What's the buzz about fertility apps?

It's so important to use fertility apps responsibly; they can be amazing, but can also can have risks.

Clue is the best rated app by doctors and medical professionals and is free and available on iOS and Android. Clue allows you to track your cycle including flow, pain and emotions. There are a huge range of trackers available and algorithms are used to predict when you ovulate and when your period will start. So the more you use Clue, the more used to you it gets and the better the predictions become. 

You can also share your cycles with others with the app which can be really helpful for letting partners, friends and those you live with know. I have synced my app with my best friend who I live with and it's been super useful because we can keep an eye on each other, and if there are any issues nudge each other in the doctor's direction. The Clue team are amazing and really quick to reply to any issues you are having.

If you are taking contraception Clue can remind you to take it every day. However it is so important to remember than Clue or any other tracking app is not necessarily an effective form of contraception. As it isn't actually affecting your hormones, just increasing how informed you feel about your body. I have also noted that if you are irregular then predictions are unlikely to be accurate, so it's important to take this into account.

Clue is a really good app for teenagers who have just starting their periods and learning about how their body works. One of the main messages put forward by the app is that your body is not a clock and each person is individual.

Clue also recently conducted a survey to see if women living together have similar cycles, which I was lucky enough to be part of. The survey found that there isn't any significant evidence but none of the less, Clue is producing important research that others skirt around. They also publish loads of useful information on their blog which can be found here.

Overall, I think that using tracking apps like Clue are great for tracking your period but shouldn't be used as a substitution for birth control.


Have a beautiful day x


References:
https://www.helloclue.com/app.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/06/11/the-period-tracking-app-helping-women-and-scientists-understand/
http://blog.helloclue.com/post/161239003521/are-you-in-sync-responses-to-our-research
http://blog.helloclue.com/
http://vitals.lifehacker.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-a-fertility-app-to-try-to-ge-1785341014