Real People. Real Stories.

Kathryn R: Successful IUI on the first try with Priya Fertility

My partner and I are a same-sex couple, and after hitting our second year of marriage, we decided...

Julie: Getting pregnant with PCOS

I was diagnosed in 2016 with PCOS and told it would be very difficult for me to conceive children.

Kristen B: Building body literacy to avoid and achieve pregnancy

I first stumbled upon Kindara in 2013 after taking Natural Family Planning classes through our...

Caitlin C: Getting pregnant naturally after major lifestyle changes

After receiving some negative test results, our doctor told us about a year into our journey that...

Consuelo C: Getting to know her own body

I have been using Kindara to chart my cycle since 2018. I love having easy access to my data on the...

Mary F: Avoiding and achieving pregnancy with the help of Kindara

We used Kindara for Sympto-thermal charting, to prevent pregnancy without any hormones and then...

Kathryn S: Empowered with information needed to be her own advocate

My husband and I started learning the Symptothermal Method of fertility awareness about 6 months...

Victoria B: Freedom from hormones

I started my period for the first time ever in Fall 2014 when I was 23 years old (delayed due to a...

Nicole G: Understanding her body after birth control

I started using Kindara in October 2019 after coming off the pill to better understand my body and...

Julianne G: Building body literacy with PCOS

My Kindara story started 3 years ago. Ever since I was in college, I had doctors who said I...

Staff Story, Teena: Life after hormones and a long-awaited diagnosis

I took hormonal birth control pills for over 10 consecutive years before moving to a hormonal...

Staff Story, Sam & James: Addressing low progesterone for a healthy pregnancy

I first learned about the fertility awareness method (FAM) when my boyfriend James joined a company...

Staff Story, Kate: Journey from conventional birth control to FAM

For years, like many others, I started my young adulthood by turning to pharmaceutical birth...

Amanda J: Fulfilling the dream of becoming a mother

I started Kindara after discontinuing the use of oral birth control pills. I identified long cycles...

Haley M: Charting in a journey of secondary infertility

We are experiencing secondary infertility. We got pregnant with our first without much effort so...

Jenelle M: Community Support Through Journey of Loss and Joy

When my husband and I began our efforts of adding a second child to our family I searched for an...

Ashlie Z: Using natural methods to avoid pregnancy

Using Kindara for the last two years has provided my husband and I with so much peace of mind!...

Christy S: How Kindara strengthened our relationship

This story was submitted to Kindara by Christy S. In April of 2014 after several months of TTC...

Whitley H: Finding Community

This story was submitted to Kindara by Whitley H. I've been tracking with Kindara for less than a...

Sue Ellen T: Preparing her body for TTC through charting

‍ I can't remember exactly how I came across Kindara online but it was around Thanksgiving 2016...

Shannon M: From charting on paper to charting with the Kindara app

This story was submitted to Kindara by Shannon M. I read the book "Taking Charge of Your...

Allycia A: Building a Community through Kindara

‍I started using Kindara before evening trying to conceive just to get to know my body a little...

Angela H: Understand menopause with fertility charting

This story was submitted to Kindara by Angela H. I am very happily married to my best friend,...

Aren B: Achieving my fertility goals naturally

The day finally came where I decided I was done with birth control and the side effects I had been...

Ashlee D: Understanding her cycle while trying to conceive

This story was submitted to Kindara by Ashlee D. ‍My husband and I got married in October of 2012....

Brittany B: Using fertility charting to understand her cycle and improve her health

This story was submitted to Kindara by Brittany B. First of all, I want to thank you so much for...

Brittany M: Using Fertility Awareness to achieve and avoid pregnancy

This story was submitted to Kindara by Brittany M. ‍I started using Kindara to track my fertility...

Caitlin A: Finding support during TTC journey for a rainbow baby 🌈

When my husband and I decided to start a family, I picked up Taking Charge of Your Fertility and...

Jess I: Identifying problems with her luteal phase via Kindara

This story was submitted to Kindara by Jess I. My husband and I used Kindara to help us achieve...

Julia V: Before Kindara, I knew hardly anything about my body

Kindara has changed my life in so many ways.  Before I decided to stop using hormones I had...

Kate D: Finding a natural, non-hormonal solution to avoid pregnancy

This story was submitted to Kindara by Kate D. Last January I stumbled upon your app while looking...

Kathy L: Identifying problems with her pregnancy through fertility charting

This story was submitted to Kindara by Kathy L. I was trying to conceive for almost five years...

Kim S: Surrogacy, and the art of timing conception

A photo of my fur baby, Tiakarete, who is getting a little ignored while I'm charting on Kindara....

Kirsty J: Identifying anovulatory cycles

‍After decades of irregular cycles and hormone imbalance, I decided as a newly married woman it...

Kristin S: Pinpointing ovulation to time home insemination

This story was submitted to Kindara by Kristin S. My partner and I started using Kindara about a...

Krystal W: Learning about Fertility Awareness with the help of Kindara... and her fiance!

This story was submitted to Kindara by Krystal W. I am 29 years old and I am TTC; this will be my...

Lindsey B.E.: Timing conception with fertility charting

This story was submitted to Kindara by Lindsey B.E. My first and only conception was pretty much...

Lonnisha M: Learning about her unique cycle on her journey to conceive

This story was submitted to Kindara by Lonnisha M. I'm originally from San Francisco California...

Meredith M: Finding peace of mind through FABM

This story was submitted to Kindara by Meredith M.                                               ...

Rebecca G: How Kindara helped me have a healthy baby

This story was submitted to Kindara by Rebecca G. How Kindara helped me have a healthy baby:I've...

Renee B: Overcoming endometriosis and the biological clock while trying to conceive

This story was submitted to Kindara by Renee B. I am 40 years old and have three children from a...

Shannon F: Transitioning off Hormonal Birthcontrol with Community Support

‍ The Kindara community provided me with incredible support for my transition off of the birth...

Shauna S: Using the Fertility Awareness Method to avoid pregnancy after marriage

This story was submitted to Kindara by Shauna S. I was introduced to Kindara over a cup of coffee...

Tania W: Gaining body knowledge through the Fertility Awareness Method

This story was submitted to Kindara by Tania W. I'm a nurse. I used the fertility awareness...

Vanita J: Charting her fertility to avoid pregnancy

This story was submitted to Kindara by Vanita j. After researching birth control options...

Alison C: Quickly accomplishing her fertility goal with Kindara

This story was submitted to Kindara by Alison C. My husband and I had 'tried' for 5 years for our...

Cássia C: A natural alternative to managing my fertility

I had been on the pill practically my entire life because of a diagnosis of POS, which I didn't...

Danielle F: PCOS or just long cycles?

I started using the Kindara app in the fall of 2015 in order to better understand my body and...

Delynne M: Living a natural lifestyle with Fertility Awareness

This story was submitted to Kindara by Delynne M. Hello Kindara!I am a stay-at-home mom with three...

Emily F: Coming to understand miscarriage and her unique cycle through fertility charting

This story was submitted to Kindara by Emily F. I started using Kindara after trying several...

Erin S: Learning to love her body, and her cycle

This story was submitted to Kindara by Erin S. My story is not a particularly unique or inspiring...

Hillary C: Trying to conceive and learning along the way

This story was submitted to Kindara by Hillary C. I'm turning 29 this week... scary to think I'm...

Holly H: Reclaiming her health with fertility charting after a copper IUD

This story was submitted to Kindara by Holly H. In 2010, I made the decision to get a copper IUD....

Jennifer W: Natural family planning with added features from Kindara

This story was submitted to Kindara by Jennifer W. I LOVE Kindara! It allows me to practice NFP...

Jessica M: Ditching the hormones in favor of fertility awareness

This story was submitted to Kindara by Jessica M. I have been using Kindara for almost two years...

Julie D: Using Natural Family Planning to achieve and avoid pregnancy

This story was submitted to Kindara by Julie D. ‍I've been against hormonal birth control since my...

Katelyn D's Story: Taking Control of Her Fertility with her Partner

When I was 18 I was told that when you go to college you should start birth control pills just in...

Kristina G: Discovering the Fertility Awareness Method

This story was submitted to Kindara by Kristina G. ‍I am a lot of things, but happy with my cycle...

Nicole B: Charting her cycle to get pregnant

Nicole B: Charting her cycle to get pregnant This story was submitted to Kindara by Nicole B. Our...

Raechel T: A second chance through Kindara

As a mother of FOUR and a recent GRANDMOTHER, I was the exception to the rule for this app. You...

Samathana F: Getting pregnant with endometriosis

‍Kindara helped me conceive this little man!! This app was BY FAR my favorite almost exactly a...

Sara R: Timing conception with fertility charting

This story was submitted to Kindara by Sara R. I'm a planner. I knew about a year out that I...

Twinkle A: Empowering others by spreading the word about fertility charting

This story was submitted to Kindara by Twinkle A. My Kindara Story: When I married my -now-...

Aliza Z: Experiencing dangerous side effects of hormonal birth control

This story was submitted to Kindara by Aliza Z. My periods have always been irregular, difficult...

Rachel N: Tracking with Kindara Provided Info Needed to Diagnose PCOS

I started using Kindara in April of 2015, two months before getting married. I was looking for a...