Choosing the correct contraception can be tricky , and many women change their method of use quite regularly to see what suits them well . It can be a tough one for some , specially when it comes to non - hormonal prophylactic machine . Now it seems that the Swedish antifertility mobile app Natural Cycles is facing complaints , as a number of women have become pregnant while using it .
The Södersjukhuset infirmary , which is base in Stockholm , Sweden , lately made a ailment to theSwedish Medical Products Agency , which is responsible for regulating the ontogenesis of medicinal products , as women using it have become fraught . In the last quarter of 2017 , the hospital recorded 37 pregnancy that hap while women were using the app .
Natural Cycles lay claim to be a extremely effective method of contraception . It track your temperature to mold when you ’re least potential to be prolific . The data it provides can then be used to determine whether or not protection is call for during sex . concord to Natural Cycles’website , the app apply a specific algorithmic program that takes temperature and other useful entropy such as spermatozoan natural selection and cycle irregularity into account .
Natural Cycles has been gain ground popularity latterly , and the identification number of British women download the app increased from 5,000 in 2016 to 125,000 in 2017 .
Previous researchconducted by those behind the app find that it is just as safe and effective to habituate as the birth ascendancy pill , if not more so . Its effectiveness was reported to be 99 percent with perfect role and 93 percent with distinctive use – the lozenge is 91 percent effective under distinctive usance .
A rep for Natural Cycles said in a statement that as the number of mass using the app increases , it ’s only natural that the number of unwanted pregnancy will too , theEvening Standardreports .
“ We do n’t retrieve it ’s helpful to fuel the fear of contraceptive method by scaring the public with miscarriage tidings – there is already a fear of hormones and if doctors or the general media add a fear of new type of certified contraceptive method , which are clinically proven to be effective , there is really not much left to choose from , " he added .
