How hormone-free contraception works with NFP: a checklist
A lot of women aren’t sure at first whether the symptothermal method, or NFP, is a suitable alternative to the pill for them. How reliable is it as a form of contraception? Do body symptoms have to...
Natural contraception using the symptothermal method
The symptothermal method is a scientifically recognized procedure for determining the fertile window. It combines daily basal body temperature measurement with observation of cervical mucus . Once ...
Introduction to the symptothermal method
Anyone looking for an alternative to hormonal contraception or who has a specific desire to have children should consider natural family planning (NFP). Natural family planning (NFP) is characteriz...
Correct evaluation: Why your temperature values are being rounded
The symptothermal method is used by women* to determine their fertile days. An important component of this is the measurement of basal body temperature. In this blog post, we would like to take a c...
Ovy app instead of classic ovulation calculator: Determine your fertile days
The menstrual cycle is highly individual. For most women of childbearing age, it lasts between 25 and 30 days [1] . Some menstruating women have a very regular cycle, while for others it fluctuates...
Checking or “Palpating” the cervix: this is how it works
In order to conceive naturally using the symptothermal method, there is an additional body signal you need to document alongside your basal body temperature: Cervix or cervical mucus. The combinati...
How do I evaluate my cervical mucus?
Women have been using the symptothermal method (NFP) as a hormone-free alternative to the pill and as a means of conceiving for decades. As well as measuring the basal body temperature, assessing t...
How to Read Your Temperature Curve
How can you calculate the timing of ovulation using your basal body temperature? And which factors influence your temperature? In this article, we explain how to interpret your temperature curve an...
Stop taking the pill: What happens in your body when you stop taking the pill
Although it is one of the safest contraceptives, more and more women are having doubts about the pill. The list of side effects is long, and recent studies show increasingly clear evidence of links...
Mittelschmerz: how you feel ovulation
A twitch in your abdomen doesn’t necessarily mean that your period is about to start. On the contrary: what is known as “Mittelschmerz” occurs toward the middle of the cycle, one to two days before...
The Rules of the Symptothermal Method at a Glance
Every cycle is different, and in order to ensure the reliability of the symptothermal method, certain rules must be followed. This may seem complicated at first, which is why the Ovy App automatica...
Evaluating cervical mucus – how it works
For many decades, the symptothermal method, i.e. the evaluation of at least two body signals, has been used by women* to track their cycle and when they want to have children. In addition to measu...
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How Safe Are Hormone-Free Alternatives to the Pill?
In recent years, attitudes toward hormonal contraceptive methods have changed significantly. The pill has increasingly come under criticism, and many patients now seek safe, hormone-free alternativ...
An Overview of Contraceptive Methods: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Each
Anyone who is sexually active and not currently planning to have children must make a decision about a suitable contraceptive method. Contraceptives provide control over potential pregnancies and o...
Our Ovy Bluetooth Basal Thermometer – The Key Facts
The wait is over – when we founded Ovy two years ago, we had one goal: to make cycle tracking for women simpler and, above all, safer, using the smartphone together with a specially developed Bluet...
