So I've been practicing NFP (sympto-thermo method) off and on for the past 4+ years that hubby and I have been married. I actually started charting almost a year prior to getting married so that I could get the hang of things before we were in "live" mode (giggle).
I've always scoffed at the idea of using an app for my fertility calculations and instead preferred old-fashioned hand-written charts (I'm a paper-and-pencil kind of girl). Well, I finally decided to take the plunge and lo and behold I have found an awesome NFP charting app! I checked out a few before I happened upon OvuView for my Android phone.
I'm super excited to be able to check on and keep track of my cycles on my phone instead of having to lug down my heavy NFP binder from it's home on the top of our bookshelf. Granted, I will still write down the essential cycle info on paper, but the next time hubby's advances raise the question as to where I am in my cycle, instead of having to consult "the binder", I can conveniently switch on my nifty new app.
There are several things that I really like about this app. I like that it allows you to put in our shortest and longest cycles based on the previous 6 months. It also relies and a multitude of different rules/methods for helping you predict fertility. You can even put in what mood you're in on a given day and a comical little emoticon will show up on your calendar. Admittedly (sheepishly), I had to add an "angry" emoticon for yesterday. The ticked-off little emoticon face was a bit of a crack up.
So all in all, it's a great app that I highly recommend. 'Nuff said.
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