What does it mean to chart your cycle?

We LOVE charting and the body literacy that stems from it!

Charting is what the symptothermal method community use as a non-hormonal/non-barrier birth control.

Studies and results vary, but using the symptothermal method has a perfect use rate of 98-99.6% at preventing pregnancy.

Author

Olivia Orchowski

Olivia Orchowski is the founder and CEO of Kyri, a women’s health tech company building smarter tools to track and understand the menstrual cycle; without fluff, guesswork, or subscriptions. With a background in physiology and a passion for evidence-based education, Olivia writes to bridge the gap between complex science and the everyday realities of being in a female body. Whether it’s hormones, sleep, fertility, or cycle-aware training, her blog posts reflect Kyri’s mission: to make biological literacy part of daily life; not a mystery to decode once something goes wrong. When she’s not writing or building Kyri, you’ll find her walking her dogs, raising her daughter, reading, or deep-diving through the latest in female health research.