Phone App New Help in Conceiving
Having trouble conceiving? Use your phone. No, not that way. But with a new app, women can record the timing of their last menstrual period and as more data is entered, the app, the Glow, more accurately predicts their body's fertility cycle. Glow populates a calendar to display dates for a woman's period and suspected optimum, ovulation delay, according to Jacqueline Lee. The app can also remind dads-to-be to "Stay out of the hot tub!", "Wear boxers, not briefs," and other tips to improve their fertility, as well. Infertility strikes one in three women after age 35, so this could be a real money-maker for Levchin, the company which developed the app, whose founder, Max Levchin, also birthed PayPal. According to estimates, 7.3 million people in the U.S., or one in eight couples, have trouble conceiving. Though many couples would prefer to procreate in a less structured way, there's no beating the app for setting up a road m...