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Re: Show HN: Birth Control As A Service

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Post by akayp015 »

servowire wrote: post #59
akayp015 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely use both. I feel like this app is supposed to replace the pill rather than all methods of birth control. Which I am completely behind since I would forget to take the pill every other day. Which is why I'm now pregnant. Not to mention the crazy hormones, weight gain, and general misery the pill brought on. Yeah, I'll be switching to this.

Congrats, I guess? :) Or the NuvaRing. Low hormone, can't forget it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NuvaRing

Haha, thank you! Yeah, surprise babies are (eventually) the most wonderful surprises. The only reason I never got a NuvaRing is because I wasn't comfortable with something being implanted in my body. It just didn't feel right. Granted birth control is just as unnatural, but it's slightly easier on the conscience to take a pill a doctor prescribes you than insert a plastic ring that releases hormones into your vagina.

Re: Show HN: Birth Control As A Service

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Post by rkuykendall-com »

herbig wrote: post #5
tvirelli wrote: post #4

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Yeah! Would be great if it synced so that I could get a "Go" or "No Go" signal!

Go or no go where? Am I missing something?

The app is designed to provide birth control by letting you know when have sex, or when to not have sex. He was asking for a companion app without all the management, just the current status.

Re: Show HN: Birth Control As A Service

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Post by jaldoretta »

burkesquires wrote: post #49

The app looks great. Does it work for the Creighton Model ( http://www.creightonmodel.com ) as well? Also, you may want to get added to this list: http://contraception.about.com/od/naturalmethods/tp/fertilit...

I suppose you could technically use the Creighton Model with our app, though it's not the method we provide educational info for.

Re: Show HN: Birth Control As A Service

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Post by ntaso »

servowire wrote: post #59
akayp015 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely use both. I feel like this app is supposed to replace the pill rather than all methods of birth control. Which I am completely behind since I would forget to take the pill every other day. Which is why I'm now pregnant. Not to mention the crazy hormones, weight gain, and general misery the pill brought on. Yeah, I'll be switching to this.

Congrats, I guess? :) Or the NuvaRing. Low hormone, can't forget it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NuvaRing

The pill is exactly the same. "Lower hormones" is just marketing fluff. All hormonal birth control methods work with more or less the same principle (suppress ovulation, make cervical mucus less fluid and thus reduce survivability and movability of sperm).

That means that if you have problems with one pill, you're very likely to have problems with other pills/hormonal methods as well.

Re: Show HN: Birth Control As A Service

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Post by ChuckMcM »

bsimpson wrote: post #65

Misleading title. It's a fertility tracking app. There are dozens of those. When I see "{physical thing} as a service", I expect some sort of monthly fulfillment service, like Dollar Shave Club.

Agreed on the title, there is an old joke, "Question: What do you call people who are using the rhythm method for birth control? Answer: Parents." As a fertility timer to help people maximize their chance of conception though I think it is probably a useful tool.

Re: Show HN: Birth Control As A Service

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Post by ntaso »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #67
bsimpson wrote: post #65

Misleading title. It's a fertility tracking app. There are dozens of those. When I see "{physical thing} as a service", I expect some sort of monthly fulfillment service, like Dollar Shave Club.

Agreed on the title, there is an old joke, "Question: What do you call people who are using the rhythm method for birth control? Answer: Parents." As a fertility timer to help people maximize their chance of conception though I think it is probably a useful tool.

Scroll all the way down in the comments here, that joke has been told before and downvoted for its unrelatedness. This app is based on the symptothermal method, not the rhythm method.

Re: Show HN: Birth Control As A Service

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Post by ntaso »

MicroBerto wrote: post #58
ntaso wrote: post #15

Kudos 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…

Since the developer and I are both here in Austin, I was planning on pitching them with our product price comparison API so that they can receive commissions on any products sold through it. Despite the ridiculous nature of some of the products in the sexual health niche (ie "Ejaculoid"), there are indeed several vitamins and supplements that promote increased sperm volume and sperm mobility for men. I haven't person…

Interesting suggestion, but I'd use affiliate as the icing on the cake, not as the main business model.
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