Fitbit Wants To Help You Keep Track Of Your Periods

Starting this Spring not only will you be able to keep track of your jogs, but you’ll also be able to track your periods too.

Fitbit Wants To Help You Keep Track Of Your Periods

by Ines Mendonca |
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Use a million health apps to keep track of your life? How many steps you take every day, how much and what types of foods you eat and even an app track helps you get to know your cycle? Well, now you might be able to keep all your information in one place. Fitbit is finally introducing a feature that lets women track their periods and their fitness all at once.

Starting in the Spring, you can use your Fitbit to log your menstrual cycle and any menstruation-related symptoms you might be experiencing and see it alongside your health and fitness statistics. It can also give you reminders about your fertility and reproductive health, and let you know about overall trends, like how long your cycle usually is and when you usually ovulate. You can keep track of this all data using the Fitbit app or through one of their most recent smartwatches, the Ionic.

It turns out, women have been consistently asking for this feature to be a part of Fitbit for a long time, as it is on their top five most requested features. Melanie Chase, VP of product marketing for Fitbit, has said ‘most technology products aren’t designed with women in mind first, so we really wanted to be the first to give women a complete picture of their health.’

So, how will it work? If you indicate during the Fitbit registration process that you’re female, the app will ask if you want to track your menstrual cycle. Once you do that and begin telling the app when your period starts and ends, the app will show your predicted period week as pink, and your predicted fertile window as blue.

However, the app doesn’t recommend that it is used to aid conception or as a contraceptive. It’s just meant to be used as a way to take a bit of control over your health and get you to know your cycle better. It’s part of the ‘holistic picture’ for health that the company wants to create for themselves. So, next time you have a sudden burst of tears over that cute puppy you saw crossing the street, just check your Fitbit to find out if your hormones are catching up with you.

READ MORE: Stock photos that show what women REALLY look like on their period:

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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.

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