I’ve never known anyone track their periods

Why on earth would Garmin have it as a function if it was the niche?

I didn't track it when I was on the pill as it's not really a "cycle" so no need. I guess it could be similar if you're on other hormonal contraception?

And yes, of course everyone tracks their menstrual cycle and always has done.

Since coming off the pill I have tracked mine in the calendar on my phone. Everyone I know tracks them some way or other, mainly so they know when their period will come and of they're doing anything that might be a pain with it.

I am too old to have ever tracked a period on an app but always did on my Filofax diary. What the fuck business is it of your husband to have an opinion on how you keep records of bodily functions? TBH I dont know why you told him if he is such an undermining wet. He clearly has some kind of a problem with discussing periods. I had a husband like that once.

I've tracked my periods since I started them! OK, back in the day, it might have been making a written note on the calendar, whereas now I use an App on my phone!!

I thought most women tracked their periods! 🤷

If no one tracks their period, why are there so many apps? It’s even built into my Fitbit. Which I do use by the way!

I track mine. They're very regular, but time flies, and I know it'd creep up on me and I'd be unprepared.

My phone notifies me when I'm due in 7 days. This is usually when I'm being a bitch, so the notification makes me think ohhh that's why! Haha.

I think it's fairly standard now and so easy with apps. Your partner sounds a bit out of touch tbh!

As I recall it was the most important time to track because of getting HRT sorted...not just dates but heaviness of flow, other symptoms, pre bleed signs size and date of mucus plug....the War and Peace of mentrual tracking!

Is your partner a woman? I don't track mine but my daughters do.. Why wouldn't you? Convenient to know when it's due. Bizarre.

But clearly it's not 'of course' as the comment was in response to 'surely every woman tracks her period so....'. There have been numerous other similar comments on this thread - surely all women track so they know when to avoid activities or wearing light clothes or so they know they have enough tampons in the house. I don't do any of those things. My periods have no more bearing on my life than going to the toilet does and even if it did, I know exactly when it will be because you can see how many pills are left in the pack. Given how many people take the pill, I'm genuinely quite surprised by how many people diarise it either on paper or electronically.

I track mine as do my close friends, I don’t know anyone who isn’t on oral contraceptives who doesn’t track their periods

Why wouldn't he say "oh, tell me more, I've never known anyone to do that?" instead of assuming his narrow experience of women is the whole experience of women!

Btw magnesium supplements helped with my periods and perimenopause symptoms, might be something to look into. Mine is actually a women's blend called Wassen Magnesium-OK from Boots.

I don’t have periods anymore but used to track them every month. I loved a paper poster with cycles of the moon which I could track alongside my period. Loved it. It made me much more aware of my body and moods and much more aligned with nature / woo woo.

Given what’s previously been happening in the USA, I wouldn’t use a digital period tracker or input anything on my Apple Watch. “It could never happen here” has all too often happened here.
Also, it’s your DP who is weird 😝

Someone above said he sounds a bit think, he also must think you're an idiot if you believe him. Is he suggesting that hes done some kind of weird questionnaire and asked every one he knows?

some women have super regular period, so no need to track
others don't, or wouldn't remember until they track

what's the big deal? How can you book a holiday or a Gyne appointment if you don't know when your periods are.

Unless he's a gynaecologist, I wouldn't listen to any comment about my period - but I probably wouldn't listen to a woman either. You do you!

Never tracked when young, but I did start to make a rough mental note when starting the menopause, I was aware they were all over the place for a year or so. No marking of calendars ever.

Totally understand keeping a track through ill-health though.

Absolute rot! Of course you’re right to track your cycle! Women have done this for eons! My mum (born nearly a century ago) used to put a star in her diary. I did the same. My daughters use the Flo app.

It’s really important to track your cycle to make sense of your moods/ appetite/ sleep etc etc, to avoid/ encourage pregnancy, to detect changes that give us a clue to health matters. SO many times, when you see a doctor, they want to know the date of your last menstrual period.

Women have been tracking periods/ovulation for thousands of years - especially pre-effective contraceptive - why does your DP think it’s odd?

And yes I track mine. Have done since I first started. Now I’m hopefully moving towards the end of peri it’s a bit of a fool’s errand because it seems to appear whenever it feels like it and just when I think I’ve found a pattern it flipping well changes it but there you go, that’s the stage I’m at!

I've always tracked my periods. I used to do it in my diary, and then when smartphones came along I started using an app and like you I now use my Garmin. It's a totally normal and healthy thing to do.

Just started tracking mine due to being at least peri-menopause.

I use the ClearBlue app.

I hope you’ve had words with him about making random pronouncements on things women have been managing since time began and he has zero experience of! How dos he think a woman has any idea if she’s pregnant or not if she doesn’t know when she’s due? Not to mention the inconvenience of not being prepared with sanpro when out and about.

I imagine he’s had the luxury of never having had to give it any thought (if only we had the same luxury!) and so came out with a load of codswallop instead of respecting the actual person in the house with some experience in the matter! 🙄

I record mine in the health app on my phone

I think most people do

useful for all kinds of things