![]() ![]() Natural Cycles is 93% effective with typical use, and 98% effective with perfect use (perfect use means not having unprotected sex on red days). On red days, you will need to use protection such as condoms, or abstain from sex altogether. The number of green days will increase as the algorithm gets to know your cycle, which usually takes 1-3 cycles. Whilst the app will predict your fertile and non-fertile windows immediately, you may get more red days until the algorithm has gotten to know your unique cycle. How long does Natural Cycles take to work? An LH test, or ovulation test, is done with a urine test strip, which you can buy at your local pharmacy or through the Natural Cycles app. Your optional luteinising hormone (LH) test results (LH level surges just before you ovulate).Your menstrual cycle length (taking fluctuations and cycle irregularities into account).Your temperature data (throughout the menstrual cycle your temperature rises and falls slightly, which is due to the change in the body’s hormone levels).The Natural Cycles algorithm identifies when you ovulate and thereby calculates your red and green days. All you have to do is open the app and your logged data is stored for you – leaving less room for error (and less manual work) in comparison to traditional FAM. Natural Cycles falls under ‘digital contraception’, using intuitive algorithms to predict your cycle and make it easier for you to get clued up on what’s going on inside your body. This form of contraception could be classified as a method of natural family planning, with a modern update. To make the app easy and simple to use, days where it is safe to have unprotected sex appear as ‘green days’, whereas ‘red days’ warn you that you are likely to be fertile and therefore may fall pregnant if you have unprotected sex. Natural Cycles, which is CE marked in Europe and FDA cleared in the US, is powered by an algorithm that analyses your temperature (measured using a thermometer) and menstrual cycle data to calculate when you are fertile – advising you to use other protection such as condoms, or avoid sex on fertile days. Fertility awareness or natural family planning means learning to identify when you are fertile and then avoiding sex or using condoms during that window, to prevent pregnancy. The Natural Cycles app is a downloadable form of digital contraception derived from the symptothermal method, which falls under the umbrella of fertility awareness methods (FAM). And now, this includes your contraception. ![]() 20 years ago the idea of being able to have everything you could ever need on one smart device in your pocket was pretty mind-blowing. ![]()
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