How the internet of things can prevent or help you get pregnant

With the help of smartphone apps and FitBit-like devices, women can now track and understand their monthly menstrual cycles and pregnancies digitally

Every morning Kayla Strata takes her temperature using a basal digital thermometer and checks her cervical fluid. She then enters those readings into a smartphone app to determine where she is in her monthly cycle.

Known as the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM), this is a way to track ovulation to either help a woman become pregnant or prevent a pregnancy. Strata started using this method in 2014 when she decided hormonal birth control was no longer an option for her because of its side effects.