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Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by Skmoda360(m): 4:40pm On Jan 25, 2017
It is the subject of countless jokes and sitcom scenes – but knowing the best moment to leap into bed and try for a baby is a serious matter for many couples.

Now help is at hand in the form of a Fitbit-style wristband that the inventors claim can identify when a woman is at her most fertile with almost 90 per cent accuracy.

The Ava device recognises when a woman is about to ovulate by detecting subtle changes in her body, such as resting heart rate and skin temperature.The woman wears it while she sleeps, takes it off in the morning and sends the data to her phone.

Its inventors believe the £199 gadget, which is due to be launched in Britain this week, will take the guesswork out of conception and replace the messy and inconvenient urine-test method that many women use to determine their best time to have sex.

Dubbed the ‘fertility Fitbit’, the Ava looks like a watch.The device monitors nine variables which change slightly throughout the menstrual cycle. These include resting heart rate and skin temperature, which rise as the body prepares to release an egg.

It also measures breathing rate, the length of sleep, and movement during sleep. Individually, each of these signals has limited value in determining if a woman is at her most fertile.

But tracking them together means the wristband can identify this ‘window’ with surprising accuracy.A year-long study of 41 women, carried out at the University Hospital of Zurich in Switzerland, found it was 89 per cent accurate at predicting their most fertile five days of the month, as determined by hormone levels.

Lea von Bidder, 26, president of Swiss-based firm Ava, said trying for a baby could be ‘a very stressful and frustrating experience’ for women. She claimed the Ava would allow them to ‘understand the signs their body is giving them’.

But Professor Adam Balen, chairman of the British Fertility Society, questioned whether it would help. He said: “Sometimes these sorts of devices can just cause more stress by forcing people to have sex at a particular time, and that’s not really healthy.”

Couples hoping to conceive should simply have lots of sex throughout a woman’s cycle, he added, as ‘fresh’ sperm was best at fertilising the egg.

And he said: “If a woman has a regular cycle, her fertile days are predictable.”A new ‘hands-free’ breast pump is set to revolutionise the way new mothers feed their babies. The invention, which comes complete with Bluetooth wireless technology and its own mobile phone app, collects milk in a pouch that fits inside a maternity bra.

http://m.guardian.ng/features/natural-health/new-gadget-could-help-couples-get-pregnant/

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by newyorks(m): 6:09pm On Jan 25, 2017
finaly ftc.

gud,at same time they should hasten to invent sperm producing chip so as to balance the equation of artificial human reproductive system.

i dedicate it to ul chelsea fans with there brains like mine.

again epp me tel nepa to introduce night plan and day plan so we can make our choices.

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by Princess4ng(f): 6:35pm On Jan 25, 2017
Hmmmmm... Oyibo wetin remain ooo.. To bring back dead to life... God!!!!
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by TeleboiZ005(m): 6:35pm On Jan 25, 2017
intresting......















Can u c me
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by ednut1(m): 6:36pm On Jan 25, 2017
Princess4ng:
Hmmmmm... Oyibo wetin remain ooo.. To bring back dead to life... God!!!!
sooon. i strongly believe it Death will be conquered. If they can clone lamb pig etc dey can also clone humans cheesy. when person reach 100 dem go transport ur brain go mechanical body angry grin

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by ikes9(m): 6:37pm On Jan 25, 2017
Technology is advancing everyday

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by Brown14: 6:37pm On Jan 25, 2017
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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by Nobody: 6:37pm On Jan 25, 2017
Oyibos are inventing, we are still fighting #smh

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by Burger01(m): 6:37pm On Jan 25, 2017
smiley
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by verygudbadguy(m): 6:37pm On Jan 25, 2017
Oyinbo ready mould human being... If no bi God.

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by Princess4ng(f): 6:38pm On Jan 25, 2017
ednut1:
sooon

God no go gree sha
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by tosynomolara(f): 6:39pm On Jan 25, 2017
O make sense
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by adedayoadedeji(m): 6:39pm On Jan 25, 2017
Means sex will have a timetable for couple. Good but sex will not be enjoyer
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by ednut1(m): 6:40pm On Jan 25, 2017
Princess4ng:


God no go gree sha
but he gree sex change, iVF, animal cloning abi grin

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by HtwoOw: 6:41pm On Jan 25, 2017
The thing dey vomit sperm ? abi he dey increase sperm count ? grin grin grin grin
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by adioolayi(m): 6:41pm On Jan 25, 2017
"The Ava device recognises when a woman is about to ovulate by detecting subtle changes in her body, such as resting heart rate and skin temperature.The woman wears it while she sleeps, takes it off in the morning and sends the data to her phone."


hmmm.... countless predictor, ovulation kits, Chinese calendar and all... at the end.....Oluwa ni s'omo (God is the only Supreme being that giveth a Child)

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by gabazin080(m): 6:41pm On Jan 25, 2017
ginajet:
I need one asap
so u dont know wen u are ovulating
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by BLACKbullet: 6:42pm On Jan 25, 2017
why I saw the headline, I was thinking that the wristband will pregnant the person wearing it

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by lilyheaven: 6:42pm On Jan 25, 2017
Where can I buy it in Nigeria?
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by NicoBaba(m): 6:43pm On Jan 25, 2017
not moved till I see d invention of a spec or glass...when worn can visibly detect who is a virgin or not.....all dis my area gals b forming lyk....
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by seunlayi(m): 6:43pm On Jan 25, 2017
Interesting things in this time of recession
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by ginajet(f): 6:43pm On Jan 25, 2017
I need one asap

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by smithe113(m): 6:44pm On Jan 25, 2017
not a big deal thou, just using the concept of Basal Body temperature monitoring form of natural family planning

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by Sirheny007(m): 6:44pm On Jan 25, 2017
Do not be suprised if one day they invent a robot capable of impregnating a woman..

That is if it has not happened already.. angry
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by pendusky(m): 6:45pm On Jan 25, 2017
hmmm
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by itsik(m): 6:45pm On Jan 25, 2017
Make women no turn this one to personal se**x equipment.
Na for only to check when u fertile oooooo
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by Nobody: 6:46pm On Jan 25, 2017
TeleboiZ005:
intresting......















Can u c me
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by Aburi001: 6:47pm On Jan 25, 2017
When did Wristwatch starts acting as sperms? shocked shocked

Make una stop tempting God biko
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by BCharles: 6:48pm On Jan 25, 2017
This device will flood Nigeria Immediately.



Check my signature lets earn bitcoin 2gether
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by pendusky(m): 6:50pm On Jan 25, 2017
ginajet:
I need one asap

noted cheesy

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Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by dingbang(m): 6:52pm On Jan 25, 2017
I also hope it can tell if a girl is a virgin
Re: Fitbit-Style Wristband: Gadget Could Help Couples Get Pregnant by Bsmartt(m): 6:54pm On Jan 25, 2017
Very soon I guess we'd be able able to have sex using the Internet irrespective of your location. Technological advancement. Kudos to the inventors though

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