Pregnancy setting/mode for more accurate data

[JLMD]

Necessary:

Logging a pregnancy is a must, as is the ammenorheic period due to breastfeeding.  These drastically affect predictions making the app useless for many.  Eg. I have entered my data since 2011.  My periods are like clock work occurring every 27 days... but I have had 4 pregnancies in that time so the app is telling me that my peiods average every 104 days.

Useful:

Option to add basal body temp and ovulation data (eg. predictor strip).

Moderator edit: title

[PatriziaBow]

It would be great if it would be possible to add a pregnancy to the period tracker.

[AlexandraFitbit]

Hello @PatriziaBow! Thanks for sharing this suggestion, I can see why you would want to add pregnancy to the period tracker. I moved your comments to this similar post so you can add your vote to it as it is not currently planned to have this option. Please keep sharing your ideas with us!

[Erin_baltus]

Love the women's health ! But I'm pregnant now and theres no way to track it

[DavideFitbit]

Hello @Erin_baltus, thank you for taking the time to share this idea about having a pregnancy mode, this feature suggestion already exists so I’ve moved your post here as it is Not currently planned.

[Mixprevi]

It would be great to be able to track pregnancy using the female health section

[LizzyFitbit]

Hi @Mixprevi, thanks for taking the time to share this idea with us. This feature suggestion already exists, so I’ve moved your post here. While this isn't currently planned at this moment, you can keep adding your votes to this suggestion so we can keep tracking this request overtime. Learn more about how Fitbit decides what suggestions get released in our FAQs. I hope to see you around.

[SC93]

Why isn't there an option to monitor your pregnancy within the Female health option? I've had to disable mine because I was getting weekly reminders that my period was due. Not only that, but fitbit can monitor your sleep, exercise and mood changes depending on your cycle, but pregnancy increases the number of calories needed (an extra 300 usually), the number of calories you burn, resting heart rate increases, weight gain, more disrupted sleep and mood changes. My fitbit now think's I've given up on some forms of exercise, eating more, and gaining weight at an alarming rate with no justification. I think it should be an option within the already existing Female tracker, even if it just notes your pregnant? Also thinking ahead, nursing burns more calories, and after the birth, you're periods and hormones will be all over the place. I find it strange the option is there to track your fertility, and help get pregnant  but not note when conception was successful? 

[cosbo17]

It would be nice to have a pregnancy setting in female health.

[DavideFitbit]

Hi @SC93 and @cosbo17, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us about having a pregnancy setting or the option to monitor your pregnancy within the Female Health feature, this feature suggestion already exists so I’ve moved your post here as it is not currently planned.

I do recommend that you keep sharing your ideas with us!

[romero_marti]

Suggestion to recognize needs and special considerations for pregnant and breastfeeding women. (I.e., Weight gain vs weight loss, metabolic changes / caloric intake differences, different exercise regimes)

[jenminem]

There are already several threads on this topic but all of them are locked.  Why are the threads locked?  

Based on the last moderator's reply, I understand fitbit has no interest in creating a pregnancy mode for the female health widget.  If this is the case, I suggest you revise "female health" to "menstruation tracker" or "fertility tracker" to indicate that you are only focusing on ovulation and not what happens when you actually get pregnant.  Calling it "female health" but only making it about ovulation is a misnomer and indicative of some misogynistic thinking.

Furthermore, I understand fitbit has no plans on creating a pregnancy mode for the womens health widget, but I do not understand why fitbit has chosen to lock these threads.  If people want a feature and want to talk about it, you might as well allow them to talk about the feature in one thread.  Just put a stick on the front page saying "Fitbit has no plans on updating the womens health widget" or however you want to word it.

[DavideFitbit]

Hi @jenminem, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback and comments with us about adding pregnancy mode for Female Health, this feature suggestion already exists so I’ve moved your post here as it is not currently planned.

However, this idea is still open to votes, so the team can continue to track popularity and demand over time. This helps maintain the Community and the Feature Suggestion board more organized. 

Thank you again for sharing your ideas. 

[Lringen]

I'd like the Female Health section to include more! Mostly pregnancy and post-delivery information. To help women keep better track of heart rate, weight gain and loss, and more  suggestions. And maybe ways to help loose the baby weight after baby is born thru exercise, food, and sleep. And maybe a way to keep track of Braxton-Hicks, regular contractions, and any other symptoms. 

[MaestraMer]

Please add a breastfeeding/nursing option to the profile. We need more water and more calories and it would be helpful to have that reflected in our accounts. We also need to think about exercise and weight loss in a different way than other women and don't usually get our periods while nursing. My tracker also keeps tracking steps at night, I think because I'm moving around while nursing, and it would be helpful to have an option to track nursing so it's not mistaken as steps. 

[YojanaFitbit]

Hi @Lringen, thanks for taking the time to share why you would like to see this option on the Female Health tracker. This feature suggestion already exists, so I’ve moved your post here. This is not currently planned at this moment. You can keep adding your votes to this suggestion so we can keep tracking this request overtime. Learn more about how Fitbit decides what suggestions get released in our FAQs. I hope to see you around.

[YojanaFitbit]

Hi @MaestraMer, thanks for explaining why you would like to have this option on Female Health Tracking. I've moved it into a similar suggestion which has a lot of votes. As the more votes and comments an idea has the more visibility and momentum it gains. You can learn more about how Fitbit decides what suggestions get released in our FAQs.

[Renesz]

Every day thousands of women get pregnant no point to just track period if no pregnancy feature.

by the way the ovulation calculator was spot on! That’s how we conceived! So 5 star for that!!!

please add the feature ASap fit bit loosing out on a potential massively!

if you need ideas we are happy to provide.

to be honest the app could of calculated how far along I’m, if my ovulation was on the 26 and I added that I’ve missed period should straight away reminded me to take a test or something!

then it could just calculate daily and send weekly little links about the baby size and interesting things about foetal development.

links to further tips: exercise, eat not to eat etc

[YojanaFitbit]

Hi @Renesz, thanks for taking the time to share why you would like to see this option on the Fitbit app. This feature suggestion already exists, so I’ve moved your post here. This is not currently planned at this moment. You can keep adding your votes to this suggestion so we can keep tracking this request overtime. Learn more about how Fitbit decides what suggestions get released in our FAQs. I hope to see you around.

[Renehurst]

Been searching through suggestions to find it was suggested OVER a year ago to add pregnant and nursing. Searching through my app-I’ve found breastfeeding (as part of birth control-first off-that’s an old wives tale) but not a pregnant setting. Being pregnant changes a lot in a woman’s body and it needs its own setting.

[LizzyFitbit]

Hi @Renehurst. Thanks for taking the time to visit our Feature Suggestions and explain why you'd like to see a pregnancy option in the Fitbit app with us! This feature suggestion already exists, for this reason I’ve moved your post here. While this isn't currently planned at this moment, we have left voting open so we can keep tracking this request overtime. To learn more about how Fitbit decides which suggestions get developed, visit our FAQs.

[Jessie1R]

If a woman gets pregnant she should be able to mark it in the app and pause period/fertility alerts for 9 months. 

[Jh21]

I am currently pregnant and I would like to see a way to track it and the progress of my pregnancy and make sure I am gaining a healthy amount of weight.

It also will help the period tracker be more accurate. Right now I turned that feature off as it would be inaccurate as I am not menstruating due to pregnancy and I cannot add that in there.

During pregnancy we need a different calorie intake versus those who are not and while we need exercise some of us might be on a modified exercise routine. It would be nice to add that in there. Also someone who tracks their periods to get pregnant would like to see a reminder saying your period is late it may be time to take a pregnancy test. There is no way for us to log in that information. Granted there are apps like fertility friend for this sort of thing but why add a period tracker if you can't put in whether you are pregnant or not other than to know when you expect your period. Also for some.women who are breastfeeding it would be helpful to have that added too bexause it can affect their cycles as well.

I noticed there has been a few posts like this in 2018 but no updates have been made.

Can you please make this a feature.

Thank you.

[YojanaFitbit]

Hi @Jh21, thanks for taking the time to share why you would like to see this option on the Female Health tile. This feature suggestion already exists, so I’ve moved your post here. This is not currently planned at this moment. You can keep adding your votes to this suggestion so we can keep tracking this request overtime. Learn more about how Fitbit decides what suggestions get released in our FAQs. I hope to see you around.

[LacRose]

I love being able to look at the Fitbit app to check where I'm at in my cycles, but being pregnant that part of the app is essentially useless to me now. It would be nice to have everything in the same spot i.e: last menstrual cycle, cycle duration, and gestation week so multiple apps aren't having to be used. It would also be great to be able to enable a pregnancy mode that way at the conclusion of a pregnancy the app takes it automatically in consideration when calculating future menstrual cycles.

[LizzyFitbit]

Hi @LacRose. Thanks for taking the time to explain why you'd like to have a pregnancy mode in the Female Health Tracking app. This feature suggestion already exists, so I’ve moved your post here. While this isn't currently planned at this moment, we have left voting open so we can keep tracking this request overtime. To learn more about how Fitbit decides which suggestions get developed, visit our FAQs.