Natural Period Tracking Or Apps: Which Should You Use?

By Ari Liakeas

As we live in a world now so ruled by technology, there seems to be an app for everything, even tracking our menstrual cycles. But are they a safe way to track our cycles and a well-informed method of bringing about good fertility awareness and natural birth control?

Now, if you are a bit old school like me, I follow my feminine movements by listening to my body and the rhythm of the moon. I know I will start my period on or a few days after the full moon as it enters its wane phase. Around this time, I will always wear my period panties so that I’m covered for the start of my bleeding. I absolutely love these! What a great invention and very ecologically friendly way of managing our periods, along with menstrual cups).

But this is only the way I keep…