Natural Cycles

Natural Cycles is the mobile application intended for protection against undesirable pregnancy. Women, daily taking basal temperature, enter these data in the program which using special algorithms analyzes a monthly cycle, and  then shows on  the screen of the smartphone or the tablet in  what days risk to become pregnant it is minimum and  it is possible to have the unprotected sex. Also data on readiness of an ovum for fertilization and need to be protected if partners do not want the child are output.

By the beginning of November, 2017 of Natural Cycles 500 thousand women in 161 countries use. The application available to platforms Apple iOS and Android, costs $10 a month or $80 a year depending on a subscription.

2017

Investment attraction

In November, 2017 the Swedish startup of Natural Cycles  announced attraction of $30 million investments which will go for development of the project of the same name allowing women to define favorable and adverse days for conception of the child.

Natural Cycles application

Based on financing the company was estimated at $36 million. Natural Cycles is going to employ more doctors and scientists for improvement of service.

Recognition by an official method of contraception

In February, 2017 the Federal Ministry of Health of Germany recognized the Natural Cycles application an effective method of contraception then doctors had an opportunity to recommend to patients the program as an alternative to tablets, condoms and intrauterine spirals.

According to National medical authorities of Great Britain, use of Natural Cycles and similar methods leads to seven cases of pregnancy on hundred women a year (approximately the same indicator at condoms) while when using tablets and intrauterine spirals the indicator falls to unit from hundred.^[1]

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