You love the baby. You also miss your partner.

Most couples report the biggest hit to their relationship in the first 18 months after having a baby. You go from talking every day to coordinating like teammates. Amora is built for the five minutes you actually have, not the date night you can't schedule.

Download Amora free. One question a day, answered whenever the baby finally lets you. One subscription covers both partners.

The short answer

New parents use Amora's 5-minute daily question to stay connected when life with a baby leaves no time for long conversations. Pass-the-phone moments, gratitude prompts, and shared photo journals that don't ask for energy you don't have.

What every new parent already knows

Six relationship hits almost every new parent takes

The Gottman Institute estimates that 67% of couples report a decline in relationship satisfaction in the first three years after a baby. None of these are character flaws. They are predictable.

Roommate effect Conversations shrink to logistics: who's on bottle duty, who slept last, what time is the doctor. Real conversations get bumped indefinitely. Sleep deprivation as a personality Sleep loss is a known driver of emotional reactivity. The fights you have at 3 AM are not the fights you would have at noon. Division of labor resentment Whoever's home more carries the invisible default. Whoever's working more carries financial pressure. Both feel like they're doing more. Both are right. Sex and physical touch dry up Hormones, healing, exhaustion, body-image shifts. The pause is normal. The unspoken anxiety about whether it's ever coming back is the part Amora is built for. "I miss who we were" You used to take spontaneous trips. Now you plan grocery runs in shifts. The grief of the pre-baby version of your relationship is real, even though no one died. In-laws who suddenly have opinions Family members who never weighed in before now have strong feelings about feeding, sleeping, screen time. Most boundary fights with extended family start here.

How Amora fits postpartum life

Features built for parents with no time

01 5-minute daily question One question. Answered privately on your own time. No call to schedule, no babysitter required. You see each other's answers whenever the baby finally naps. 02 Voice-note replies Type when you can. Voice-note when you can't. Hearing your partner's actual voice for 20 seconds counts more than a paragraph of text some days. 03 "What I appreciate about you" prompts Built from gratitude research. A daily nudge to name something specific your partner did, especially the invisible stuff. Antidote to division-of-labor resentment. 04 Shared journal for first-year memories A private timeline of first smile, first laugh, first night you both slept. Pull it up at the third-trimester-of-the-second-baby moment you forgot the first time was this hard.

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New parent FAQs

Is the first year of parenthood really that hard on a marriage?

Yes. Gottman Institute research finds 67% of couples report a significant drop in relationship satisfaction in the first three years after a baby. The drop is predictable, recoverable, and not a sign anything is wrong.

When does relationship satisfaction usually return?

Most couples report partial recovery around the 18-24 month mark, when sleep stabilizes and roles settle. Couples who maintained any form of structured connection during the dip recover faster.

How long does the daily question take?

Under five minutes for most couples. You answer privately on your own time, then see your partner's answer when you next open the app. No call, no schedule, no babysitter.

Can we use Amora if only one of us is on parental leave?

Yes. This is actually the use case. The partner at home and the partner at work fall out of sync fastest. Amora keeps a thread of conversation going across the day.

Is Amora private from family?

Yes. Only you and your partner see what either of you write. No one else (not Amora staff, not your in-laws, not the baby) can see your answers.

Five minutes a day is enough to not lose each other.

Amora sends you and your partner a question every morning. Answer privately, then see what each other said. It's like this, but better.

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