Earlier quoted context omitted.
We don't have that feature currently, but it's definitely a possibility!
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Ah...thanks for pointing that out!
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#32Seriously, rhythm method is not effective birth control (24% failure rate/year). Please don't rely on it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_met...
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#33Kudos to you, it's alway great so see people talking about natural birth control methods without mentioning God or religion in the same sentence. It's virtually impossible to find good resources about the sympto-thermal method in English without landing on a very Christian-oriented website. But I'm wondering: What's the business model you have? I'm asking, because I'm in the same space. Mostly in Germany, but I also…
Thanks! It's awesome to hear from another person in this space. We're still working out our business model (right now we're planning a subscription-based app to practice FAM/NFP, but that could change). But we have plans to add more features and perhaps another product. Hardware may also be in our future =)
Well, good luck to you then :)
There are a few more people in this space, especially in the app market. Recently, "Glow" was released, which is more aimed towards women who want to conceive, but they might go into the birth control segment. Although I think they will fail with their current product in this market.
There's Clue (helloclue.com); Ovuline; TrueCycle (seems to be dead?); and all the gibberish period calendar apps.
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#34Seriously, rhythm method is not effective birth control (24% failure rate/year). Please don't rely on it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_met...
This is not the rhythm method. It's the sympto-thermal method and 99.4% effective
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 cervica…
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.
For your objection to (1), you'd be right if we were talking about the rhythm method, but we aren't. There are other signs of impending fertility that can be tracked.
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#36Seriously, rhythm method is not effective birth control (24% failure rate/year). Please don't rely on it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_met...
See the "What is the Sympto-Thermal Method" section: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control...
EDIT: posted the wrong link before...sorry =)
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#38Q: What do you call a woman who depends on the rhythm method for birth control? A: A mother. As a tool to help you get pregnant, awesome, kudos, very well done. Promoting it for birth control? Not very clever. http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control...
btw, I think those are both birth control.
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#39For everyone wondering about this method, it's called the sympto-thermal method and is not the same as the rhythm method. Planned Parenthood lists it as 99.6% effective with perfect use. See the "What is the Sympto-thermal Method" section in the link below:
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control...
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#40Kudos to you, it's alway great so see people talking about natural birth control methods without mentioning God or religion in the same sentence. It's virtually impossible to find good resources about the sympto-thermal method in English without landing on a very Christian-oriented website. But I'm wondering: What's the business model you have? I'm asking, because I'm in the same space. Mostly in Germany, but I also…
You can't find secular versions of NFP because the hormonal birth control and sterilization industry created what they felt was the perfect no muss, no fuss solution, and couldn't imagine why anyone but the "religious crazies" could possibly want an alternative to it. You can thank the religious people for continuing to develop the science over the decades when the world went absolutely bananas for the pill.
So if I'm understanding you right, industry as a whole chose a method which though it has benefits also has drawbacks – so much so that they ignored research?
And it was religious people who continued fundamental research?
Very interesting! And not what I've seen in other cases. I'm happy to have my stereotypes challenged.