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Cycle Charting Bracelet - BlueFlower
This Cycle Charting Bracelet can help you to track your
menstrual cycle and fertility, or can be used as a pretty piece of
jewellery. These Cycle Charting Bracelets are handmade and use glass and metal
beads (the flower charm is acrylic), and comes with an instruction
pamphlet and an organza bag. If you do not wish to wear the bracelet, you could put it on the bedhead, on your bag strap, on the toilet door, on the door of the fridge or other place where you would be able to see it and move the charm daily. It can also be worn as an anklet. The idea behind the cycle
charting bracelet is that it uses a specific combination of beads, to
show the days of the cycle and the typical high and low fertility days.
See an image of a 28 day cycle broken into fertile/non fertile days here.
Some women use this method of charting to work out the days where
pregnancy is most likely to occur (when trying to conceive or when
trying to avoid
it), or to show the most fertile time of the woman's cycle. It can also be useful to
show you when your period is due, and to chart your own cycle related
things, like cravings, tenderness, emotional patterns and so on (you may
learn for example that you get certain aspects when on certain beads).
Some women may simply like the look of the bracelets and use them as a
representation and reminder of a woman's cycles.
The bracelets use spacer and other extending beads that do not form part
of the charting system - and are there for decoration and to give the
bracelet enough length to wrap around the wrist. The actual charting
beads are marked in the image below  An example bracelet - Different bracelets use different coloured beads but the sequence of sections and numbers of beads in each section remains the same The bracelet charting system starts with one larger bead (often red) to mark the start of your period (the first bleeding day).
Then there are 6 of the one colour beads to mark the low fertile days. These are days were you are unlikely to fall pregnant. They are also the days you are menstruating, although some women will bleed for less than 6 days, and some may bleed for longer. Then 12 of the one colour beads mark the high fertile days of the cycle (The time you are most likely to get pregnant). Ovulation typically occurs on day 14 of a 28 day cycle, however this can occur anywhere between days 10 and 19, as some women's cycles are longer or shorter than 28 days, and ovulation may not occur at exactly the same time each month. So you should ovulate somewhere in the middle of this sequence of beads. The remaining 13 beads mark the low fertile days again, with a different bead marking day 26. On some bracelets these beads are all the one colour (except the day 26 bead), on others they are broken into 2 colours. However they all have the same meaning. The removable charm is moved across each day to show where in the cycle you are (The charm sits after the bead of the day you are on.) To care for your charting bracelet, you should gently wipe with a damp cloth if needed. Wearing in water etc. is not recommended. To use this fertility charting method your cycle needs to be 26-32 days long. If your cycle is shorter than 26 days (your period comes before the different "day 26" bead), or your cycle is longer than 32 days (your period does not start the day after you have reached the final charting bead) - then this system may not work for tracking fertility for you as the sequence of beads may not reflect what is happening in your cycle. The colour coding on these cycle charting beads serves only as a guide to possible fertile and non-fertile days based on the average 28 day cycle, and should not be considered to be completely accurate for judging fertility, and should not be used as a method of contraception. These charting products should not be used to replace contraceptives, as they cannot be guaranteed to be accurate. It is intended to represent the "average" cycle, and "possible" times of fertility, and to be used only as an item for visually representing an "average" 28 day cycle. Using these to help prevent or achieve pregnancy is not recommended, and done so at your own risk. Obsidian Star takes no responsibility for issues resulting in the use of this product. Please make sure you have read through the instructions and disclaimer for this product before purchasing 
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