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pelvicprotection

Hey everyone!

I recently came across some interesting information and wanted to get your thoughts on it. I read about how certain apps and wearables are starting to offer insights into women’s reproductive health by tracking hormonal changes through things like sweat, saliva, or even skin temperature. It’s kind of like how fitness trackers work, but specifically for understanding menstrual cycles, ovulation, and even early signs of conditions like PCOS or endometriosis.

Has anyone here tried one of these new gadgets? Do you think they could really enhance our understanding of gynecological health, or are they just an overhyped piece of tech that’s not yet reliable? Also, if you’ve used one, how did it change your interaction with your gynecologist? Did it help in any way with diagnosis or treatment?

Would love to hear your experiences or thoughts on where this technology could potentially take us in the future. Thanks in advance!

cyclesafe

Newbie here who’s been tinkering with a few of these. I’ve used Oura + Natural Cycles for cycle prediction and it was decent after 2-3 cycles of baseline, but got thrown off by travel, alcohol, and a mild fever. For anything “diagnostic,” the wearables alone felt fluffy. What actually moved the needle for conversations with my gyn were quantitative hormone tools: Mira (urine LH/E3G/PdG) and Proov PdG strips to confirm ovulation/luteal phase. With PCOS-ish cycles, the quantitative readouts helped make sense of multiple/false LH surges-still not a diagnosis, but it made the appointment more focused. For suspected endo, tracking symptoms (pain scores, cycle day, bleeding volume like PBAC) was way more useful to my doctor than temperature curves.

Practical tip: bring a 1-page summary (cycle lengths, ovulation estimates, any hormone numbers, notable symptoms, illness/meds/shift work) and your raw data export. It helps them time labs (e.g., mid‑luteal progesterone) and imaging. Also worth checking privacy policies-some apps aren’t covered by medical privacy laws.

Has anyone here tried Inne (saliva progesterone) or OvuSense (vaginal core temp) for ovulation confirmation? Curious if they felt more precise in real life.

uterusuprise

Tried OvuSense after my wrist-wearables gaslit me for months - continuous vaginal core temp was noticeably better with irregular/PCOS-y cycles. The published data lines up with my experience: decent next‑day prediction (₉₀% PPV) and very solid confirmation of ovulation (₉₉%), but it still hates jet lag and late‑night wine. Inne was “cool lab-in-a-lip-balm,” but saliva progesterone is finicky (strict morning sampling, nothing by mouth beforehand), and the day-to-day noise made it more “is there a luteal phase at all?” than precise timing.

What actually helped my gyn visit: pairing gadget data with labs (CD3 FSH/LH/E2, TSH/prolactin if needed, and a mid‑luteal serum progesterone), plus a symptom log for pain/bleeding (PBAC) and NSAID use. For endo, the pain pattern mattered way more than any temperature curve. Pro tip: mark “artifact days” (fever, alcohol, night shifts, red-eye flights) so your graphs don’t look like modern art. And yes, perimenopause will bully any algorithm.

Future-wise, sweat/saliva multi-hormone patches are promising, but still mostly in shiny-slide-deck territory. Until then, these tools are great decision aids, not diagnoses - think “smart thermometer with receipts,” not a mini gynecologist in a bracelet.

femcyclefocus

Biggest thing I’d add: separate prediction from confirmation. Most of these gadgets are decent at saying “yep, you ovulated” after the fact, and pretty mediocre at forecasting-especially with PCOS-y cycles, perimenopause, night shifts, or the unholy trinity of jet lag + wine + a mild cold. For endo, no wearable can diagnose it; what actually moves care forward is a tight symptom/pain pattern log and imaging with someone skilled in deep endo ultrasound (MRI if needed).

If you’re test-driving a device, do a quick n=1 validation for 2-3 cycles: cross-check its fertile window with LH (Mira/cheap strips) and PdG (Proov or a mid‑luteal serum progesterone). If it’s off by >3 days half the time, you’re basically paying for pretty graphs. Budget-wise, hormone strips + a couple of well‑timed labs usually beat a year of subscriptions.

Also worth peeking at the fine print: some are FDA‑cleared for contraception, most are “wellness”; export your data, opt out of data sharing, kill location. Future is likely multimodal (temp + HRV + respiration), but for now think “smart thermometer with receipts,” not a mini‑gynecologist on your wrist.