What your body shows
Fertility awareness methods record three things every day: your body temperature, your discharge, and your cycle day. Of those three, only one can be followed with no tools and no training — and the ovulation kits people reach for belong in the same group as the temperature.
What each one is good for
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Discharge — the one you can see yourself. Near ovulation it becomes thinner and stretchier, a bit like raw egg white.
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Temperature and kits — daily work, and taught. These are part of the fertility awareness method and doing them properly has to be taught; the NHS itself points you to a specialist to learn.
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Ovulation is counted from the end. Usually 10 to 16 days before your next period — the same thing the app's prediction is built on.
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This is not a substitute for contraception. If your goal is avoiding pregnancy, these signs are not a method of contraception.
Sources
- NHS — Periods and fertility in the menstrual cycle
- NHS — Natural family planning (fertility awareness)
Health information, not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. For your own symptoms, talk to a doctor.
Your cycle, honestly.
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