Protected intercourse

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Since 12/2019OvaGraph User
Since 12/2019

August 15, 2013 at 6:50 amFor those of us who are using this to chart our fertility or as a tool to prevent pregnancy by NOT having unprotected sex on fertile days, though I know that's not the designed use, it would be nice to be able to add to the intercourse graph whether contraception was used. Either use a different color marker (ie green for unprotected sex, red for protected sex) or add it as a separate row, such that you could choose between no intercourse, protected intercourse, and unprotected intercourse. I know I can use the "notes" section to store that data but it would be nice to have it part of the "intercourse" section. It may seem dumb since most of the time, protected sex has the same outcome as no sex, but contraceptive methods sometimes fail, so it's still useful info.

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Since 4/2011fertilitychartingwithsarah
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August 15, 2013 at 9:23 amThanks for the feedback. We'll put this on our list to discuss!

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ChartingWithWh…
Since 4/2013ChartingWithWhitney
Since 4/2013

July 4, 2016 at 11:08 amNot yet - you haven't missed it!

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TTCBabyNum4
Since 2/2016TTCBabyNum4
Since 2/2016

December 6, 2016 at 2:07 pmI think this would be a great feature to add.... Green heart for unprotected & Red heart for protected .... Or something to that effect

Me + Hubby both 37yrs (He has No biological children)
#1 = 18years old
#2 = 14years old
#3 = 12years old
#4 = BFP 2/20/17 @12DPO w/Miscarriage 5/5/17
Trying for RAINBOW BABY!

wendila
Since 2/2016wendila
Since 2/2016

December 16, 2016 at 6:09 amI agree! This feature would be great!

ChartingWithWh…
Since 4/2013ChartingWithWhitney
Since 4/2013

December 16, 2016 at 10:02 amI know I've mentioned this in a few places before, but in the meantime, you can always mark intercourse as well as the 'birth control' options when you have protected intercourse. That way you can see when you planned intercourse, and if protection was used.

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AmandaCM
Since 4/2017AmandaCM
Since 4/2017

June 3, 2017 at 11:23 pmThe birth control box is OK except it's under medications, and I don't want to look back and wonder what method was used. I added a custom field that reads "condom" but I still agree that it would be much faster to read if that information were included in the intercourse box. I like the idea of different colored hearts, I had also thought of putting a circle around the heart to indicate a barrier method, and of course the birth control box is there for hormonal methods.

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Since 3/2017KellyLovesCharting
Since 3/2017

June 5, 2017 at 1:23 pmThank you for the feedback!

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ChartingWithWh…
Since 4/2013ChartingWithWhitney
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June 12, 2017 at 11:50 amWe've had some updates since you originally posted this. You can create some custom charting fields now within the app. Check out the FAQs here: https://www.ovagraph.com/frequently-asked-questions#ovagraph-mobile-app

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AmandaCM
Since 4/2017AmandaCM
Since 4/2017

June 13, 2017 at 8:15 amYes, I said I added a custom field for condoms. But when you're glancing at your chart, and you see the little heart on a fertile day, it reads as though you had unprotected sex; you have to scan all the way down to the custom fields and see that the condom box was checked. If a circle were placed around the heart to indicate that a barrier method was used, it would be quicker and more accurate to read.

kalimera
Since 12/2015kalimera
Since 12/2015

February 24, 2019 at 6:28 amI know this is old but I wanted to pipe in to add that 1) yes this feature would be very helpful, 2) from a development standpoint is no more difficult than cervical position, 3) the old TCOYF graphs before ovagraph used to have exactly at the OP suggests - a heart with a circle to indicated protected sex.

In addition to the loss of the TTA forum, I’m noticing that this app feels like it is reconceiving the purpose of TCOYF to be primarily or entirely about TTC, and that was just not the point of Toni Weshler’s work. It’s meant for all women to be able to better understand their cycles and make informed decisions about their bodies, regardless of whether they are trying to baby make or not.

I get that ovagraph doesn’t want to make any claims about this being a contraceptive tool and then get sued when someone messes up and has an oops pregnancy. But can’t you just include that in the terms of service?

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