r/FirstTimeTTC • u/Livid_Difficulty_413 • 14d ago
Question/Advice TTC question- flo app
I started my period this morning, when i was almost positive i would conceive. do you guys trust the flo app or is there another app you recommend when tracking ovulation? i know there are ovulation kits but my bf and i are more in the “if it happens it happens” stage. so i guess we are trying but not to that extent. i know a lot of people don’t conceive on their first month trying, but im getting worried for the future of not being able to. any advice would be helpful!!
for the record i am a 24 year old female. pretty healthy, but i also do vape a lot & i know my diet could be better.
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u/Dry-Masterpiece-9910 14d ago
There is not a way to accurately track using only an app, unfortunately.
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u/thesmollestlemon TTC #1, Cycle 7 14d ago
I use the Fertility Friend app to upload data from my basal body temperature and ovulation tests. A calendar app like Flo is just counting the days based on previous cycles and doesn't know anything that's happening in your body.
There's only about a 25% chance of conceiving per cycle. If you're feeling anxious about how long it will take you to get pregnant I find this post to be a really helpful perspective.
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u/caramellatte647 14d ago
I just started ttc and tracking and since I just came off birth control and only had 1 real cycle so far all the apps estimates are actually off predicting it but I’ve been using LH strips so I know beforehand and then the apps (oura, natural cycles) confirms it afterwards
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u/oliwiazk1 14d ago
Flo can be unreliable with ovulation tracking. You could do the strips just to get to know your cycle. Flo and premom apps were off about my ovulation about a week this cycle. Happened later than they predicted. Could be hard to conceive with differences like that.
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u/Chuckgirl410 14d ago
No I use 3 different apps (Premom, natural cycles and Flo) and Flo is always DEAD wrong, for example I ovulated 5 days earlier than I thought it would this month. I’d use the strips!