Three fertility apps to help you conceive

If you've ever wished that there was an app available to track your cervical fluid, breast tenderness and other joys of womanhood, you're in luck! These apps will help you do just that. Conception isn't always as effortless as sliding between the sheets. Sometimes, more thorough or eclectic approaches are required. Here are three apps to help you track or improve your fertility.

Fertility Friend Mobile – Smart Ovulation Tracker and Period Calculator: Monitor your menstrual cycle just for health purposes, or use it when you're trying to conceive. This app is meant to complement Fertility Friend, but is a great stand alone app, too. The calendar displays your period, fertile days, expected ovulation date and more. Enter information about your cycle including your sexual activity, basal body temperature, notes about your cervical fluid, symptoms and bleeding. The app also provides instructional videos and tutorials to help you use the app accurately. The app makers claim that it will dramatically improve your chances of conception. Personally speaking, it is a fantastic app. We used this app while trying to conceive, and charts and tools for predicting the most fertile days were invaluable. The app is free in the iTunes store.

Monthly Cycles Period Tracker: This app is a little easier to use and helps you track your monthly cycle. It calculates your fertile days and, allegedly, can help you determine your best possible days for conceiving a boy or girl. (This is related to the time it takes sperm to travel to the egg. "Boy" coded sperm travels slower than "girl" coded sperm.) Track your temperature, cramps, aches, nausea, breast tenderness and acne. To add to the fun of having your monthly cycle, the app also features a weight log. The app is available in the iTunes store for $1.99.

Hypnosis App for Fertility by Open Hearts: If you don't like the scientific approach of tracking your cycle, basal body temperature and cervical fluid, this app may be the one for you. The app's "fertility session" is said to reduce your stress to help you release negative thoughts and feelings you may have about conceiving. It aims to harmonize your mind and body to help you conceive a healthy baby. The app is available in the iTunes store for $2.99.

Have you used apps to track your cycle or to help you conceive? 

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