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임신 도움되는 앱 덕택, 10,000명 성공

By KH디지털2

Published : Feb. 24, 2014 - 18:44

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여성의 가임기를 체크해서 임신을 돕는 애플리케이션이 인기를 끌고 있다.

아이폰용 앱인 킨다라(Kindara)에서 생리 주기, 현재 체온 등 신체 정보를 입력하면 임신 가능성이 높은 기간을 알려준다. 일정 시간이 되면 스마트폰 알람이 울려서 체온 등을 기록해 가임기를 정확하게 측정한다.

킨다라 사용 모습(아이폰 화면 캡처) 킨다라 사용 모습(아이폰 화면 캡처)
킨다라를 사용해서 임신에 성공한 여성이 지난해에 만 명에 달한다. 현재도 한 달에 500명 정도의 여성이 킨다라를 쓰고 임신에 성공했다.

이 앱을 개발한 윌리엄 색스와 캐서린 빅넬 부부는 자신들도 피임으로 고민하다가 킨다라를 생각하게 됐다.

아내 캐서린은 10년 동안 먹는 피임약을 복용하다가 가임기를 따져서 성관계를 피하는 ‘가임기 인지법(fertility awareness)’을 쓰게 됐다. 킨다라 앱도 이 가임기 인지법으로 임신, 피임 기간을 알려준다.

하지만 가임기 인지법은 피임에 실패할 확률이 높기 때문에 피임에는 킨드라를 참고만 해야 한다고 색스는 덧붙였다.

(코리아헤럴드 이신영 인턴기자 sylee@heraldcorp.com)


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Couple’s app helped 10,000 women get pregnant

Kindara, an iPhone app created by a husband and wife team in Boulder, Colorado, promises to helps women get pregnant faster, business and technology news website Business Insider reported.

In the last year alone, the app has helped 10,000 women conceive, co-founder William Sacks told Business Insider. Among users, nearly 500 pregnancies are reported per week, he added.

Women input intimate details about their bodies and the app tells them if they are ovulating.

Sacks and his wife, Katherine Bicknell, developed the app because they were looking for an effective method of birth control and did not want to use the pill. Bicknell had been on the pill for 10 years but did not like the side effects. She introduced the fertility awareness method to Sacks.

But the fertility awareness method does not guarantee contraception or the avoidance of pregnancy. “We want every woman to use the birth control that is right for her,” Sacks added.

By Lee Shin-young, Intern reporter (sylee@heraldcorp.com)

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