Hey, if it worked for this woman…
After four years of infertility, all it took was a simple download for 30-year-old Lena Bryce to get pregnant, making her the proud mother of Britain’s very first “iPhone baby.”
Last week we learned that your iPhone can save your life, this week, it turns out that it can create life as well. Bryce, who desperately wanted a child, told The Sun: “It began to weigh heavily on us. We were considering IVF and adoption when [my husband] Dudley gave me the iPhone for my 30th. I typed in ‘get pregnant’ and downloaded five apps.”
The young wife chose The Free Menstrual Calendar [iTunes Link], which highlighted in bright pink her most fertile day. She got pregnant two months after downloading the app, and gave birth on the exact day that it predicted.
Yes, I’ve got my tongue firmly in my cheek. Obviously this simple trick won’t work with everyone. But what the heck, it’s worth a shot, no?
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Of course this won’t work for people with true fertility problems, but it’s surprising the number of couples who have no idea when the woman is fertile or how the menstrual cycle works. The Billings Ovulation method that was developed in Australia has been used all over the world and evaluated by China (old hands at population control) and the WHO and found to be equally, if not more effective than the pill or condoms at preventing pregnancy. On the flip side, it has also been used to help many couples achieve pregnancy through simple awareness rather than through drugs or other interventions. While the story focuses on the iPhone, what it really shows is the disconnect between very simple concepts and our own awareness.
If you look at the side effects on any prescription for the pill, my wife has had them all. We’ve been using Billings effectively to prevent pregnancy for quite some time and in a few months will be using it to determine the optimal time to try for our first.
This does somehow highlight the lack of NFP knowledge out there. Even our family docs are in the dark.