Newly Discovered Fertility App, ‘Natural Cycles’ Is Available In The Market

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All in all, there are 15 different types of contraceptives available that allow everyone to go in a sexual intercourse without thinking of getting an unwanted pregnancy. However, a recent study showed the new type of contraceptive called Natural Cycles - a fertility application.

In a study, published last 2015, this fertility app showed to be as effective as the usual pill. At the same time, this was given an approval as a method of contraception.

The fertility app works by taking the women body temperatures, date of menstruation and ovulation test results. With the help of an algorithm, it will determine if a woman is fertile on that day. In this way, this [fertility app] could help a woman in making a decision.

As sexual experts agreed that this fertility app could be promising to widen contraception choices, three organizations contradict this future outlook. According to these organizations, this fertility app needs more research before it could be considered as an effective medical device.

Dr. Cecilia Pyper of the University of Oxford and Fertility UK, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FSRH) and the sexual health charity FPA examined this fertility app and said that this kind of app is a quiet complicated. At the same time, instruction must be strictly to be followed in order to feel that this is effective.

"Women around the world are interested in exploring effective non-hormonal, non-invasive forms of contraception - and now they have a new..." Dr. Elina Berglund, co-founder of Natural Cycles, said. "This is clinically verified and regulatory approved option to choose from."

This fertility app - Natural Cycles - has been approved by Tüv Süd as a class IIb medical device. This means that it is now ready to be marketed as a non-invasive and non-hormonal contraceptive, BBC reported.