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I'm a little bit confused. The title mentions birth control but the website is talking mostly about fertility. Is this a tool to help women get pregnant or prev

by dbla 13y ago

I'm a little bit confused. The title mentions birth control but the website is talking mostly about fertility. Is this a tool to help women get pregnant or prevent pregnancy?

jaldoretta 13y ago
It's a tool that can be used for either one. It helps women detect the fertile time of their cycle (which is typically about 6-8 days), so it can be used for both pregnancy prevention and achievement.
RobAley 13y ago
Both. It lets them know when they are likely to get pregnant, and when they're aren't. They can use that information to choose when to have unprotected sex (or protected) depending on what they want to happen.
- brown9-2 13y ago
  This seems like a really bold claim to put on the back of a smartphone app.
  - jaldoretta 13y ago
    So our app doesn't actually do any sort of predictions at this point. We just give users the tools to practice a highly-effective and natural method, and they do whatever they see fit with their data.
MaxGabriel 13y ago
Apparently both. On this page http://www.readytogroove.com/app/ http://www.readytogroove.com/app/, it explains how you can learn which days you are or are not fertile. Is this really a reliable birth control method though?
- jaldoretta 13y ago
  There haven't been a ton of studies done, but the ones that have been carried out all show a perfect-use effectiveness of over 99%. But that definitely depends on how careful users are.
  - ntaso 13y ago
    The sympto-thermal method is researched since the 1950s by an Austrian gynecologist. There have been A TON of studies.
- jaldoretta 13y ago
  This is one of the most thorough studies that has been done: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17314078 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17314078
- nsxwolf 13y ago
  This is Fertility Awareness / Natural Family Planning[1], branded in a way that will be more palatable to a secular Silicon Valley audience. My wife and I use NFP. This is actually the slickest app I've ever seen. It's pretty reliable if you want to use it for birth control, provided the woman has at least somewhat regular cycles. Even with irregular cycles, there's useful information that can be gleaned from cervical mucus and basal body temperature. It's probably not for people who absolutely cannot tolerate one or two "surprise" children, but it will at least prevent you from becoming the Duggars if that's not your thing. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_family_planning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_family_planning
  - ntaso 13y ago
    Sorry to say so, but you're wrong about two things: 1. A women doesn't have to have a regular cycle for this method to be safe. Why? Because if the cycle is irregular, the cycle cannot be evaluated / charted and you have to assume fertility. 2. The method is as safe as the pill. The risk for getting "surprise children" is the same as with the pill.

by dbla 13y ago

I'm a little bit confused. The title mentions birth control but the website is talking mostly about fertility. Is this a tool to help women get pregnant or prevent pregnancy?

jaldoretta 13y ago

It's a tool that can be used for either one. It helps women detect the fertile time of their cycle (which is typically about 6-8 days), so it can be used for both pregnancy prevention and achievement.

RobAley 13y ago

Both. It lets them know when they are likely to get pregnant, and when they're aren't. They can use that information to choose when to have unprotected sex (or protected) depending on what they want to happen.

brown9-2 13y ago
This seems like a really bold claim to put on the back of a smartphone app.
- jaldoretta 13y ago
  So our app doesn't actually do any sort of predictions at this point. We just give users the tools to practice a highly-effective and natural method, and they do whatever they see fit with their data.

MaxGabriel 13y ago

Apparently both. On this page http://www.readytogroove.com/app/ http://www.readytogroove.com/app/, it explains how you can learn which days you are or are not fertile. Is this really a reliable birth control method though?

jaldoretta 13y ago
There haven't been a ton of studies done, but the ones that have been carried out all show a perfect-use effectiveness of over 99%. But that definitely depends on how careful users are.
- ntaso 13y ago
  The sympto-thermal method is researched since the 1950s by an Austrian gynecologist. There have been A TON of studies.
jaldoretta 13y ago
This is one of the most thorough studies that has been done: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17314078 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17314078
nsxwolf 13y ago
This is Fertility Awareness / Natural Family Planning[1], branded in a way that will be more palatable to a secular Silicon Valley audience. My wife and I use NFP. This is actually the slickest app I've ever seen. It's pretty reliable if you want to use it for birth control, provided the woman has at least somewhat regular cycles. Even with irregular cycles, there's useful information that can be gleaned from cervical mucus and basal body temperature. It's probably not for people who absolutely cannot tolerate one or two "surprise" children, but it will at least prevent you from becoming the Duggars if that's not your thing. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_family_planning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_family_planning
- ntaso 13y ago
  Sorry to say so, but you're wrong about two things: 1. A women doesn't have to have a regular cycle for this method to be safe. Why? Because if the cycle is irregular, the cycle cannot be evaluated / charted and you have to assume fertility. 2. The method is as safe as the pill. The risk for getting "surprise children" is the same as with the pill.