Your period is a critical component of your menstrual cycle. It tells us when Cycle Day 1 is and enables us to estimate when your fertile window will be.
If you are an Oova user, you will have noticed that we ask for the first day of your most recent period. This is important information to enter so that Oova’s algorithm can get to know your personal cycle. Once the algorithm knows when your cycle started, it will accurately be able to tell you when to take each scan.
Your period is one of the most important pieces of information you need to log in the app.
How to log your period in the Oova app
Once you register with the Oova app, you'll be asked for the first day of your last period. You'll also have options for defining your period flow. Please choose the one that most accurately reflects your flow:
- Spotting: Blood only appears when wiping, but you don't need a pad or tampon. In the app, we do not consider spotting to be the first day of your period.
- Light: The bleeding is enough to require a panty liner, or, if using a pad or tampon, the bleeding will not soak through a single pad or tampon in three hours.
- Moderate: Soaking through one pad or tampon in three hours.
- Heavy: Soaking through more than one pad or tampon in under three hours.
If you enter the incorrect day
If you enter the incorrect first day of last period upon registration, go to Journal, select the days of your period and log a period flow. Alternatively, you can contact Oova Support (support@oova.life) to change the date to the correct one.
If you use Oova for a subsequent cycle
If you are using Oova for a subsequent cycle (i.e. your second or third time using Oova), then be mindful to log your period flow in your journal. If this step is skipped, it will have bigger downstream effects on your scanning days.
If you haven't had a period in a while
You can still use Oova! It may be more difficult for the algorithm to know exactly when you should start using Oova until we collect enough data. However, this means you can start testing at any point. We recommend testing for more than 15 days to fully understand where you are in your cycle; the algorithm will figure out your cycle once it collects your baseline and daily hormone levels.
Inputting information about your period doesn’t just help our experts help you, but helps you track important details about your cycle, hormones, and period over time.