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The headline is somewhat misleading. The device tracks progesterone levels via saliva. It's currently possible to track those levels via urine or blood, but s
by jawns 1y ago
The headline is somewhat misleading.
The device tracks progesterone levels via saliva. It's currently possible to track those levels via urine or blood, but saliva is probably the most convenient.
But here's the catch. If you desire to avoid pregnancy, you avoid sexual activity during the fertile window that the device indicates. This is known as a fertility awareness method, and in Catholic circles it's also known as natural family planning.
It is not a contraceptive in the sense that it allows you to have sex during the fertile part of your cycle but not get pregnant.
- Aeolun 1y agoYeah, I thought about that while reading too. The big benefit of the contraceptive pill is that it allows you to not think about it at all.
- samus 1y agoExcept that one has to take it daily and that one also experiences its side effects daily.
- spookie 1y agoRead the article, they mention its side effects.
- Aeolun 1y agoI’m sure some people suffer from negative side effects, they’ve just never been described as anything but good to me by the women involved (mainly less intense periods).
- Yeul 1y agoHa only if you are male. There are many side effects.
- FalconSensei 1y agoyeah, but there are a lot of side effects and not everyone can take it.
- mullingitover 1y agoQ: What do you call a couple that uses the rhythm method? A: parents
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 1y agoStill great for couples who can follow it and don't want the downsides of all the other contraceptives
- graemep 1y agoEven for them it has a high failure rate. Its also being heavily promoted on social media as "natural" and safe without making people aware of the drawback.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 1y agoWe were discussing this in a different thread and apparently the studies surrounding that approach did not account for confounding factors at all (alcohol use, stable couple and so on), so the data is not as reliable. Also forgive my skepticism, there is no money to be made for the contraceptive industry, so of course they will not finance it (unless they sell diapers too).
- graemep 1y agoThere is lot of money to be made from it - not least the high margin business of selling apps.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 1y agoHow can you sell any if there are millions free apps for tracking your period?
- graemep 1y agoIts a lot more complex than period tracking, and requires a higher level of trust. The existence of free software has never been an insurmountable barrier to selling software. People sell both hardware and software. From one of the sites another comment replying to me linked to: "Unless you have a health savings account or a flexible spending account, Mira is expensive. A basic starter kit retails at $199, which includes 10 LH and E3G wands, and then a resupply of those wands costs just under $60 per month with a subscription. If you want to go with the “Max” starter kit, which also includes PdG wands, the price goes up to $229 for the kit and $80 per month for the subscription." https://naturalwomanhood.org/femtech-device/ https://naturalwomanhood.org/femtech-device/