Tracking women’s menstrual cycles used to be the domain of websites concerned with conception and fertility.
Here are two websites tracking cycles for different reasons– one to assist any women needing help to follow her cycle from month to month, and the other for… well… men.
This is a website where women can record the start of each monthly menstrual cycle– and MonthlyInfo will “generate predictions and statistics about your cycles.”
It’s for any women to use who wants to keep track of her cycle – for fertility reasons or managing your lifestyle better. From this website you can also find a link to set up a monthly self breast examination reminder.
From the monthlyinfo.com website: My name is Heather Rivers and by day, I am a computational lexicographer. Basically, you record each time your period starts, and MonthlyInfo uses your history to . You can then create and customize reminders which can be sent to your email address or text messaged to your phone.
Now for something completely different. Menstrual cycle tracking for men. The rationale this time is that men can have a monthly reminder of when their wife’s/partner’s/sister’s period is due– so that they can be armed and ready for the PMS onslaught.
Yes, much of PMS Buddy is tongue-in-cheek. Although, one one hand you have the National Alert Levels and Overall Threat Index, and on the other you have PMS tips and even a forum. A strange marriage indeed.
The creator of pmsbuddy.com, Eisenberg, told news.com.au, “It’s hard for guys to know if they did something to piss off their lady and hard to remember when PMS is, and always awkward to confront and ask the question without coming off like a jerk.”
