Which apps do you use?

[Rosie2]

Have used Flo for a while and now trying out Ovia, but just wondered what others are using?

Flo was easy enough to use and I like that it has a passcode to access it, but Ovia looks much more pretty!

 

[chattychar1990]

Rosie - Fertility Friend and Femometer i think are the best by far.
I use Fertility Friend for my temping and to mark all my symptoms and i use femometer to put in my opks (you take a photo of them and it tells you if it is -, + or peak) x

 

[Rosie2]

Rosie - Fertility Friend and Femometer i think are the best by far.
I use Fertility Friend for my temping and to mark all my symptoms and i use femometer to put in my opks (you take a photo of them and it tells you if it is -, + or peak) x

Thank you - have downloaded it and will take a look later. The photo option sounds great!

 

[Apple2018]

Fertility friend.

 

[IVW]

Ovia was the one for me - was easy and did the job nicely.
I now use the Ovia app for my pregnancy but dont actually need it, just check which fruit my baby is the size of each week

 

[Vintageling]

Fertility friend I use most I use glow to but manly because I like scrolling through all the posts on there lol

 

[Rosie2]

IVW - I really like how Ovia is designed! I don’t seem to be able to put in dates of my previous cycles to improve predictions though, do you know if you even can?

Vintage link - lol, that’s wha5 I used to find amusing about Flo! I liked seeing the amusing posts on there. Think they removed the posts though, they got a bit weird lol

 

[Princess81]

Just to mix it up, I use P tracker lite. It’s more a diary but it predicts your cycle and works out average length, you can note symptoms etc on it and it predicts your fertile times as well. X

 

[IVW]

IVW - I really like how Ovia is designed! I don’t seem to be able to put in dates of my previous cycles to improve predictions though, do you know if you even can?

Ooooo I'm not to sure tbh as I just started tracking when I knew what my cycle was all about and just input from when I started. It would be helpful if you could past track, but they might not have realised that would be beneficial to woman x

 

[Sweets2018]

Hi Rosie2,

I use Ava fertility tracking bracelet. It's my 3rd month using it. You only wear it at night and it records physiological parameters and based on those (and the length of your cycle) it predicts 5 fertile days every month. Prior to that I was using Clearblue Advanced monitor for almost 2 years but since it produces so much plastic waste in terms of sticks (I've become more environmentally aware) then I thought I need to switch to something more green.

Also if you don't mind me asking, how did you find out you have autoimmune condition? x

 

[Rosie2]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions! Going to take a look and see which ones might work better for me ☺️

Sweets2018 - I don’t mind at all! I had a lot of pain in one hand and wrist, which I had assumed was due to ongoing problems after a fracture but it turned out to be rheumatoid arthritis. So essentially the trauma of the fracture triggered my immune system to attack that joint, which was very helpful of it. My whole hand and wrist was swollen, very hot to the touch, and extremely painful. It’s not typical for it to present in one joint, it’s normally in multiple joints. I went to a specialist expecting surgery to fix the damage, ended up having some blood tests which happened to throw up some cause for concern. Eventually diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which looking back made a lot of sense! I was permanently exhausted which is fairly typical with RA, but I had put it all down to work stress and hadn’t really paid attention to it. I was very lucky to have access to private healthcare, because if I’d had to go on an NHS waiting list the damage to my hand and wrist would have been irreversible and I’d be having a wrist replacement right about now.

I’m now on medication and it’s all fine, just have to keep an eye out to make sure that the immunosuppressants are doing their job to prevent it spreading to other joints and causing damage in the future. But I’ll be on these for life. Have made sure I’m on stuff which is safe during pregnancy, which is good, but it obviously creates complications in terms of being extra careful about infection control, which I will have to be extra careful of if/when I manage to become pregnant.

 

[Sweets2018]

Rosie2, sorry to hear that you've got rhematoid arthiritis but glad they caught it when they did. I'm sure they will look after you with extra care when you become pregnant.
The reason I asked you how did you find out was that I've had 2 ANA tests (autoimmune blood tests) coming back weakly positive. Not sure if I should press my GP to investigate it further.
All the best x

 

[Rosie2]

Sweets, oh I see. There are lots of autoimmune conditions so it really depends on which ones they suspect. My rheumatoid factor very high which is what gave it away (so high it was off the scale!) but it took several different tests to confirm RA.

I don’t know what your symptoms are, but if they’re bothering you then it’s worth looking into. I genuinely didn’t real tired I was because of it, which is apparently very common with autoimmune conditions. It was only when I’d started treatment and felt better that I realised how bad it was, With waiting times being so long at the moment it might be worth getting on the list now in case you start to feel worse. I hope they get to the bottom of it for you

 

[Kitana]

I also use Ovia! If you want to add info for other dates just go to that date and add your info, I've never had any issues with Ovia.
I also use fertility friend for the graphs and femometer for the lh levels measuring.