Fertility Calculator: New Tracking Device DuoFertility Could Help Women Get Pregnant
Women are busy creatures, always trying to find the right work-life balance all the while trying to factor in starting a family and how to go about it the best way.
The FDA recently approved DuoFertility, a device that can help women who want to get pregnant track their their ovulation cycle and optimize the right time to conceive down to specific hours or days.
"This device is great because it takes the guesswork out of becoming pregnant," Dr. Jacques Mortiz at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital," told ABC News.
Don't worry ladies, a tracking device doesn't need to be a part of your wardrobe, it is very discrete.
"The patch sensor is worn under the arm where it monitors body temperature up to 20,000 times a day. When women are most fertile, their temperature slightly increases, which the sensor can detect," Mortiz noted.
"After a few days, the patient can then upload this information to a computer and send it to the University of Cambridge, where the device was developed. There, fertility experts chart the data to determine when a woman is ovulating, increasing her odds of conception."
How much does the device cost?
The device costs $795 and if it doesn't work after 12 months, then you can get your money back.
What is its success rate?
"Studies show the device success rate is equal to that of fertility treatments for couples with no history of medical problems," according to the report.
ABC News Senior Medical Contributor, Dr. Jennifer Ashton shared the pros and cons of DuoFertility.
Pros: "What I am excited about by this is..this kind of represents the future, this tracking bio-metrics or in this case your body temperature your behavior and integrating it and analyzing it..and I think that can be very empowering for a couple who wants to get some sense of control over a process that is not so easy to control," she explained.
Cons: "On the negative, its not going to help male factor in fertility, its not going to help open blocked (fallopian) tubes and its really not a replacement for the true cases that go to IVF that can be transformative for people."
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