came about when my wife was pregnant with our son and having to endure her own labor pains. It was late at night and I was becoming frustrated because I would have stop, fumble for paper and pen while squinting in the dark at the clock just to keep a running log of my wife's contractions. Even though the process would only take a minute, minutes feel like hours when your wife is in pain and you want to be at her side offering support. It was that night that I thought maybe I could make the process of timing contractions easier, thereby freeing up more of my time to be by my wife's side.