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The cycle, pregnancy and recovery — Kvit blog
Reading on the cycle, pregnancy and the time after birth. With named sources, and without medical advice.
Kvit privacy policy, §3.28 min
Is it safe to track your cycle in an app
The answer turns on one thing: where the encryption key is kept. Three meanings of "encrypted", what stays visible on the server, and what that costs.
Kvit privacy policy, §§3–97 min
Who can see your cycle entries
Not "we care about your privacy" but a list: you, us, Supabase, Qonversion, Apple and Google — who sees what, and how long it is kept.
NHS UK6 min
A late period: what it means
Why a few days of difference is a property of the cycle, not a fault; when a test actually shows anything; and when not to wait.
ACOG6 min
How ovulation is actually calculated
Ovulation is counted backwards from the next period, not as the middle of the cycle. Why "day 14" holds only for a 28-day cycle.
NHS UK6 min
Phases of the menstrual cycle
Four phases, the hormones that drive them, and why almost all the variation in cycle length falls on the follicular phase.
NHS UK6 min
When your cycle returns after birth
Why lochia is not a period, how breastfeeding delays the cycle through prolactin, and why ovulation can happen before the first period arrives.
NHS UK6 min
Preparing for pregnancy: a health checklist
What 3–6 months of preparation consists of: folic acid, what a pre-pregnancy appointment covers, lifestyle, and your partner’s half.
ACOG7 min
The first trimester: what happens
Why dating starts from the last period, what happens in the key weeks, which symptoms are normal, and the signs that mean calling now.
NHS UK6 min
Anxiety during pregnancy
Why anxiety happens, how to tell the kind that ends in an action from the kind that goes in circles, and when to ask for help now.
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