App as a Contraceptive?
You can now use an app as a form of contraceptive. Yes you heard that correctly. AN APP.
The app known as ‘Natural Cycles’ monitors fertility via algorithms. The German Department of Health has approved this and now it can be prescribed in Europe and the UK like the pill or condoms. It uses a method similar to the ‘Rhythm” telling women how fertile they are and therefore when they can have sex with little risk of getting pregnant.
It costs £6.99 a month and currently had 10,000 UK users.
During ovulation high progesterone levels increase a woman’s body temperature by half a degree and users measure their temperature daily using the included electronic thermometer. On the app days marked as green are when unprotected sex is ok and if it is marked as red couples must use a condom or other contraceptive. If you were wondering the app also doubles as a way to show the optimal time to have a child!
Experts have cautioned that the app is not for everyone and that care must be taken when using it “Any device that monitors the menstrual cycle is fallible as women don’t always ovulate predictably,” Dr. Adam Balen told The Telegraph.
This method could lead to an increase in pregnancies as the NHS have highlighted that methods such as this results in 7 in 100 instead of one in 100 for techniques such as the pill, implant or condom.
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