Introducing Custom Trackers: Log what matters most
Jennifer Gray
We know the empowerment that comes with tracking your cycle, and we hear time and time again from our community how much they have learned since switching to Natural Cycles. One part of this is the power that comes with noticing, tracking, and learning about your cycle symptoms. Our latest feature takes that one step further, giving you the ability to track anything you want to. And yes, we mean anything, from hobbies to different types of pain or sexual activities, logging is now completely customizable within the NC° app. Read on to learn what this means for you, and how to get started.
If there’s one thing we know for certain about women’s health, it’s the breadth and variety of experience that comes with each of our individual journeys. From getting our first period to navigating perimenopause, no story is identical. And yet, cookie-cutter representations are everywhere, (think the myth of the textbook 28-day cycle to on-screen cliches around hot flashes or morning sickness). Over the years, we’ve built a whole suite of trackers in the NC° app — yet requests for new things to log kept coming. One request in particular caught our attention: a way to create individual trackers, giving freedom and flexibility to our entire community. And so, we built it!
How to add Custom Trackers
Using this new feature is easy. Simply navigate to the Add Data screen by clicking on the plus button when you enter the NC° app. Scroll through the tracking options of sex, skin, pain & symptoms, lifestyle, and mood, and you’ll see a new ‘+ create new’ icon under these categories.
Once your new tracker is created, you’ll see it listed alongside the standard trackers for you to return to whenever you need. If you’re creating a new tracker under certain categories (such as pain & symptoms), you will also be able to log the severity of the tracker from mild to severe, so you can log how this changes from day-to-day. Symptom tracking gives an important overview of your health, and a holistic view of your cycle symptoms is visible on the Cycle Report PDF, which is a great tool to share with your doctor if you notice changes to your cycle or symptoms.
Use Custom Trackers across all NC° experiences
No matter how you’re using Natural Cycles, you can make use of this feature. That means that you can capture the different cycle symptoms per phase in NC° Birth Control or NC° Plan Pregnancy, but also record symptoms unique to pregnancy in NC° Follow Pregnancy. After giving birth, Cyclers can track recovery with Custom Trackers via NC° Postpartum. Our community using NC° Perimenopause can also use this feature to document their unique experience of the broad and often misunderstood symptoms of the menopausal transition.
If you’re taking specific medication or undergoing treatment such as IVF (in vitro fertilization), you can also use customized trackers to record this journey and keep track of things like the day you administered injections or took certain medications.
Track symptoms, notice patterns, gain insights
Small changes recorded over time can add up to reveal a complex but meaningful picture. Tracking your symptoms, lifestyle habits, and other activities with Natural Cycles is an easy way to record these changes in one place, giving you easy access to these insights. Simply visit Cycle Insights via your Today tab in the NC° app to see an overview of your trends and tracking history. Here you can also access your unique Cycle Report, detailing the last six months of cycle symptoms, length, variation, and more.
New to Natural Cycles? Get started today and get to know your body better.
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