The coolest ap ever? I’m torn – I like the idea of reading someone’s MRI and the whole lever thing to hang up stuff is pretty cool, too. Granted, I’ve never actually used a lever in my entire life and I’m not convinced I want my doc reading my MRI results while she’s at dinner with her boyfriend, but I like the idea.
Since I love all things fertility, I had to check out some of the new apps on the iPhone market related to fertility.
- Ovulation Calendar ($5) — This iPhone or iPod app helps you determine what days of the month you are fertile. It calculates the last day of your period, its length, what days you should abstain from intercourse and what days are best to conceive a boy or girl.
- Mon.thly.Info — This free service charts your menstrual cycle. You input a couple important dates, and Mon.thly predicts when your cycle will start again and will even email you when you should, uh, expect things to happen.
- Fertility Friend.com's Menstrual Calendar — This free iPhone or iPod app is a light version of the calendar available at Fertility Friend.com. You enter in your last period and cycle length and the calendar displays your predicted period start days as well as your expected ovulation and most fertile days in color.
- MyMonthlyCycles — This free service tracks more than just your cycle. It keeps tabs of your periods, symptoms, breast exams, weight and more. The site is decidedly less hip than Mon.thly.Info, but is more comprehensive.
I chart my BBTs on my iPhone and was formerly using FertilityFriend online but I came across an app called MeFertil a little over a month ago and I think it is the best of the fertility apps. Most of the other ones are basically period trackers and use calendar days to "guesstimate" the fertile period for which you really don't need to chart. MeFertil actually does the calculation using the info on cervical fluid, historical data and BBT. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it and several of my friends who are also TTC also do. The only thing I would add is password protection and I suggested that. Otherwise that is the only charting/fertility app worth 5*
Posted by: Rachel | April 20, 2009 at 01:14 PM