This is one person's experience, shared with their permission. Individual experiences vary. Premom provides educational information and tracking tools and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. For medical guidance, consult a healthcare professional.

Hannah downloaded the Premom app three years ago for a practical reason. She had mild PCOS and wanted to make sense of her periods that did not follow the rules. She was not thinking about babies yet. She wanted to understand what her body was doing.

Tracking a body that didn't follow the rules

For her, the value was in the consistency. Logging her cycles, symptoms, and ovulation month after month gave her a fuller picture than she had ever had. Over time, she began to notice which lifestyle and dietary changes seemed to suit her body, and she leaned into them.

“The app helped me monitor my cycles, symptoms, and ovulation, allowing me to better understand my body.”

The ovulation strips that changed what she could see

Like a lot of people tracking with PCOS, the ovulation piece was where she felt the most in the dark, and where seeing her own data helped the most.

“One of my favorite features was the ovulation strip tracker.”

easy@Home ovulation test strips darkening to a peak line in the Premom app
Hannah's LH progression to peak, tracked with easy@Home strips in the Premom app.

In practice, that meant scanning her easy@Home ovulation test strips into the Premom app, where the readings lined up into a pattern she could actually follow instead of guessing.

There was a stretch when her cycles were not regular and she was not ovulating on a predictable schedule. She describes what shifted in her own words.

“There was a time when I wasn't ovulating regularly, but with consistent cycle tracking and healthier lifestyle habits, I was able to restore my ovulation naturally.”

She points to the changes she made to her habits, with Premom as the place she could keep it all tracked in one spot and actually watch the picture change.

Meeting her husband, and a plan

She met her husband in September of last year. Early on, they talked about starting a family and agreed to try naturally for at least a year. Given her history, she kept her expectations low, and kept tracking.

“Because of my history with PCOS, I wasn't very optimistic, but I continued using Premom to track my cycles.”

Hannah and her husband holding an ultrasound photo and tiny baby clothes
Hannah and her husband announcing their pregnancy after trying to conceive with PCOS.

Two cycles, not a year

It did not take a year.

“To our surprise and joy, it only took us two cycles to conceive. Seeing that positive pregnancy test felt surreal.”

A visit to her doctor made it official. She now uses Premom to follow her pregnancy instead of her cycle.

Pregnancy test lines getting darker over several days in the Premom app
Hannah's pregnancy tests darkening day by day, logged in Premom.

What she'd tell someone with PCOS who's trying

She is warm about why she wanted to share this at all.

“Premom has truly been my holy grail. It gave me the tools to better understand my body, stay consistent with tracking, and support the healthy lifestyle changes that helped regulate my cycles.”

“I absolutely love the Premom app and highly recommend it to anyone trying to conceive.”