Anyone have experience with Lady Comp?

[agapewolf]

I agree to an extent, but there’s nothing pointing towards health issues at the moment, and being newly weds is trying enough without adding more stress and learning into the mix. If after the 9 months stated they they initially want to avoid, they may want to start trying to conceive. If they are noticing any problems then, they can easily go look for answers then.

I found the issues from charting— didn’t even know I had any.

 

[pensmama87]

I got married last year. There are a couple of instructors around Munster and luckily my parents knew a doctor who had training in that area so we met her twice, but TBH by that stage she pretty much just confirmed what I already knew.

Now, I know they say you shouldn’t self-teach NFP, but the book “Taking Charge of Your Fertility” by Toni Weschler is absolutely amazing. It’s actually a FAM book, so just ignore the parts where it mentions condoms The book teaches the STM method and is well worth buying even if you go with Lady Comp, because you will be so educated about reproductive health even from just flicking through it.

Also (and this is my personal opinion so take with a grain of salt), it’s well worth practicing STM or a mucus-only method of NFP in conjunction with Lady Comp, because the knowledge gained from NFP is so empowering for a woman and observance of natural symptoms (even if you aren’t relying on them for NFP) will teach a woman so much about her body. The Lady Comp does a lot of that work for you and there might be a tendency to not rely on your own abilities if you ever found you couldn’t use it for a time. But I’ve never used a Lady Comp, so take that with a grain of salt, as I said.

However, it does take months to get used to any method of NFP. I would say 3-6 months, bordering on the 6 months unless one is lucky enough to have textbook cycles.

I agree with this. I use an app on my phone to chart (when there’s anything to chart, since I’m not cycling at the moment), and it will interpret for me, but I still like knowing the information myself. And Weschler’s book is very, very good. It helped bring me home to the Church, even as a secular book!

 

[AdamP88]

Easy isn’t always best. I would strongly recommend using one of the 4 methods and using a monitor only as confirmation.

I started Creighton charting for my health-- it took a long time to figure out things because I had health issues-- that Creighton was helping me identify. A napro doctor then uses my charts to help diagnose and treat.

14 years later I still chart and use it for my health, and its very easy.

My fiancee already does the cervical mucus method. We hadn’t originally planned on using NFP at the start but the circumstances changed a little so we decided we’d do it for a little while at the beginning. She figured the monitor would help her be more accurate with charting.

I don’t think either of us has any underlying health issues. Part of the reason we got it was also because the app allows information to be shared with the male partner. So whether we’re avoiding or trying to conceive it’ll help me to be more aware of what’s going on with her.

 

[E_7]

We did a bit of research and decided to buy a Daysy fertility monitor and start using it before the wedding. We figure it probably is the easiest way for us right now and worth the cash.

Thanks for all the advice.

Good!

I must confess that I had to email Daysy to inform myself on how does it compare to the Lady-Comp after I learned it is made by the same company. They replied and just paraphrasing, they said it’s exactly the same on how effective and uses exactly the same code and algorithms of the Lady-Comp. They say it comes down to a matter of preference. Daysy has the app to see the chart and stats, but Lady-Comp has it in the same device. It’s a matter of looks and appearance, because they are the same on the inside.

I downloaded the Daysy app to see how it works by adding manually the Lady-Comp temps. Pretty cool.

I learned something new.